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Warning!

Puhti and Mahti are being decommissioned in stages, and their storage areas will become fully unavailable from 15 October 2026. Clean up unnecessary files and move any data you need to keep by 31 August 2026. See the Roihu data migration guide for instructions on transferring your data to Roihu.

Puhti scratch is very full: keep only active data there and move or delete everything else. No new Puhti scratch quota will be granted.

Abaqus

Abaqus is a finite element analysis (FEA) solution used by engineers to simulate the real-world behavior of products, materials, and assemblies under complex conditions. It is widely recognized for accurately modeling nonlinear phenomena such as large deformations, complex contact interactions, and advanced material behavior.

Abaqus enables analysts to predict how structures respond to realistic loading conditions such as impact, vibration, thermal effects, and material failure. Its implicit and explicit solvers support simulations ranging from detailed component analyses to large system-level models

License

The terms of use of this software allow it to be used only by affiliates (staff and students) of Finnish higher education institutions.

Available

Licenses are available on CSC's computing platform Roihu for analysis runs only. Latest products will be available on the servers, and earlier versions installation is also possible. All installed versions are maintained on the servers.

Usage

After login on the Roihu server, make sure that you have transferred all your input files for the analysis run from your local computer to the server. Locate the files in your project's scratch directory. Home directory is not intended for computing.

To find out which versions of Abaqus are installed on the server, give a command

module available
and check lines abaqus/<version number>. For example, to load Abaqus version 2026, give a command
module load abaqus/2026

There is an example batch job file available on Roihu server in a directory

/appl/soft/manual/eng/x86_64/simulia/example_batch_job_scripts
Copy the file and modify it for your own use.

Support

In case of issues, please contact CSC Service Desk.

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