What is Abaqus
From Wikipedia:
Abaqus FEA (formerly ABAQUS) is a software suite for finite element analysis and computer-aided engineering, originally released in 1978. The Abaqus product suite consists of five core software products:
- Abaqus/CAE, an application used for both the modeling and analysis of mechanical components and assemblies (pre-processing) and visualizing the finite element analysis result.
- Abaqus/Standard, a general-purpose Finite-Element analyzer that employs implicit integration scheme (traditional).
- Abaqus/Explicit, a special-purpose Finite-Element analyzer that employs explicit integration scheme to solve highly nonlinear systems with many complex contacts under transient loads.
- Abaqus/CFD, a Computational Fluid Dynamics software application which provides advanced computational fluid dynamics capabilities with extensive support for preprocessing and postprocessing provided in Abaqus/CAE.
- Abaqus/Electromagnetic, a Computational electromagnetics software application which solves advanced computational electromagnetic problems.
Supported Operating Systems
Available for Windows and Linux. Mac users will need to install Windows first.
VPN requirement
Connection to campus VPN is not required to license student version but is required for lab computers and research version.
How to get Abaqus – personal computers
The Abaqus Student Edition is available for free to students, faculty, and staff. Download and install instructions are available on the Abaqus Student Edition webpage: https://edu.3ds.com/en/software/abaqus-student-edition
How to get Abaqus – lab computers and research
Teaching and research licenses are restricted.
Please contact Dr. Mark Barkey, the Department Head of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics to request access.