Review of FELIPE version 3

FELIPE (Finite Element learning Package) is a software package designed to enable students of engineering and mathematics understand the finite element method. It consists of a suite of executable programs together with the Fortran 77 source code to solve a variety of finite element problems. FELIPE was developed by Dr Martin Reed of the Department of Biological Sciences Brunel University. The price of the program is £69+VAT for a licence for a named user on a single pc. A department licence allowing up to 30 pcs in a single location costs £699+VAT. This package is one of the cheapest introductory systems for finite element analysis providing source code as well as operational programs.