Code_Aster

Code_Aster is an open source FEM simulation software.

It was initially developed by Electricité de France (EDF) for internal use, but released under the GPL in 1999. In German-speaking countries due to initially purely French documentation largely unknown, it enjoys the software in francophone countries and increasingly in Britain and North America increasingly popular. Online documentation of the software is officially available since September 2011. In direct comparisons in the context of simulation projects for Nuclear Safety, the software commercial alternatives showed at least equal. Code_Aster was you is one of the core components of CAE Linux dar. Decisive used among others in the development of the EPR ( European Pressurized Reactor ). The source code currently includes 1.2 million lines and transmits the release of the EDF Nuclear Safety Authority Structures. The documentation includes 13,000 pages. 2,000 test examples are available by which the functionality of the program can be tested.

The software can be used under Linux, various Unix derivatives and with a non- official port under Windows. It provides finite element analysis and numerical simulation to calculate mechanical and thermal, static and dynamic effects for solid and liquid substances. It also acoustic and material-specific influences (eg fatigue, corrosion ) can be considered. There are interfaces to other programs, including for example, to Salome.