• Software Packages - Industry

• UTEX Scientific Instruments Inc. (Canada)
• Imagine3D
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Ray Tracing.
• Dr. David Reilly - NDTSoft (U.K.)
• Ultrasonic Ray Tracing for AutoCAD.
Type:  Transduer (Phased arrays), domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Ray Tracing.
• CyberLogic, Inc (USA)
• Wave2000
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry.
Approach:  Finite Difference.
• Wave Imaging (France)
• K-Space Software
Type:  Transducer, domain (acoustic and electromagnetic), geometry.
Approach:  K-space (Global method, weak number of operations per time step, incorporates spatial FFT).
• Stephen Kirkup - Integrated Sound Software (U.K.)
• ABEM2D, ABEMFULL, BEMLAP.
Type:  Acoustic field simulation (Laplace and Helmholtz Problems.) 
Approach:  Boundary Element Method (BEM.)
• Weidlinger Associates (USA)
• PZFlex
Type: Transducer, domain, geometry. 2D and 3D Piezoelectric Modeling. 
Approach: Finite Element Method (FEM).
• Dr. Derrick D. Hongerholt - Goodrich Corporation
• Guided Wave Modeling Software
Type:  Modeling guided waves - solution to dispersion curves 
Approach: Transfer matrix.  Solve dispersion relations via root finding routines.

• IMASONIC (France)
• Quick Sonic
Type: Transducer and interface (Aspherical surface definition for focal point.)
Approach: Geometric calculation.
• KLM Modeling
Type: Transducer (Piezocomposite, face, electrical components and cables.)
Approach: KLM.
• ASTUS
Type: Transducer (Beam.)
Approach: Transient acoustic field simulation.
• TASI Technical Software (Canada)
• PRAP - Piezoelectric Resonance Analysis Program
• ZAP - Impedance Analyser Program
• STEP - Electromechanical Response Characterisation Program
Type: Transducer. 
Approach: Circuit models. Constituative relations.
 
• Software Packages - Academia / Institutions / Government

• The National NDT Centre - AEA Technology (U.K.)  
• MUSE, AUTOMUSE
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Ray Tracing.
• CEA (France) 
• CIVA - (recent developments)
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Ray Tracing, GTD.
• CNDE - Iowa State Univeristy (USA) 
• UTSIM
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Ray Tracing, GTD.
• EPRI (USA) 
• RayTrace v 2 (Ultrasonic inspection of pipe welds, J. Spanner)
Type:  Transducer, domain (welds), geometry.
Approach:  Ray tracing.
• FORCE Institute (Denmark)
• P-scan - UltraSIM simulation module (product info)
Type:  Transducer, domain (3D CAD), geometry (for nuclear power plants, offshore installations). 
Approach:  Geometric approach.
• Fraunhofer-Institute for Nondestructive Testing (IZFP) (Germany)
• CADMUS
Type:  Transducer, domain (weld), geometry
Approach:  Ray tracing.
• Dept. of Mechanics - Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden)
• UTDefect - SUNDT  - (User Guide)
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  Integral transform methods.
• Department of  Sensor Technology - University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (Germany)
• CAPA
Type:  Modeling of  coupled field problems, Electromechanical transducers.
Approach:  FEM, BEM, Soundfield calculations by means of integral representations.
• Dr.Reinhard Wobst - IFW Dresden (Germany)
• A universal program for computing surface acoustic waves
Type:  Planar acoustic waves in layered anisotropic media.
Approach:  Solution of highly non-linear eigenvalue problems.
• NDT Lab - Department of Mechanical Engineering - Imperial College(U.K.)
• DISPERSE - An Interactive Program for Generating Dispersion Curves
Type:  Modeling guided waves - solution to dispersion curves 
- Flat plate or cylindrical geometries, with arbitrary numbers of layers.
- Elastic, damped isotropic or anisotropic solid, or a perfect or viscous fluid
Approach: Transfer matrix.  Solve dispersion relations via root finding routines.
• F. Lingvall - Uppsala Universitet (Sweden) - B. Piwakowski - IEMN - Lille (France)
• DREAM
Type: Transducer models.  (Freeware - implementation in Matlab)
Approach: spatial impulse response (SIR) approach.
• Prof. Jørgen Arendt Jensen - Ørsted.DTU (Denmark)
• Field
Type: Transducer.
Approach: Tupholme-Stepanishen method.
• Prof. Sverre Holm - University of Oslo (Norway)
• UltraSIM
Type: Transducer (Ultrasound Field Simulation.)
Approach: Numerical integration of sub-elements of a transducer.
• Dr. Ali Minachi - Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) (USA)
• Multi-Gaussian Beam (MGB) Model (online simulation)
Type: Transducer (Ultrasound Field Simulation.)
Approach: Multiple Gaussian Beam.
 

• Research
  
  
• CQE&FP - Northwestern Univeristy (USA)
Type:  Transducer (piezoelectric, laser ultrasound), domain, geometry (cracks, layers)
Approach:  Analytical, Numerical (BEM), and Asymptotic (Ray Theory, GTD) Approaches.
• Prof. Dr. Karl-Jörg Langenberg - Department of Electrical Engineering - Univeristy of Kassel (Germany)
Type:  Transducer, domain, geometry.
Approach:  EFIT (Elastodynamic Finite Integration Technique).

• Software Packages - Industry

• Infolityca - (Canada)
• MagNet6, ElecNet, ThermNet, FullWave, Gemini
Type:  Electromagnetic Design Software
• Approach:  FEM - 2D/3D, (Static,AC, High Frequency.)
• Integrated Engineering Software (Canada)
• CELECTRO, COULOMB, MAGNETO, AMPERES, OERSTED, FARADAY, SINGULA 
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry.
Approach:  BEM.
• Sensoria (France)
• Inducsens
Type:  Simulates the behaviour of a coil brought in proximity of a conductive target.
Approach: .
• Vector Fields (U.K./USA)
• CONCERTO,OPERA-2D,OPERA-3D,TOSCA,ELEKTRA,SCALA,CARMEN
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry.
Approach:  FEM, FDTD.
• Victor Technologies (USA)
• VIC-3D (Volume Integral Code in Three Dimensions)
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry.
Approach:  Volume-Integral approach (FFT).
 
• Software Packages - Academia / Institutions / Government
 
• CNDE - Iowa State Univeristy (USA) 
• ECSIM, MAGSIM
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  .
• CEA (France) 
• MESSINE module in CIVA - (recent developments)
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry.
Approach:

• Applied Electromagnetics Research Centre (AERC) - Univeristy of Bath (U.K.)  
• MEGA software for electromagnetic modeling
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  FEM.
• EDF (France) 
• TRIFOU
Type:  Probe, domain, geometry. 
Approach:  FEM-BEM.
• Christian Hafner - Computational Optics Group (COG) - ETH Zurich 
• MAX-1 , GTD , MMP.
Type:  Numerical field computations - applied to electromagnetic fields and to acoustics. 
Approach:  Semi-analytic method.  Amplitudes of the basis fields found by Generalized Point Matching Technique.

• Software Packages - Industry

Integrated Engineering Software (Canada)

• KELVIN, CELSIUS
Type:  Domain, geometry.
Approach:  BEM.

Network Analysis (USA)

• SINDA/G, SINDA/3D, Advanced Thermal Modeler, THERMICA
Type:  Domain, geometry (NASA applications.)
Approach:  Finite Difference Analysis.

MAYA Heat Transfer Technologies (Canada)

• Electronics System Cooling Simulation, TMG Thermal 
Type:  Domain, geometry (Electronics, aerospace applications.)
Approach:  Finite Difference.

 

• X-ray - Software Packages
 
• NDE Technologies, Inc. - Irving J. Gray (USA)
  
• CNDE - Iowa State Univeristy - Joel Gray (USA) 
• XRSIM
• CEA (France) 
• CIVA - (recent developments)
• INSA de Lyon (France)
• Simulation of X-Ray NDT Imaging Techniques
• X-Ray Resources on the Web - X-Ray Programs

Software Packages - Industry

• Vallen-Systeme (Germany)
• VisualAE

• NDT.org - Files and Software

• Goggle: Science - Math - Software Directory

• Finite Element Software Packages
• THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FEM) Software

Availability, Features and User Experiences.

Software for Structural Analysis

• FEMAP - pre- and post-processor for engineering finite element analysis (FEA)

• Boundary Element Network Resources