Practical details

• Date: May 11 & 12, 2026
• Duration: 2 days
• Schedule: 9:00 AM → 12:30 PM; 2:00 PM → 5:00 PM
• Location: EDF Lab Paris-Saclay
• Language: Spoken in French / Materials in English

In order to provide trainees with the best possible supervision, each of our trainers will supervise a maximum of 6 trainees.

Training program

Day 1 – Morning: Overview of code_aster capabilities for mechanics

Theoretical part:

• Presentation of the salome_meca ecosystem
• General presentation of code_aster capabilities
• Details of how code_aster works for 3D linear elastic calculations
• Link with AsterStudy

Day 1 – Afternoon: Implementing the Salomé / code_aster workflow for linear elastic calculation

Theoretical part:

• How Salomé's CAD and meshing modules work (Shaper & Mesh)
• How Salomé works for visualization (ParaVis)

Practical part:

• Simple quasi-static calculation on 3D bent piping (from CAD to calculation)

Day 2 – Morning: Structural elements and rigid connections

Theoretical part:

• Focus on structural elements: beams, plates, shells
• Definition of the mechanical characteristics of slender elements
• Connections between elements (beam/plate, plate/3D, etc.)

Practical part:

• Simple quasi-static calculation on bent piping with shell modeling
• Same piping calculation with hybrid 3D + shell modeling

Day 2 – Afternoon: Post-processing in code_aster

Theoretical part:

• Field manipulation
• Mechanical post-processing

Practical part:

• Post-processing of piping calculations with different models