CAELinux is a computer aided engineering Linux distribution.They say you just insert the CAELinux LiveDVD in a computer and turn it into a professionnal CAE workstation.
It is based on the open-source CAE softwares Salomé, Code_Aster, Code_Saturne and OpenFOAM , you can load your CAD geometry in Salomé and start partitionning and meshing your problem in just 5 minutes.
Then you can simulate incredibly complex physics with the open-source FE & CFD solvers Code_Aster, Code-Saturne, OpenFOAM & Elmer: non-linear thermo-mechanics, coupled fluid-structure dynamics, seismic / non-linear explicit dynamics, contacts, visco-plasticity, fluid dynamics, heat exchange, convection heat transfer and radiation, electro-magnetcis in other words nearly all physics problem can be addressed with the integrated solvers!! Then reload your results files in post-processing applications like Salomé, GMSH, Visit, or Paraview to visualize your data in 3D… And don’t forget all these features are based on free softwares.
Included Software:
Software |
Use |
| Salome_Meca_2007.1 | 3D CAD,Meshing Post Processing, Multiphysics FE analysis |
| Salome v3.2.6 | 3D CAD, Meshing Post Processing |
| Code Aster v9.1 | multiphysics FE analysis |
| Impact | explicit FE dynamics |
| OpenFOAM v1.4.1 | multipurpose CFD oriented solvers |
| Elmer v5.3 | multiphysics FE package |
| Calculix 1.7 | pre-post & FE solver, Abaqus-like syntax |
| Code-Saturne | 3D CFD/combustion solver |
| GMSH 1.65 & 2.0 | Scriptable & general purpose geometry modelling, meshing and post processing |
| Gerris flow solver v0.6.0 | 2D / 3D CFD solvers based on automatic octree mesh refinement |
| MBDyn | multibody dynamics |
| Tochnog | statics & dynamics FE solver |
| OpenFlower | 3D CFD solver |
| Dynela | non-linear explicit dynamics |
| Dolfyn CFD | 2D/3D CFD solver |
| GetDP | general PDE solver |
| Octave + Octave-Forge | SoftwareUseMATLAB compatible mathematical programming |
| Scilab | Matlab/Simulink-like mathematical programming environment |
| wxMaxima | Maple like symbolic computing environment |
| R and RKWard | Mathematical modelling & statistics (similar to S-Plus) |
| Paraview | general purpose 3D visualization software |
| QCAD | 2D CAD program |
| Netgen | 3D mesh generator |
| Tetgen | 3D mesh generator |










