Talk:Finite element analysis

I would like to point out that there is an error on your page.Accuracy of the FEA method cannot -practically- be improved indifinitevely. There is an upper limit.This limit is determined by convergence check performed by all FEA analysts. After a number of elements accuracy stays practically the same, while computing time increase

And what about FEA freeware?

1.Does FEA include FEM and FDM? 2.The current article seems to explain info already contained in FEM page.Why not try to explain when does FEM becomes FEA,and explain some practical applications and uses of FEA?--Sahodaran 18:45, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Too many external links

This page has more external links to commercial finite element vendors than actual content. Any ideas of what to be done about it? I would think we should just keep a paragraph listing all commercial software but with no direct links to the companies publishing them (and same for free software links). Comments? Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 15:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

With your experience in shape optimization, I'm confident you'll find the optimal shape in the infinite-dimensional space of possible articles. ;)

Seriously, I'd support removing all the external links to software. A paragraph listing all the software does not seem very useful (unless you want to compare the various packages). -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 04:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Which, to my mind seems like a good reason to keep them.Greglocock 11:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The number of links is just too big. Any google search would find them. Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 02:54, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What efficient search terms would bring this list up?Greglocock 03:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

finite element software Oleg Alexandrov (talk) 15:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]