Best Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Software with a Free Trial of 2024

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    SimScale Reviews
    SimScale, a web-based cloud application, plays an important role in simulation software for many industries. The platform supports Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), as well as Thermal Simulation. It also provides 3D simulation, continuous modeling, motion & dynamic modelling.
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    FEATool Multiphysics Reviews
    FEATool Multiphysics – "Physics Simulator Made Easy" – a fully integrated physics simulation, FEA and CFD toolbox. FEATool Multiphysics provides a fully integrated simulation platform that includes a unified user interface for several multi-physics solvers such as OpenFOAM and Computational fluid dynamics (CFD), including SU2 Code and FEniCS. This allows users to model coupled physics phenomena, such as those found in fluid flow and heat transfer, structural, electromagnetics acoustics and chemical engineering applications. FEATool multiphysics is a trusted tool for engineers and researchers in the energy, automotive and semi-conductor industries.
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    Thermal Desktop Reviews
    Thermal Desktop is a complete model creation tool. Objects such as finite element, lumped capacitance, and built-in finite differences can be combined in any way. Thermal-specific objects, such as insulation, heat loads and heaters, can be added to any model, from automotive components to manned satellites. Thermal Desktop allows full parameterization by using variables and arbitrarily complicated expressions instead of hardwired numbers. These variables, also known as symbols, enable models to be quickly manipulated by a few keystrokes. This makes it easy to update or maintain the model, perform sensitivity studies, and investigate what-if scenarios. This gives you access to SINDA/FLUINT’s optimization and reliability modules, as well as automatic model correlation.
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    RFEM Reviews

    RFEM

    Dlubal Software

    €697.50 rent 1 month
    The FEA program RFEM enables quick and easy modeling, structural, and dynamic calculation as well as the design and construction of models with member and plate, wall, folded plates, shell, shell, and other solid elements. Modular software allows you to connect the main program RFEM to the appropriate add-ons to meet your specific requirements. Structural analysis program RFEM offers structural engineers a 3D FEA tool that meets all modern civil engineering requirements. Simple and complex structures can be modelled with ease thanks to efficient data input and intuitive handling. The basis of a modular software program is the structural analysis program RFEM. The RFEM basic program is used to create structures, materials, loads, and plans for spatial and planar structural systems that include plates, walls, shells and members. You can also create mixed structures and model contact elements.
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    SafeGrid Earthing Reviews

    SafeGrid Earthing

    Electrotechnik

    $9,900 for a perpetual license
    SafeGrid Earthing Software is ideal for designing earthing systems. The software can perform accurate, finite element based calculations. SafeGrid Earthing software has been proven to be affordable, reliable, and easy-to-use. The software calculates substation grid resistance, touch and voltages, and lightning protection. The software has been helping industries for the past ten years. It includes all modules necessary to design a safe earthing system in the safe grip. It includes: Fault current distribution. Soil modelling. Grid. Safety criteria Secure results You also get support from our earthing experts engineers along with the software. SafeGrid Earthing software saves time and money on your projects.
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    SPACE GASS Reviews

    SPACE GASS

    SPACE GASS

    $600 per month
    SPACE GASS is a 3D analysis and design program that can be used for multiple purposes. It is able to design beams, trusses, frames, buildings, towers and tanks, as well as cable structures and bridges. Capabilities include a 64-bit multi-core solver, silky smooth 3D rendered graphics, plate finite elements, frame elements, cable elements, tension/compression-only elements, moving loads and links to many CAD and building management programs. Why SPACE GASS? You can save time and money by choosing a safe and effective design. A silky smooth interface allows you to see your changes visually. A fast sparse matrix solver which fully exploits multi-core processors' parallel processing power. There are many structural modeling tools, analysis options, and design modules. Video tutorials that will guide you through the difficult stuff. For use in floating or stand-alone networks.
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    WELSIM Reviews

    WELSIM

    WelSimulation LLC

    $45 per user per month
    Engineers and researchers can use WELSIM finite-element analysis software to create prototype virtual products and conduct simulation studies.
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    Fatigue Essentials Reviews

    Fatigue Essentials

    AppliedCAx

    $695 one-time payment
    Fatigue Essentials is a desktop program that can be used to efficiently perform structural fatigue analysis. Fatigue Essentials is a user-friendly program that allows you to conduct stress-life analyses using either classical stress calculations or linked to FEMAP™, and using the finite element-generated stresses. The program follows a tree structure to guide users through the analysis. The following load, material, and spectrum branches provide general options for analysis. There are options for input methods and variations within each branch. Analyses results can be viewed on-screen and used to create reports or damage contour plots in FEMAP. Covers most engineering requirements. Classic mode with user input stress. Professional mode (FEMAP-linked). This mode allows you to read nodal stress and push back results in damage contour plots. You can choose to either input stress and cycles interactively or file input.
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    Geotechnical Engineering Modelling Software (GEMS) Reviews

    Geotechnical Engineering Modelling Software (GEMS)

    Geotechnical Engineering Modelling Software (GEMS)

    $500/year/user
    Geotechnical Engineering Modelling Software is a CAD software that allows foundation design and analysis to be performed intuitively. GEMS foundation analysis suite uses finite element modeling techniques to analyze and design shallow and deep foundations. The foundation analysis suite contains modules for analysing pile foundations, beam foundations, and a module that can analyze offshore pile foundations. GEMS foundation analysis suite is available for free on the cloud. You can also download it for free and purchase it for PC & Mac.
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    ADAPT-Builder Reviews

    ADAPT-Builder

    RISA

    $3,745 per year
    You can easily create complex concrete geometry, including single-level, ramps, or multi-story structures, using robust modeling tools and import from CAD/BIM software. Utilizing true 3D finite element analysis, load takedown and slab alignment, you can efficiently analyze slabs and entire structures for the combined effects gravity, lateral, or vibration loading. ADAPT-Builder lets you control all aspects of the design, including cracking, long term deflections and punching shear. This allows you to accurately and comprehensively examine an existing reinforced concrete slab. Whatever your concrete design requirements are, ADAPT software can help. Compare packages to get started. ADAPT Builder is the 3D modeling platform, analysis and design platform for ADAPTFloor Pro, Edge and MAT. Modeler can also be used in conjunction with ADAPTPT-PT or RC.
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    RS2 Reviews

    RS2

    Rocscience

    $7,795 one-time payment
    RS2 allows you to easily analyze stress/deformation and stability of any project, regardless of whether it is above ground or below ground. RS2's integrated Seepage Analysis Tool allows you to factor in groundwater flow for both steady-state and transient conditions. Automate your slope stability analysis using shear strength reduction. This performs a finite element analyze to determine the critical strength reduction factor. You can analyze embankments using slope stability, groundwater leakage, consolidation, or dynamic analysis. Groundwater and dynamic analysis tools are available in RS2. There is also a large library of advanced constitutive models that can be used to capture the sudden loss in strength caused by liquefaction. This tool is suitable for both underground and open-pit excavations. It can analyze stability, stress/deformation and bench design. It also supports the design and support of underground caverns.
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    Digimat Reviews

    Digimat

    e-Xstream engineering

    e-Xstream Engineering develops and commercializes Digimat software, a state of the art multi-scale material modeling technology that accelerates the development process for composite materials. Digimat is a core technology for 10xICME Solution. It is used to perform detailed analysis of materials at the microscopic level, and to develop micromechanical material models that are suitable for multi-scale coupling at the micro- and macro-scale levels. Digimat material models allow for the combination of processing simulation and structural FEA. This allows for more predictive simulation, taking into consideration the effect of processing conditions on the final part's performance. Digimat is a predictive and efficient tool that allows users to design and produce innovative composite materials and parts in a short time span.
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    HyperWorks Reviews

    HyperWorks

    Altair Engineering

    HyperWorks offers easy-to-learn and effective workflows that leverage domain expertise and increase team productivity. This allows for efficient development of today's complex and connected products. Engineers can now move seamlessly from one domain to another with the new HyperWorks experience. They can even create reports without ever leaving the model. HyperWorks allows you to create, explore, and optimize designs. These designs can accurately model structures, mechanisms and fluids as well as electrical, embedded software, systems designs, and manufacturing processes. The solution-specific workflows improve a variety of engineering processes, including fatigue analysis, CFD modeling, concept design optimization, design exploration, and CFD modeling. Each interface is intuitive and well-designed, and differentiated for each user. It's also consistent and easy to use.
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    FloCAD Reviews

    FloCAD

    C&R Technologies

    FloCAD®, a fluid dynamics module for Thermal Desktop®, and together they provide a complete thermohydraulic tool for integrated fluid flow analysis and heat transfer analysis. FloCAD is very similar to building thermal models. Many of the commands can be used to build fluid flow models. FloCAD models are available in two formats: they can be free-form (non geometric), sketchpad-style flow network modeling for abstraction, simplification, and convection to finite differences of finite element representations. FloCAD is a generalized software tool for capturing pressure drops in a piping system due to bends and valves, tees and changes in flow area.
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    nCode DesignLife Reviews
    nCode DesignLife is an online design tool that identifies key locations and calculates realistic fatigue life from leading finite element results for metals and composites. Designers can do more than simple stress analysis. They can simulate actual loading conditions and avoid costly design changes. Products can include functions for fatigue of welds and vibration fatigue, crack growth detection, fatigue in composites, and thermo-mechanical fatigue analysis. Advanced technology for multiaxial, vibration, crack growth and thermo-mechanical fatigue. A graphical interface that makes it easy to perform fatigue analysis using the most popular FEA results data such as ANSYS, Nastran and Altair OptiStruct. Multi-threaded and distributed processing capabilities to process large finite element models as well as complete usage schedules.
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    Tecplot 360 Reviews
    Tecplot 360 is the most comprehensive CFD Post processor. Make better decisions with Tecplot 360. More CFD simulations are being performed, grid sizes are increasing, and data sets can be stored remotely. It is essential to have the right tools to manage large data sets, automate workflows, visualize parametric results, and visualize them. Tecplot 360 allows you to spend less time waiting and more time exploring. Integrate XY, 2D and 3D plots to get them exactly how you want. Brilliant images and animations can help you communicate your results. PyTecplot Python scripting automates the tedious stuff. Chorus makes it easy to analyze parametric data. Securely access remote data via the SZL-Server client/server. Load Tecplot and FLUENT. Multi-frame environments with multiple pages can be used to report and compare solutions.
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    Ansys Sherlock Reviews
    Ansys Sherlock, a reliability-physics-based electronic design tool, provides fast and accurate life predictions at the component and board levels for electronic hardware in early design stages. Ansys Sherlock automates the design analysis of electronic hardware. It provides accurate and fast life predictions at the component, board, and system levels during early design stages. Sherlock bypasses the 'test-fail-fix-repeat' cycle by empowering designers to accurately model silicon-metal layers, semiconductor packaging, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and assemblies to predict failure risks due to thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stressors--all before prototype. Sherlock quickly converts embedded libraries containing more than 500,000 parts into computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis models. Each model includes accurate geometries, material characteristics, and stress information.
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    CAE Fidesys Reviews
    Flexible and powerful preprocessor for high-quality finite element meshes. Attractive price - up to a factor of ten lower than their foreign counterparts. Calculation of strength under dynamic and static loading. Calculation of vibration modes and natural frequencies. Calculation of critical loads, buckling modes and critical loads. Calculations in 2D and 3D for volumetric, thin-walled, and bar structures. Elastoplastic deformation according the mises and Drucker-prager models. Calculation of strength for large displacements. Calculation of temperature, heat loss, and temperature deformations of parts or structures. Calculation of strength for highly elastic materials.
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    Altair S-FRAME Reviews
    S-FRAME allows users to model, analyze, and design any structure, regardless of its geometry, material type, loading conditions or nonlinear effects. S-FRAME's automated frame generators quickly create models and import them with BIM or DXF import links. Users can also maximize productivity with integrated concrete/steel design tools that allow for design, optimization, code compliance and report generation. S-FRAME allows users to quickly create structures using modeling automation. They can generate regular framework structures and custom trusses. Users can also use clone tools for replicating a portion or all of the model. Importing existing BIM or DXF models can also help users save time. S-FRAME's advanced meshing tools create a finite element mesh. This allows users to generate detailed analysis results for their specific areas. These areas can be explored by users easily converting members into multi-shell models.
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    PLAXIS 2D Reviews

    PLAXIS 2D

    Bentley Systems

    Every project is difficult, but the geotechnical analysis does not have to be. PLAXIS 2D offers fast computations. Advanced finite element and limit equilibrium analysis of rock and soil deformation and stability. Also, soil structure interaction, groundwater and heat flow. PLAXIS 2D, a powerful and easy-to-use finite-element software for 2D analysis and stability in geotechnical and rock mechanics, is available. PLAXIS is used by the top engineering firms and institutions in civil and geotechnical engineering. PLAXIS 2D can be used for many applications, including excavations, foundations, embankments, and foundations, as well as tunneling, mining and oil and gas extraction. PLAXIS 2D provides all the necessary tools to perform safety analysis and deformation of soil and rock. It does not need to take into account creep, steady-state groundwater, thermal flow, consolidation analysis or any other time-dependent effects.
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    RadCAD Reviews

    RadCAD

    C&R Technologies

    RadCAD uses an ultra-fast Monte-Carlo ray-tracing algorithm that is accelerated by octa-trees to compute radiation exchange and view factors. C&R Technologies' innovations to the ray-tracing process resulted in a highly efficient thermal radiation software. RadCAD models diffuse or specular surfaces accurately, regardless of the density of nodes. The number of nodes is determined by the thermal solution, not by the accuracy requirements for the radiation. RadCAD uses user-defined databases for optical properties. Each surface coating defines absorptivity and transmissivity as well as reflectivity and specularity for both solar and infrared spectrum regimes. These properties can be defined in relation to incident angle, or even wavelength dependence.
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    SolidFEA Reviews
    SolidFEA, our innovative solid finite-element analysis tool, is designed to make advanced structural design affordable and accessible. It is powered by the Calculix engine and offers detailed sub-model analyses at a lower cost and with less hardware than competitors such as Abaqus. SolidFEA is ideal for complex engineering challenges such as steel connections and bridge design. Its ease of use, IFC file compatibility and ease of use make it a great complement to our GenFEA structural analysis software. SolidFEA is a revolutionary step in structural engineering, bridging a gap that existed for ages due to prohibitive costs, complicated learning curves and high-end computing demands associated with solid finite elements analysis (FEA). It is designed for ease of use and supports IFC file formats, making it an easy addition to engineering workflows.
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    GenFEA Reviews
    GenFEA is a testament to the dedication and enthusiasm of our team, born out of years spent in research and development. This 'passion-project' is now poised to revolutionize the industry thanks to its AI enhanced features that bring the latest technological advancements to global market. GenFEA is poised to make an impact on the AEC industry, with its innovative solutions. Structural Engineering software has been characterized for years by steep learning curves and steep prices. It also has a noticeable delay in integrating new technologies. GenFEA's goal is to make advanced structural analysis and design software accessible, user-friendly and up-to-date with the cutting edge technologies of our time. GenFEA does this by leveraging the latest artificial intelligence, providing an intuitive user experience and ensuring affordability.
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    Tidy3D Reviews
    Tidy3D, Flexcompute's ultrafast electromagnetic solver (EM), is a fast and accurate electromagnetic solver. The solver uses the finite-difference-time-domain (FDTD). Tidy3D's simulations are orders of magnitude faster thanks to the highly optimized codesign of software and hard-ware. You can solve problems up to hundreds of wavelengths in size with the lightning-fast speed.
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