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FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN
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FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

(OP)
Hi everybody!

I was wondering if there was a free code (Maybe designed by universities of other) for the analysis and design of frames for civil engineering.

Thank you
Best Regards

RE: FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

Yes, there is OpenFEM which definitely works for Matlab, and is free. I can't see any obvious reasons why it couldn't be adjusted to work with Octave.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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RE: FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

(OP)
Thank you very much for your fast answer!

I found this interesting software online for analysis and design of steel frames:
http://www.cuylaerts.net/
But has a 10 nodes limit...

The main feature is the SHAPE OPTIMIZATION of members accourding of Eurocode and other National Code.

I was searching a STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING free-code for frames analysis and design (better with shape optimizer). Is there anythig like that?

Thanks

Best regards

RE: FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

My frame analysis programs are free, unlimited and open source:
http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2013/03/17/3d...

They don't include a shape optimizer, but they are built into Excel so it would be easy to add your own.

Another open-source program is:
http://opensees.berkeley.edu/

Its focus is seismic analysis, but it will handle static analysis perfectly well as well.

I haven't used it myself for a few years, but from the web-site it looks like it is still under active development.

Doug Jenkins
Interactive Design Services
http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/

RE: FREE FEM code (exemple: Matlab, Octave or other) for STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS and DESIGN

Mastran2 looks interesting http://www.mastan2.com/index.html. I heard about the program at the Steel Conference last month in St Louis, but have not tried it. I don't think it has design features found in commercially available software. When I looked at the website, it does not mention dynamic analysis either. But is does do first and second order analysis.

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