Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
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Are there any good recommendations for an inexpensive FEA software that works well with pressure vessels? I understand that Ansys is a great program, approximately how much does the Ansys Mechanical package cost?





RE: Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
1). SDRC IDEAS.
2). Paulin research Group.
Stephen
Leonard Stephen Thill
RE: Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
Kinda like asking for an inexpensive race car that'll win the next NASCAR race...
I trust you realize that one must learn to fly small planes before graduating to jet fighters - and the same applies to vessel FEA. Get started, but back up everything with a ballpark hand calc and seek mentorship.
Programs I've seen used most frequently for production work and for ASME PVP conference papers, in no particular order, are:
cheap:
- none -
medium:
Ansys
Cosmos (My personal program simply because my first employer used it, my second employer bought it for me, and my current employer was using it before I hired in)
Algor
Nastran (usually the MSC variety)
expensive:
Abaqus
Marc
jt
RE: Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
RE: Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
Have you done this before???
RE: Inexpensive FEA software for pressure vessels
Done what??? I fly aircraft (not fighters, my trim speed is roughly Mach 0.05), I've done a few FEA's (ok, more than a few), but I've not raced NASCAR.
jt