Introduction

Code_Aster is a software package for finite element analysis and numeric simulation in structural mechanics. It runs on Linux and was public released based on General Public License in October 2001. Code_Aster has now 1,500,000 lines of source code, most of which are developed in Fortran and Python, and is being constantly developed and updated. Most of the Code_Aster fields have been validated by independent comparisons with analytical or experimental results, benchmarks towards other codes.

Code_Aster is a solver, based on the theory of the mechanics of the continuous media, which uses the method of the finite elements to solve different types of mechanical, thermal, acoustic, seismic, and other problems. Beyond the standard functionalities of a FEM software for solid mechanics, Code_Aster also compiles specific research in various fields: fatigue, damage, fracture, contact, geomaterials, porous media, and multiphysics coupling.

Currently, the Code_Aster software has been widely used to evaluate and maintain power plants and power networks, and to analyze and calculate bridge data.

Salome is an open-source software that provides a generic platform for pre- and post-processing for numerical simulation. Salome-Meca is a standalone application, which is an external project based on the SALOME platform. Salome-Meca represents integration of the Code_Aster solver in the SALOME platform.

Programming languages: C/Fortran/Python

Brief description: Code_Aster is a software package for finite element analysis and numeric simulation in structural mechanics.

Open source license: GPL