- Calculix
Infobox_Software
name = CalculiX
caption = Compressor of a turbocharger
developer = Guido Dhondt, Klaus Wittig
latest_release_version = 1.8
latest_release_date =2008
operating_system =Linux , Windows
genre =Finite element analysis
license = GPL
website = [http://www.calculix.de/ CalculiX Homepage]Calculix is a free and open source
finite element analysis application that uses a similar input format toABAQUS . It has an implicit and explicit solver (CCX) written by Guido Dhondt and a pre and post processor (CGX) written by Klaus Wittig. The original software was written for the Linux operating system. Convergent Mechanical Solutions has ported the application to the Windows operating system.The pre processor component of Calculix can generate grid data for the
Computational Fluid Dynamics programs duns, ISAAC andOpenFOAM . It can also generate input data for the commercial FEM programsNastran ,Ansys andAbaqus .Literature
* Guido Dhondt: "The Finite Element Method for Three-Dimensional Thermomechanical Applications". Wiley, Hoboken 2004, ISBN 0-470-85752-8
* [http://bconverged.com/calculix/doc/ccx/html/ccx.html Current CCX documentation]
* [http://bconverged.com/calculix/doc/cgx/html/cgx.html Current CGX documentation]
* [http://bconverged.com/calculix/doc/GettingStarted.pdf Getting Started Guide]External links
* [http://www.calculix.de/ CalculiX]
* [http://bConverged.com/calculix CalculiX for Windows]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/calculix/ CalculiX Discussion Group]
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