Free COMSOL Multiphysics Alternatives

The best free alternative to COMSOL Multiphysics is FEATool Multiphysics. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics are Elmer, KRATOS Multiphysics, SU2 and CAD Sketcher.

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  1. FEATool Multiphysics is a fully integrated physics modeling and engineering simulation environment, featuring built-in CAD and geometry tools, pre-processing and grid generation, solvers, post-processing and visualization.

    40 FEATool Multiphysics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • MATLAB
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    Elmer is an open source multiphysical simulation software mainly developed by CSC - IT Center for Science (CSC). Elmer development was started 1995 in collaboration with Finnish Universities, research institutes and industry.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Kratos Multiphysics (A.K.A Kratos) is a framework for building parallel multi-disciplinary simulation software. Modularity, extensibility and HPC are the main objectives. Kratos has BSD license and is written in C++ with extensive Python interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Open-source collection of software tools for performing Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis and design.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. 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.

    61 CAD Sketcher alternatives

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    • Blender
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Structures and thermomechanics analysis for studies and research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. 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.

    48 OpenModelica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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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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  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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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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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    MYSTRAN is a general purpose finite element analysis computer program for structures that can be modeled as linear (i.e. displacements, forces and stresses proportional to applied load). MYSTRAN is an acronym for "My Structural Analysis", to indicate it's...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
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