Increasing Engineering Efficiency with STARS: Structural Analysis Routines

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Overview

Structural Analysis Routines (STARS) is an efficient, cost-effective, and unique computer program that analyzes a variety of practical engineering problems. The software is a fully integrated, multidisciplinary, finite-element-based, graphic-oriented analysis tool that combines individual modules to solve complex engineering problems. STARS can be used for a range of applications, including structural analysis, heat transfer, linear aerodynamics, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as well as coupled linear and CFD-based (aeroelastic, aeroacoustic, and aerothermoelastic) acoustics and aeroservoelastic analysis. Because of the tool's highly integrated nature, it has broad application across many engineering disciplines. BENEFITS * Efficient: Integrates general-purpose analysis modules for a range of multidisciplinary applications * Easy to implement: Utilizes standard FORTRAN language to run on a variety of computational platforms * Powerful: Processes large amounts of data for a finite-element-based, graphic-oriented linear and nonlinear analysis POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS * Aerospace engineering * Mechanical and civil engineering * Automotive design