Free engineering tools, references and news for structural and stress engineers. Almost everything here is free to use and download.
Find here:
Complete site content at Site Map
Our articles: Engineers' Tool Kit - Our View
Easy site content visualization on the Site Map page added
Aerospace News now with three blocks from different sources: FlightGlobal, AviationNews and CombatAircraft.com News
New page with UAV/UCAV News. Summary added to all news pages
New addition to the Toolkit/Programs page: Scilab, a free, open source software for numerical computation in engineering and scientific applications (an alternative to Matlab)
CATIA model visualization utility 3D XML - Free program for visualizatioin of 3D XML files. Visualize CATIA models (stp file, for example) on your PC. Link for download on Toolkit/Programs page
File comparison utility WinMerge added to ToolKit/Programs page. Perfect for comparing and checking modified txt files like NASTRAN bdf's
Open Source Finite element program ELMER available for download on Toolkit/Programs page
Link to the new DNV regulation for Design of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures (Sept. 2011) on the Regulations – Wind Turbines page
Sukhoi: FlightGlobal - Superjet 100 flew in low-traffic Indonesian airspace: DGCA, All 47 on board crashed Superjet dead, photos of the crash site. Crash site VIDEO. CVR: Sukhoi Superjet cockpit voice recorder to remain in Indonesia
Mitsubishi: MRJ maiden flight pushed back over 12 months to late 2013 but in fact it will be 18 months. Read the (amazing) explanation: Mitsubishi’s MRJ Delay Explained
$144 Million repair: Airbus and Qantas overcame technical and logistical challenges in A380 repairs. See some Photos of the damage
737MAX: Even more doubts about B737MAX
A380 wing rib cracks: see details on a press release from DORIC and the AD from EASA
Composite fuselage: Boeing says flaw could affect 55 Dreamliners
Composite wing: MC-21 Wing Box Break Prompts Testing Rethink
......................................................................................................................................