The software can be downloaded, upon approval, from the Information Technologies Software Distribution web site. Output from runs on ARC is then transferred back to the researchers' own computers for visualization. Typically, researchers will install Abaqus on their own computers to develop models in a graphical user interface (Abaqus CAE) and then run simulations that exceed their local hardware capabilities on ARC. Abaqus is a commercial suite of programs for finite element analysis, including static, dynamic and thermal analysis of materials, with sophisticated options for handling contacts and nonlinear materials.