Agros Suite — The Complete Guide: Free 2D Multiphysics Simulation With a Graphical Interface
Agros Suite is an open-source 2D finite-element program from the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, built on the deal.II library. Unlike most free tools of its kind, you work through a graphical interface: draw, assign materials and boundary conditions, and solve, without writing a line of code.
Agros Suite
University of West Bohemia, Pilsen
2D multiphysics finite-element simulation with a full graphical interface: electrostatics, magnetics, heat and structures.
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- Electric and magnetic fields — electrostatics, magnetostatics and eddy currents for electrical devices.
- Heat and structures — heat conduction and elasticity, including thermal load.
- Flow and acoustics — laminar flow and acoustic fields.
- Coupled problems — for example heating from electric current and the resulting deformation.
- Adaptive mesh and optimisation — automatic mesh refinement, scripting from Python and parameter optimisation.
Who it suits
Electrical and mechanical engineering students and lecturers, and engineers who want a quick check of a coil, insulator, motor or heat exchanger. The main limitation: problems are 2D or axisymmetric only. For 3D problems you move to another tool.
Related tools
For especially simple 2D magnetics and electrostatics — FEMM. For 3D multiphysics — Elmer FEM. For building complex meshes — Gmsh.
FEMM
David Meeker
2D finite element solver for magnetic, electrostatic, heat flow and current flow problems — motors, coils and inductors.
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Elmer FEM
CSC — IT Center for Science, Finland
Multiphysics FEA — solids, flow, heat and electromagnetics — with its own graphical interface.
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Gmsh
Gmsh Project
FEA mesh generator with built-in geometry and scripting — standard infrastructure for open numerical work.
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deal.II
deal.II developer community
A leading C++ library for adaptive finite elements, from a laptop to a supercomputer, with dozens of detailed tutorials.
Get it from the vendorThe bottom line
Agros Suite is the most convenient way to run free multiphysics simulation without programming, as long as the problem is two-dimensional.