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In article <1992Dec14.212505.27326@cs.wayne.edu> landman@splat.physics.wayne.edu writes:
>From: landman@splat.physics.wayne.edu
>Subject: FEA help!
>Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 21:25:05 GMT
>
>Hello Net.People:
>
>
>    I have a question about FEA, specifically software and hardware
>platforms.  A friend is looking into the possibility of purchasing 
>hardware and software to perform FEA calculations for his company.
>I was wondering what software exists (commercial and PD) and what
>platforms are recommended.
>
> Thanks
>
>Joe Landman
>
>Landman@splat.physics.wayne.edu
>landman@hal.physics.wayne.edu
>
There are quite a few commercial FEA packages available, but I've never 
heard of a PD one.  Maybe because of the effort involved to develep any non-
trivial FEA code is too great.  To chose a suitable package, you may need to 
specify the purpose of the analysis.  A package suitable for stress analysis 
may not be suitable for metal forming at all.  There are so-called "general 
packages", such as LUSAS from FEA UK limited.  PAFEC and ABAQUS are other 
examples.

The choice of hardware depends both on the availability of the suitable 
software for that platform and the nature of the analysis.  For elastic 
stress analysis, or heat conduction problems, a 486 PC would generally be 
sufficient, but if it involves large non-linear deformations I would 
recommend more powerful workstations, such as Apollos.

Hope it helps.

Weiping Hu