Commercial Programs

A large number of commercial programs are currently obtainable. A survey (1987) of some FE software systems can be found in the Finite Element Handbook, Kardestuncer and Norrie (eds). Most of the commercial programs reviewed in this book are still current, and there is further information in the references cited. The large programs are usually very expensive (ca $100,000) but are often made available to academic institutions at considerably reduced rates.