Stress testing
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Do you mean tools to test your designs - e.g. Mechanical FEA?
see https://www.alibre.com/ecosystem-fea/
There are lots of other free-standing systems available, both free and commercial. It is an area where explanation of how to use the software can be severely lacking - many of the available tools are written by experienced stress analysts, for experienced stress analysts. In many cases even getting your model meshed can be a major challenge.
Don't purchase anything before trying the software out on a range of scenarios that you may need to test. Be prepared to spend many hours evaluating possible options.
Be clear about what you need to test for - it's easy to get a result out of FEA that isn't actually addressing the key weakness of the design.
see https://www.alibre.com/ecosystem-fea/
There are lots of other free-standing systems available, both free and commercial. It is an area where explanation of how to use the software can be severely lacking - many of the available tools are written by experienced stress analysts, for experienced stress analysts. In many cases even getting your model meshed can be a major challenge.
Don't purchase anything before trying the software out on a range of scenarios that you may need to test. Be prepared to spend many hours evaluating possible options.
Be clear about what you need to test for - it's easy to get a result out of FEA that isn't actually addressing the key weakness of the design.
I really like using Mecway for FEA. https://mecway.com/
Good licensing model - I bought it once at V7 or so and am still getting free updates at V22 now.
It doesn't do CFD but if that's important to you you could look at https://www.cfdtool.com/
Good licensing model - I bought it once at V7 or so and am still getting free updates at V22 now.
It doesn't do CFD but if that's important to you you could look at https://www.cfdtool.com/
Ralf
Alibre Super User
Maybe also interesting:
CALCULIX
CALCULIX
CALCULIX: A Three-Dimensional Structural Finite Elemente Program
www.calculix.de
Ralf
Alibre Super User
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