Quickfem

For Students of Engineering

FEA is hard.  Most problems are 3d and complex and require the major packages such as Ansys, Abacus, Patran, Nastran etc.   But engineers have to know what to expect from these models and this insight stems from the understanding of simple mechanisms and effects.  With Quickfem, you have the most convenient FEA modeller imaginable in your back pocket!

Learn how finite elements and structural analysis works by starting out with simple models you can build directly on your phone or tablet.  Play around with geometry, constraints, loads, materials and results to augment the theory.     

Simple touch geometry creation, automatic meshing, quick mesh refinement, simple constant strain elements, and near solution instant feedback creates the tight iteration loops necessary for rapid discovery.

Running on your mobile device, Quickfem gives you the freedom to create and understand structural models wherever and whenever inspiration strikes.

Know what to expect.

Feature List

• Automatic meshing
• 2D constant strain triangle FEM
• Solves 20,000 elements in seconds
• Solve up to 100,000 elements depending on processing power of device
• 3D view and edit mode
• Plane stress and plane strain
• Axisymmetric FEA modelling
• Thermal mechanical (thermomechanical) analysis
• Complex geometry, arcs, fillets, holes
• Fastener representations, grounded or connected to 1 or more plates
• Convergence checking through user defined mesh size
• Displacements fringe and deformation plots
• Strain and stress fringe plots
• Equivalent and principal stress fringe plots
• Maxima and minima
• Unit systems, SI, US, none or custom
• Default and customer material definitions
• Customisable modelling environment, materials, loads, units, precision, feature thickness, mesh sizes
• Example models