COMSOL Multiphysics Alternatives

COMSOL Multiphysics is described as 'Engineering, design, and finite element analysis software environment for the modeling and simulation of any physics-based system' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Chrome OS apps. The best COMSOL Multiphysics alternative is Elmer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like COMSOL Multiphysics are FEATool Multiphysics, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS AIM and Abaqus Unified FEA.

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  1. ADINA icon
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    ADINA is a commercial engineering simulation software program that is developed and distributed worldwide by ADINA R & D, Inc.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  2. PLAXIS 3D icon
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    PLAXIS 3D is a finite element package intended for three-dimensional analysis of deformation and stability in geotechnical engineering.

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. CAD Sketcher icon
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    CAD Sketcher is a free and open-source project looking to enhance precision workflows in Blender by bringing CAD like tools, features and usability to Blender.

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    • Blender
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    • BSD
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    Structures and thermomechanics analysis for studies and research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  5. AIPOD icon
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    AIPOD is a universal platform for intelligent design optimization. AIPOD provides SilverBullet, an industry-leading intelligent optimization algorithm designed to remove pain points in industrial design, such as high computational costs of numerical simulation.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
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    • Windows
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  6. Code_Aster is a free software for numerical simulation in structural mechanics. It is a general software for simulation in mechanics and calculation of structures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
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  7. OpenModelica icon
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    OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.

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    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  8. Calculix icon
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    Calculix is a free and open-source finite-element analysis application that uses an input format similar to Abaqus. It has an implicit and explicit solver written by Guido Dhondt and a pre- and post-processor written by Klaus Wittig.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. midas NFX icon
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    midasNFX provides a high-performance finite element pre-processor that provides a highly interactive and visual environment to analyze product design performance. midasNFX presents the users with an advanced suite of easy-to-use tools to build and edit CAE models.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  10. Code_Saturne solves the Navier-Stokes equations for 2D, 2D-axisymmetric and 3D flows, steady or unsteady, laminar or turbulent, incompressible or weakly dilatable, isothermal or not, with scalars transport if required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  11. FlexPDE icon
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    The Original Unlimited Scripted Multi-Physics Finite Element Solution Environment for Partial Differential Equations is now more powerful than ever!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. SimFlow icon
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    SimFlow is a powerful CFD software, focused on engineering and science. It combines an intuitive user interface with the advantages of the open-source OpenFOAM® libraries in something more than a compact OpenFoam® GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
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    • Windows
    • Linux
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