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Annual code_aster & salome_meca User Day - March 30, 2026

Past event – a look back at the 2026 edition, which brought the code_aster and salome_meca community together on March 30, 2026 at EDF Lab Paris-Saclay.

Overview

This event took place on March 30, 2026. The next edition will be held on Wednesday, March 31, 2027: discover the 2027 edition

On March 30, 2026, the Annual code_aster and salome_meca User Meeting brought the open-source engineering simulation community together at EDF Lab Paris-Saclay for a full day of exchanges, held entirely in English.

EDF developers, industrial and academic users, and simulation experts from many sectors shared their experience, research and developments around code_aster and salome_meca. Thirteen talks covered aeronautics, nuclear, civil engineering, cement production and high-performance computing, followed by EDF's presentation of new features and the roadmap for both tools.

Why attend

  • A community brought together: developers, industry players and researchers met in one place to share their practices and needs.
  • Concrete industrial feedback: Framatome, Airbus, Natran, Avnir Energy and Aether Engineering, among others, presented real-world use cases.
  • A look at the future of the tools: EDF presented new features and the roadmap for code_aster and salome_meca.
  • A great place to connect: breaks and Q&A sessions allowed direct discussions with the developers.

What you will learn

Morning session

  • Introduction of the Users Meeting – Simvia
  • Automated generation of MITC shell elements in code_aster via FEniCSx symbolic engines – EDF
  • The KILN-CALCULATOR: code-aster on the web for the simulation of rotary kilns for cement production – Ingenieurbüro für Mechanik
  • Implementation of phase-field models for brittle fracture in code_aster – Aarhus University
  • Assessment of the mechanical behavior of a shrink-fit weld assembly using salomé_méca and code_aster – Framatome
  • BIM-driven workflow for advanced nonlinear analysis of wood structures: dynamic and CFD-coupled models – Aether Engineering
  • How to successfully migrate your FEA activities to code_aster – Avnir Energy

Afternoon session

  • POC: Mechanical integrity evaluation of buried steel and PE pipelines under surface overload using a SaaS Cloud platform – Natran
  • code_aster in the aeronautics industry: two use cases on recurring issues – Phimeca and Airbus
  • HPC in code_aster: Industrial applications – EDF
  • Using code_aster: from expert rituals to a user-friendly ecosystem – Simvia
  • Development of new features in code_aster to support safety analyses at Framatome – Framatome
  • code_aster & salome_meca: new features and roadmap – EDF
  • Q&A session and closing

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