CFD Time Transformation Delivers Accurate Turbomachinery Unsteady Transient...
Unsteady methods are becoming increasingly important in turbomachinery design and optimization because they model transient flows and performance more realistically. Unfortunately, using time-accurate...
View ArticleCFD Helps Design Marine Vessels to Withstand Extreme Waves
Most of Brazil’s offshore resources are in deep waters so Petrobras has fostered substantial expertise to develop these fields. One area of importance is the design of marine vessels to withstand the...
View ArticleTrue-Load Software and ANSYS Workbench Solve Difficult Strain Challenges
As the founder and president of Wolf Star Technologies and the creator of True-Load software, which calculates the loads from measured strain occurring in moving vehicles, I would like to tell you a...
View ArticleEfficiently Modeling Turbulent Combustion with Realistic Chemistry Using a...
The main challenge of turbulent combustion simulation is to resolve turbulent mixing together with the chemistry of combustion involving hundreds of molecular species, in a solution time that is...
View ArticleAdditive Manufacturing – Re-engineering Engineering
On the 11th of June I, along with quite a few of my colleagues and a number of our customers will be heading to Sweden to the NAFEMS conference. I’ll be there to talk about our work in the area of...
View ArticleLightening the Load with Composites and Digital Prototyping
Airlines and aircraft manufacturers are doing everything they can to lower their costs, including lightweighting every component possible, which can improve fuel efficiency. The industry spends more...
View ArticleDigital Prototyping for More Powerful Pumps
Routine maintenance of sewer pipes is necessary to prevent clogging, cracking and failure in the long run, saving sewage companies considerable time and money. FMC Technologies, which makes...
View ArticleInteractive Script-defined Tools Change the Game in Modeling
If you turn on the TV or browse the internet these days, automation is a familiar topic. From smart homes to learning thermostats, the drive to save time and effort by automating repeated tasks is...
View ArticleFast, Accurate and Reliable Turbomachinery Simulation with Harmonic Analysis...
Transient blade row simulations in turbomachinery are needed either to improve the aerodynamic performance predictions or because the flow interaction we are trying to resolve and predict is unsteady...
View ArticleAccelerating Multiphysics Multi-Scale Signoff at #54DAC
I’m happy to announce that our team will once again be showcasing our industry-leading solutions at the 54th Annual Design Automation Conference (#54DAC) in Austin, TX. I invite you to stop by and meet...
View ArticleANSYS and Synopsys Announcement at DAC 2017 – #54DAC
Semiconductors touch every aspect of our lives — from the computers that we work on to the automobiles we drive to the medical devices that keep us healthy. As these amazing chips become smaller and...
View ArticleSimulating Accurate Combustion Dynamics with Lean Premixed Combustion
Stringent emission regulations force the gas turbine combustor community to come up with new designs. Lean Premixed combustion (LPM) is gaining popularity to meet the emission regulations. However,...
View ArticleEmirates Team New Zealand Wins the 2017 America’s Cup
From all of us at ANSYS, we want to congratulate the team of Emirates Team New Zealand who just won the 2017 America’s Cup. Wining the America’s Cup is a feat in sailsmanship, a feat in teamwork, but...
View ArticleIn Search of a Better Design with Topology Optimization
When reducing the mass of your models, are you also optimizing for other important design elements such as thermal performance, fabrication constraints or if the casting needs to be water-tight?...
View Article3 Ways to Boost ANSYS Performance with Intel Technologies
ISC 2017 in Frankfurt, Germany (copyright Philip Loeper) My visit to ISC High Performance last month in Frankfurt, Germany re-affirmed my belief that computing innovation shows no signs of slowing...
View ArticleAmphenol® RF HFSS 3D Components
Amphenol® RF engineers spend countless hours working with our customers to ensure our connectors are as effectively integrated as possible to their products. With competitive pressure and new product...
View ArticleThe Challenges of 3D Sheet Metal Fabrication
Something you don’t read every day on the ANSYS blog are stories of how our technology helps manufacturers with 3D sheet metal fabrication. The reality is that many engineers and manufacturers use...
View ArticleOptimizing Tunnel Ventilation Fan Blades for Energy Efficiency Using the...
Because fossil fuel resources around the globe are finite, an overriding engineering design challenge is energy efficiency and sustainability. Today I’ll use tunnel ventilation fans as an example to...
View ArticleOptimizing Critical Components to Fit into Confined Spaces Using the Adjoint...
Optimizing components that must fit into tight spaces can be a daunting task, even for the most experienced designer. Consider the HVAC system of a car, which supplies air to the vehicle’s cabin....
View ArticleDriving Towards Autonomous Cars and ADAS – The Future is Now
Read any automotive-related article and I’m sure it discusses autonomous cars and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) – the benefits, the challenges and what the future may hold. More and more...
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