Non-Linear Finite Element solver for displacements based on the boundary conditions specified.
This is a demo version limited to 6 nodes only. The original version is limited by memory since more nodes increase the memory requirements substantially.
Linear problems can also be solved more easily since the solution converges after only 2 or 3 iterations, but it is not useful since the usage of this application concentrates on deflections of soft material (large deflection problems).
The subject material is at a Ph.D. level where the idea was used in a thesis by a friend of mine and I took it a step furthur to add visualization to the solution, and the flexibility of building a random problem easily, or use an input file that can be assembled with a word processing program and then be read by the application.
The only system requirements is to have a mac with 020 or higher processor. The non-FPU demo is slow due to the math intensive operations (matrix solution of a system of equations by iterations).
Version 1.3.2 corrects a bug that caused the 1.3.1 demo to crash on non-FPU machines.
I am asking $15 for the application and the user manual. Please include your e-mail when ordering.
Send orders to:
Hussam Dandashli
POBox 3035
W. Lafayette, IN 47906
Comments on the application and bug reports are welcome. Send to
dandashl@mn.ecn.purdue.edu
I have been writing Mechanical Engineering-related applications for the past 4 years and I decided to put them out as shareware for a small fee. Other subjects to follow very soon are:
- Bolted Joints (cylindrical pipes under pressure)
- Four-Bar Analysis
- Truss Analysis for pin forces
- Cam Analysis for simple profiles
- Friction Analysis of a rectangular object pushed on a ramp (Tip/Slip analysis)
- Matrix operations performer
- 3-D Function plotter with function optimization helper
- 2-D Function plotter with variable coefficients.