FEAP

Source:

Zienkiewicz and Taylor (1989,1991), The Finite Element Method, Vols 1 and 2, McGraw-Hill. A new edition (2001) in 3 volumes ((1) The Basics, (2) Solid Mechanics, (3) Fluid Dynamics) has been published by Butterworth-Heinemann Engineering, see this web page.

Description:

FE analysis program for the solution of general problem classes.

Platforms:

The source code may be compiled for Windows, Linux or Unix operating systems.

Availability:

FEAPpv and PCFEAP may be downloaded from Dr. Taylor's website. The full FEAP may be obtained under license.

Notes:

FEAPpv is a small (stripped-down) version of FEAP; it is described in the 5'th edition (2001) of the The Finite Element Method. PCFEAP is the code from the 4'th edition (1987, 1991). The full FEAP program contains mesh utilities (1/2/3D), a wide range of solution algorithms, graphics options, an extensive element library, and constitutive models which include linear and finite elasticity, viscoelasticity with damage, and elastoplasticity.

The program has a modular construction, with most of the package being independent of the particular problem being solved. The user needs to write a module which returns the appropriate element matrices for the problem in hand. Then the macro language introduced by Taylor is used to set up the solution algorithm.

See also Sanjay Govindjee's website which contains examples of user-defined macros, mesh commands, elements etc.

There is also the FeapUI project, which is creating a graphical interface for FEAP.