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Software: Academic Software Bundles - FEA

DATASHEET

Academic Software Bundle

For Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

The Academic Software Bundle for Finite Element Analysis (or Academic FEA Bundle, for short)
provides several related software products to help you assess the functional performance
of mechanical parts & products from a structural perspective (displacement, strain, stress,
frequency), a thermal perspective (temperatures, gradients, flow paths), an acoustics perspec-
tive (noise levels, flow paths), or some combination of these.
You can use this bundle to perform a broad range of simulations such as static and dynamic
FEA, linear and nonlinear FEA, in the time domain or the frequency domain, as well as analyses
involving contacts and impacts, vibrations, and fluid-structure interactions.

Targeted Users & Goals

• Professors striving to bring engineering principles to life and teach courses that are more
Visualize displacements due to loads &
dynamic, fun, and effective… boundary conditions
• Researchers seeking innovative engineering solutions…
• Students taking courses, doing research, or working on projects or competitions in search of
the best possible engineering education…
…through finite element analysis!

Benefits
• Affordable - schools can obtain numerous licenses on a reasonable budget
• Conveniently accessible - run this software in a computer lab at school or on your own
computer Compare undeformed and deformed shapes
• Easily scalable to industrial-strength - start with small models and progressively increase
complexity and realism without hitting walls based on model size (Crawl-Walk-Run); do the
same scale of simulations done by commercial companies.
• Unrestricted simulation capability - our academic licenses provide the same capabilities
as commercial licenses for the software products in this bundle
• Tailored licensing - “academic user packs” are available based on your intended usage
scenario
• Complement engineering theory & textbooks for a richer education

Progress from geometry to mesh to stress

Applications in Engineering Coursework, Research, & Student Projects
• Introduction to Finite Element Analysis • Metal-forming & shaping
• Strength of Materials • Plasticity & nonlinear materials
• Stress Analysis • Contact dynamics
• Machine Design • Aircraft Design & Engineering
• Design Optimization • Aeroelasticity
• Structural Dynamics • Rotordynamics
• Experimental Mechanics • Spacecraft Thermal Design & Analysis
• Vibrations of Machinery • Biomedical Engineering (stents, implants,
• Heat Transfer prosthetics, soft tissue, medical devices, etc)
Find stress hot spots in a vehicle suspension
• Composites • Fluid-Structure Interactions

• Computational Acoustics • Multi-Scale Modeling

• Fracture mechanics • Formula SAE, Baja, Aero Design/Build/Fly, Steel

Bridge, etc.
• Fatigue
 DATASHEET MSC.Software: Academic Software Bundles - FEA

Product Families & Modules*

This bundle contains software targeted at finite-element analysis (FEA) to assess the structural, thermal, crash- or impact-related characteristics
of mechanical components & systems. The lists below identify which MSC products are currently included with this bundle and which optional
3rd-party products are currently available for an additional fee.

Included:
MD Nastran Patran Marc
• Basic (Linear Statics, Normal Modes, • Patran • Standard
Buckling) • Analysis Manager • Electrical
• ACMS • Queue Manager • Global Remeshing
• Acoustics • Dytran Preference • Hemi-Cube View Factors
• Adams Integration • Marc Preference • 2D Mesher
• Advanced Nonlinear (SOL400) • MD Nastran Preference • 3D Mesher
• Aeroelasticity I • I-deas Preference • Metal Cutting
• Connectors • LS-DYNA Preference • Multi-Processor
• Design Optimization • PAM-CRASH Preference • Shape Memory Materials
• Distributed Memory Parallel (DMP) • Advanced Surface Meshing • Mentat
• DMAP • Beam Tools • Mentat Hex Mesher
• Dynamic Design Analysis Method (DDAM) • Random Analysis • Mentat ITI Access
• Dynamics • Thermal • Mentat CMOLD Access
• Explicit Nonlinear (SOL 700) • IGES Access
• Explicit Nonlinear Multi-Processor • CATIA Access Flightloads
• Heat Transfer • STEP AP203 Access
Dytran
• Implicit Nonlinear (SOL600) • STEP AP209 Access
• Implicit Nonlinear Shape Memory Materials • VDA Access
• Implicit Nonlinear Hemi Cube View Factors • ABAQUS Preference
• Implicit Nonlinear Multi-Processor • ANSYS Preference
• Linear Contact
• LS-DYNA Translator SINDA/G1
• Marc Translator
• SINDA/G
• Nonlinear
• SINDA/G Patran Plug-in
• Rotor Dynamics
• SINDARad
• Shared Memory Parallel (SMP)
• Incompressible Fluids Library
• Superelements
• Office Toolkit
• Topology Optimization
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only available on Windows.

Optional:
MD Nastran Patran Marc
• Aerolasticity II • ACIS Access • ACIS Access
• Exterior Acoustics • CATDirect V4 Access
Fatigue
• Krylov Solver • CATDirect V5 Access
• Unigraphics Access • Stress-life, Strain-life, & Strain gage
• Pro/ENGINEER Access • Fracture
• CAE Solid Modeling • Multiaxial
• Laminate Modeler • Vibration
• Materials • Weld
• Materials Enterprise • Wheel

*To learn more about the detailed analysis capabilities of any of these products, see the associated datasheets.

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