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Computational engineering

Computational engineering is a discipline dealing with developing and exploiting computational models and simulations to solve complex physical problems, which arise in analysis and design in many areas of research.

Software

CSC provides access to multiple computational engineering software packages, both commercial and open-source. All the software packages are offered to users from Finnish universities and universities of applied sciences free-of-charge.

The commercial packages can be used in public-domain non-commercial research and education. The terms and conditions on the agreements between CSC and the software vendors need to be taken into account. The licenses of the packages are available on CSC’s computing servers. Note that the software list in Docs CSC can also be grouped by license.

The offered software packages are mainly intended for solver analysis runs. Pre- and post-processing is often best done on the local workstation of the user.

Examples of research fields under computational engineering are computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural analysis.

  • CFD refers to describing the properties of fluids by solving physical equations using computational methods. Together with experiments and mathematical analysis, CFD helps to understand the phenomena detected in fluids.
  • Structural analysis comprises the set of physical laws and mathematics required to study and predict the behavior of structures. The subjects of structural analysis are engineering artifacts whose integrity is judged largely based on their ability to withstand loads; they commonly include buildings, bridges, aircraft, and ships. Our computational engineering software are often applied in structural analysis.

The use of our computational engineering software is not limited to the two aforementioned branches – it can be applied in many other disciplines as well. The full capabilities of a specific package are described on the pages of the software vendors. You can find the links in the software list in Docs CSC.

Support

If you have questions or issues related computational engineering at CSC, please contact our Service Desk.

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