FEA on linux 2

[gyro]

Hello
I am a an aeronautical engineer and I am thinking about trying to use a linux based fea program for composites. Is there many (any) fea programs that might be capable of this kind of thing I could get of the internet? I am thinking that it is likely that I will have to try and modify some to suit.

Gyro.

 

[fgleich]

Hello:
I downloaded and burned a dvd, not knowing some things I now know. There's a web page explaining a lot of things with this iso, how to install, burn, passwords, etc. The page is at the same URL, except with the name of the iso removed, thusly;

http://lmafsrv1.epfl.ch/jcugnoni/PcLinuxOsAster/

Here are some crucial instructions one needs to know before burning this image. Have fun

Burning the ISO image:
Once you have downloaded the ISO file, you just need to burn the image on a classical CD-R/RW (700Mb media should be OK).
At the present time, there is just one difficulty: the ISO file is slightly larger than 700Mb (the official CD capacity). So, if you want to burn this image, you will need to enable "overburning" in your CD burning software:
for example, in K3B (Linux), you can find this option in "Settings->Configure K3b->Advanced" and in Nero (Windows/Linux) this option should be in File->Preferences->Expert Features->Enable Overburn (you may also want to set a limit to 84 minutes for this option).
If you are using another CD burning tool, try to search for "enable overburning the-name-of-your-CD-burning-tool" in Google.
To use over-burning, you need to choose the Disk-At-Once (DAO) writing method (also called DAO/96 in Nero 5) in your burning software.

Then, when the CD is burned, you just need to setup your bios options to boot from the CD...

Usage:
1) boot on the CD-ROM, and then, at prompt, simply press enter (you can also add expert boot options by pressing F2)
2) when the system is loaded, you just need to login as root:
user: root password: root
3) finally you can run ASTK (shortcut on the desktop) or GMSH to begin your FEA with Code-Aster!!

fgleich