I want to investigate the stop bands of periodical structures. Is it possible to calculate dispersion curves in a Brilloin zone with ANSYS or other FEM code? Is there may be some work around?
If you want to calculate the electronic band structure, then density functional theory (Vasp, quantum espresso, fhi-aims...) is what you need. FEM codes are not able to do this kind of calculation. IN theory, you could set up an fem calculation of the wave function structure, but localized FE base functions are not really suitable for the task.