Problem types

Steady-state linear 3D elasticity

• Boundary conditions
  • Null or prescribed displacements in each degree of freedom
  • Symmetry, either tangential or radial (or both)
  • Prescribed rotation around a center and axis
  • External pressure
  • Total force
  • Moment loads
• Internal loads
  • Weight
  • Centrifugal
  • General algebraic expression
• Temperature distribution
  • Algebraic expression
  • Point-wise scattered data
  • From a heat conduction project
• Results
  • Field of displacements
  • Von Mises and principal stresses

Steady-state thermal 3D conduction

• Boundary conditions
  • Temperature
  • Prescribed heat flux
  • Convection condition
• Internal heat source
  • Algebraic expression
• Results
  • Field of temperatures

Modal analysis

• Boundary conditions
  • Null or prescribed displacements in each degree of freedom
  • Symmetry, either tangential or radial (or both)
• Results
  • Field of displacements (one for each mode)
  • Frequency  f_i, participation Γ_i, and effective modal mass μ_i

Meshing capabilities (Gmsh)

• Tetrahedral grid elements, either first-order (TET4) or second-order (TET10)
• Global and local mesh refinement control
• Selection of 2D and 3D meshing algorithms
• Different levels of grid optimization
• History of past meshes

Solver features (Fino)

• Non-uniform material properties through algebraic expressions and/or scattered data
• Material interfaces treated as glued connections (a.k.a. bonded contacts)
• GAMG preconditioner
• GMRES sparse solver
• Smoothed node-averaged results at the nodes
• Simple interactive web-based post-processing view
• Full VTK output

Under development

• Download input files and run the case locally
• Management of project history and revisions
• Generation of engineering reports
• ASME stress linearization
• Statically-equivalent seismic analysis