Siemens has announced the cessation of development of OpenRadioss as an open project and has transformed it into a proprietary product. The OpenRadioss repository has been removed from GitHub, and the site openradioss.org now redirects users to a page with information about the closure of the project. Companies interested in continuing to use OpenRadioss are encouraged to transition to the proprietary product Simcenter Radioss, and a Simcenter Radioss R&D Program (SCRDP) has been launched, allowing researchers, scientists, and industrial partners to access the platform's code under a special agreement.
The OpenRadioss code was opened in 2022 under the AGPLv3 license and has been developed as a research project with community involvement for four years. Siemens has now decided to create a professional product for engineering calculations and 3D simulation based on OpenRadioss, investing in its development and providing full support. After the removal of the OpenRadioss repository, forks and archived copies remain available online (1, 2, 3, 4, 5).
OpenRadioss is designed to solve problems in continuum mechanics, such as the strength calculation of engineering structures in highly nonlinear tasks involving large plastic deformations of the material being studied. The code is primarily written in Fortran and supports operation in Linux and Windows. The projects address issues related to metal forming processes and sheet stamping, as well as the simulation of rapid processes and fluid and gas mechanics.
Source: opennet.ru
