Hi all, This is my first post on this forum. I am located in Australia working as a mechanical engineer. Our Ansys License has expired (Technical support no longer available- Product purchased outright), and for some reason it doesn't allow the setting of 'large deflections' to be turned on (I'm quite sure this is because we have only the EMAG(electromagnetic) licence). So it is for this reason I am currently investigating alternative FEA software to Ansys. Or I may renew our Ansys License, depending on what is the best solution.

I can also recommend that you try the FEA and CFD software SimScale. It is a cloud-based tool where simulations can be set up on a browser, which removed all the hassles with licenses, computer power, or installations.

I know there was a similar thread posted in 2002 about this, but I thought it was worth bringing the topic up again. Here are my required criteria: • For doing a large deformation sort of analysis where non linear material effects come into play; stamping simulations • Simulating a large explosion in a pressurised enclosure to see when the shell fails • Simulating composite materials and their failure limit From what I have searched LS Dyna Seems like the best solver for my needs.

How to download with megasync. It also seems to work directly from Ansys Workbench, which definitely is nice too. Are there any other alternatives that are as user friendly that are worth investigating? Thank you all in advance. RE: FEA Software/Comparison. I would suggest looking into Altair HyperWorks.

Hypermesh is a very powerful preprocessor that can be used with dyna if you require. But the HyperWorks solver RADIOSS can certainly perform all that you are asking.

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For stamping see: Explosion: Composites: If your doing design then definitely look into their Optistruct offering.Optimization is something all the big boys have but I particularly like the approaches taken by altair. About a year and a half ago I did an evaluation of Ansys, Abaqus, Hyperworks, Comsol, Femap/NEi and decided on Hyperworks for several reasons. One of the main driving points was the cost of a single hyperworks seat gets you access to all of their software and partner programs (google HWPA, partner program licensing is a little tricky but I'll let you as HW about that) unlike some of the big guys that make you purchase a module for every simulation you want to perform. More importantly, the RADIOSS solver covered all of the simulations that we required at the time and though there seems to always be a lot of debate, Hypermesh is undeniable one of the top pre-processors and Hyperview is a great post-processor.

After our purchase what we found out was that the support was incredible. Anytime we need support, training, or are having issues, the Application Engineers go above and beyond to ensure that our issue is resolved. I could go through many examples but I can guarantee that you will not be disappointed. And no, I don't work for Altair, i'm just a very satisfied user. RE: FEA Software/Comparison. My two cents: It is a good idea to check which software is used heavily in your specific application area. Because you are more likely to have answers (from support engineers or in online forums) to issues that you might encounter.

In my experience, ABAQUS has a thriving online community of experts willing to help out others (on eng-tips and Yahoo group primarily), which has been great for me. However, if I were performing crash testing, I would give LS-DYNA a serious look because almost everyone who works in this area (from our perspective) uses LS-DYNA. Belkin f5u273 driver for mac.