---
type: entity
subtype: product
title: "midas FEA"
created: 2026-06-02
updated: 2026-06-02
address: c-000144
aliases:
  - MIDAS FEA
  - Midas FEA
tags:
  - entity
  - product
  - finite-element-method
  - nonlinear-analysis
status: current
related:
  - "[[MIDAS Information Technology]]"
  - "[[Midas-FEA-Analysis-Manual|Midas FEA Analysis Manual]]"
  - "[[midas Civil]]"
  - "[[midas NFX]]"
  - "[[Midas FEA Analysis Workflow]]"
  - "[[Midas FEA Element Library]]"
  - "[[Midas FEA Nonlinear Solution Algorithms]]"
  - "[[Midas FEA Concrete Cracking and Material Models]]"
sources:
  - "[[Midas-FEA-Analysis-Manual|Midas FEA Analysis Manual]]"
---

# midas FEA

## Definition

midas FEA is a finite element analysis product from [[MIDAS Information Technology]] for advanced nonlinear and detail analysis, especially in bridge and civil structural engineering contexts.

## Manual Coverage

The [[Midas-FEA-Analysis-Manual|Midas FEA Analysis Manual]] organizes the product around structural elements, reinforcement embedding, interface elements, nonlinear material models, equation solvers, nonlinear iteration, linear static/dynamic/buckling analyses, construction stages, heat transfer and hydration, contact, fatigue, and CFD.

## Why It Matters

For this vault's custom-solver thread, midas FEA is a useful reference product because its manual exposes the analysis features and validation targets an engineering FE solver must make explicit: model input, element libraries, state-dependent materials, solver selection, convergence checks, and output quantities. [[midas Civil]] complements it with bridge-oriented member modeling, staged construction, prestress, seismic, moving-load, and civil design workflows. [[midas NFX]] complements it with a broader general-purpose structural, field, contact, fatigue, optimization, and forming-limit analysis manual.

## Related

- [[ABAQUS]] - another production finite element product represented in this vault.
- [[midas Civil]] - sibling MIDAS product represented by [[Midas-Civil-Analysis-Reference|Midas Civil Analysis Reference]].
- [[midas NFX]] - sibling MIDAS product represented by [[Midas-NFX-Analysis-Manual|Midas NFX Analysis Manual]].
- [[Finite Element Program Implementation]] - common implementation workflow.
- [[Finite Element Modeling and Convergence Checks]] - reliability and verification context.