We are very happy with the ANSYS CFX results in all areas including forces and free surface predictions. ANSYS CFX has performed as advertised and aided us in our design with precise appendage placement based on free surface and flow analysis.

NEM engineers apply ANSYS solutions to optimize heliostats that concentrate solar energy to generate power. With simulation, we can improve performance and reduce cost of our heliostat designs at a much faster pace than could be accomplished solely by building and testing prototypes.

The ANSYS® fluid structure interaction capabilities have enabled us to take our 3-D patient-specific modelling to the next level. Our previous models, created with a competitor’s FEA-CFD package, were less flexible in terms of element libraries, geometric and material constitutive nonlinearities, and fluid and solid boundary conditions. They also took more compute time to solve!

Simulation software from ANSYS helped us to optimize the transition tonnage produced during the grade change to maintain our very high product quality standards.

By using ANSYS® Workbench™ and ANSYS® DesignSpace®, we have quickly created an extremely efficient analysis environment, which enables us to analyze new developments both quickly and efficiently.

ANSYS’ user programmable feature (UPF) was used to create a creep subroutine based on ASME code case 2605, which allowed us to evaluate the creep damage of pressure equipment at elevated temperatures in high strength chrome-moly steels.

By comparison, CFX software from ANSYS enabled us to create, analyze, and compare dozens of virtual designs for the ECS in just weeks, then manufacture the components ourselves. By letting us perform that work in-house, CFX tools helped streamline the design and procurement process and deliver a prototype that performed perfectly after a single round of testing.

We changed from an earlier FE analysis software to ANSYS Structural, which we use within the ANSYS Workbench environment. ANSYS Structural within Workbench offers robust contact capabilities and the ability to work with large assemblies. Now we can analyze complex models easily and in less time than before, thus providing faster project delivery for our customers. With the help of ANSYS Structural, we can include various nonlinearities in FE models to get even more accurate results, including thermal loading in models. With more accurate modeling, Comatec can reduce the number of iteration cycles of prototyping.

We had made several finite element analyses in order to acquire the structural sensitivity in the desired manner. It was crucial for us to establish a standard solver for our design problems. By using ANSYS products at our company, this essential relation was easily accomplished.

Luxury super yachts must be designed to meet rigorous weight requirements so that these exceptional vessels perform in the way their demanding owners expect. In developing an initial design that would result in an overweight yacht, our team used ANSYS Composite PrepPost to design doors from composites materials to reduce this weight. The software helped us deliver a preliminary door design from this new material within five days so that cost estimates could be generated. In the end, the doors’ weight was decreased by 70 percent.

Automating the simulation process delivers high-performing, cost-efficient and robust products at the right price and within the design cycle timeframe. Using ANSYS Mechanical APDL with ANSYS ACT utilizes the power of the ANSYS Workbench with traditional APDL. This customization allows the Whirlpool team to employ simulation to shorten design time, standardize processes and provide consistent and reliable results regardless of the analyst’s skill set.

By using ANSYS Mechanical software and six sigma tools, analysts are given the ability to develop complex finite element cabinet models calibrated with real data, enabling the optimization of first-round physical prototypes. This procedure reduces development time and cost while meeting market requirements.

The ANSYS ICEM CFD products are by far the most advanced and userfriendly mesh generation tools currently available. Our unique applications in computational electromagnetics (CEM) truly benefit from the versatility of the ICEM CFD tools in reducing the cycle time. The friendly and knowledgeable support staff at ANSYS, Inc. add significant value to the ICEM CFD products.

Although interpretative linear analysis is the essence of FEA in a commercial environment, in certain cases non-linear analysis must also be prescribed.

ANSYS was chosen for its versatility and robustness, particularly in screening multiple design variations of small and mid-size models. It offers a powerful yet easy-to-understand internal macro-language (APDL), as well as adequate translators for Pro/ENGINEER and Unigraphics.

ANSYS® StructuralTM was valuable in studying stress levels for this project, especially the convenience and flexibility of the surface-to-surface bonded contact feature. This functionality greatly facilitated modeling the structure and provided a convenient mechanism for extracting load values on each adhesive joint to verify that forces were within acceptable limits. The speed of this approach enabled Taxi 2000 to confirm the performance expectations of the design so a working prototype of the SkyWeb Express could be completed within the time constraints of the development program.