It is a matlab clone like octave and seems to support some FEM stuff: wiki.scilab.org/Finite%20Elements%20in%2....
It is a matlab clone like octave and seems to support some FEM stuff: wiki.scilab.org/Finite%20Elements%20in%2.... See also utc.fr/lrm/giens05/CDROM/CDROM/lo01.pdf a paper where they interface Scilab and OpenFEM.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.