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CalculiX
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Free three-dimensional structural finite-element program
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Status
- Open source
OpenFOAM
Free, open-source computational fluid dynamics toolbox
OpenFOAM is a widely used open-source CFD package with solvers for turbulence, heat transfer, multiphase flow and combustion. This listing links to the OpenFOAM Foundation release; ESI also publishes a separate OpenFOAM distribution.
Free alternative to
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code_aster
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Structural and thermomechanical FEA solver developed by EDF
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Status
- Open source
Gmsh
Simulation (FEA & CFD)3D finite-element mesh generator with a built-in CAD engine
- Licence
- GPL-2.0+
- Status
- Open source
Alternative to ANSYS
SALOME
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Open-source platform for simulation pre- and post-processing
- Licence
- LGPL-2.1
- Status
- Open source
Alternative to ANSYS
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Elmer FEM
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Open-source multiphysics simulation software
- Stars
- 1.7k
- Licence
- GPL-2.0
- Status
- Open source
Alternative to COMSOL
ParaView
Simulation (FEA & CFD)Open-source data analysis and visualisation for simulation results
- Stars
- 1.7k
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
- Status
- Open source
Alternative to Tecplot