FEAP

URL :  http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~rlt/feap/

Description

FEAP (a Finite Element Analysis Program) is a general-purpose high-performance finite-element analysis application that aptly demonstrates the fact that open-source applications can be both dependable and full-featured. The FEAP development effort has been led by R.L. Taylor at Berkeley since FEAP emerged as a useful analysis tool that accompanied the classic finite-element reference The Finite Element Method, by O.C. Zienkiewicz and R.L. Taylor. The FEAP program has seen substantial improvements over the decades it has been in use, and various finite-element experts (e.g., Sanjay Govindjee at Berkeley, Eric Kasper at Cal Poly/SLO) have added features over time to insure that FEAP is a stable and efficient tool for nonlinear finite-element analysis.

Features

FEAP has a wide variety of features, including a comprehensive element library for 1D, 2D, and 3D finite-element analysis, advanced solver capabilities using high-performance solution techniques to speed up implicit finite-element analyses, basic graphics support to facilitate standard visualizations useful for finite-element interpretation, and material modules that support linear and nonlinear material response for typical structural materials. FEAP's strong suit is in the nonlinear transient analysis of deformable solids, but FEAP can be used in many research and educational settings that involve structural engineering, structural mechanics, and engineering mechanics.

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