Ansys Structures

Ansys structural analysis software enables you to solve complex structural engineering problems and make better, faster design decisions. With the finite element analysis (FEA) solvers available in the suite, you can customize and automate solutions for your structural mechanics problems and parameterize them to analyze multiple design scenarios. You can also connect easily to other physics analysis tools for even greater fidelity. Ansys structural analysis software is used across industries to help engineers optimize their product designs and reduce the costs of physical testing.

Structural analysis for all experience levels

From designers and occasional users looking for quick, easy and accurate results, to experts looking to model complex materials, large assemblies and nonlinear behavior, Ansys has you covered. Ansys GRANTA Materials Data for Simulation is a license option providing instant, clickable access to a general library of over 700 materials property data accessed through the Ansys Mechanical interface, eliminating data search time and input errors. Mechanical’s intuitive interface enables engineers of all levels to get answers fast and with confidence. Solve on your local machine or on the cloud. You can even run hundreds of design points using Ansys distributed compute services (DCS).

Advanced capabilities

Simulation of complex materials and material behavior can be achieved using the built-in models, user-defined material models or Material Designer in Mechanical to create representative volume elements (RVEs). Models with very large deformation need not be simplified by switching to explicit solvers unnecessarily. The nonlinear adaptivity (NLAD) capability automatically handles challenging simulations by remeshing the solution as it progresses.

Separating morphing adaptive remeshing technique (SMART) fracture technology has been added to Mechanical for modeling crack growth in structures where fracture is a concern, so complex meshing processes and guesswork can be eliminated.

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Ansys Offers Better Accuracy

As the global leader in engineering simulation, Ansys helps 40,000 of the world’s most innovative companies deliver better products faster. By continually developing and acquiring the most advanced technologies and integrating them into a unified platform, we provide the complete simulation software capable of complex, multiphysics solutions.

Applications

Strength Analysis

Ansys Mechanical has all the tools you need to carry out strength analysis of parts and assemblies. It has the ability to account for bolt-loading, stress caused by temperature variation and physical loads such as pressure, forces, moments, accelerations and displacements. The response of the structure can be evaluated in terms or displacement, stress or strain on an assembly or part level. This helps predict your product’s performance once in service.

Vibration

Ansys Mechanical simulations help you understand how your designs will respond to vibrations from phenomena such as brake squeal, earthquakes, transport, and acoustic and harmonic loads. ANSYS Mechanical gives you a platform for single physic and multiphysics simulations to help you overcome your toughest vibration challenges.

Thermal Analysis

Thermal management is a key concern in product design as the Internet of Things, wearable electronics and other product design trends condense heat-generating electrical components into smaller and smaller packages. Ansys tools provide an environment for highly-accurate thermal simulation, including convection, radiation and conduction loads, as well as the effect of power losses and thermal energy from friction and other external sources.

Durability

Vibration and fatigue can severely impact maintenance costs and the life span of your products. Ansys Mechanical solution and Ansys nCode DesignLife analysis provide the integrated tools needed to identify potential vibration, mechanical and thermomechanical fatigue hotspots and improve product durability.

Rigid Body Dynamics

Mechanical systems often contain complex assemblies of interconnected parts, such as suspension assemblies in ground vehicles, robotics in manufacturing processes and landing gear in aircraft, Simulating the movement these systems is expensive, both in time and computational resources. Ansys Rigid Body Dynamics provides a faster, less expensive and more efficient solution in the highly productive and easy to use ANSYS Mechanical.

Hydrodynamics

The design requirements for offshore structures can differ greatly from traditional land-based constructions. Ansys Mechanical provides the tools for accurately simulating the load and effects of waves, currents and wind based phenomena. You can define the level of detail you need, from simplified models for truss type structures to high fidelity simulations that include all aspects of the wave, tide and current loading.

Composites

Composite materials provide new solutions — and new challenges — for manufacturers looking for stronger, lighter and innovative materials. Ansys Composite PrepPost, part of Ansys Mechanical Enterprise, software provides all the tools necessary for finite element analysis of layered composite structures.

Impact

Damage caused by collision or harsh environmental conditions can shorten a product’s life span, inflict warranty and repair expenses and incur liability risks. ANSYS structural analysis tools enable you to simulate mechanical, explicit dynamics and rigid body dynamics models to identify potential product deformation or damage after impact.

Optimization

ANSYS Design Xplorer enables you to model multiple design parameters, different loading, and changes in environmental conditions in less than the time it takes to build a single physical prototype. Tools to identify then impact of each parameter and include manufacturing variability through 6 sigma methods. It enables you perform all your simulation in a single environment, ensuring the best design for any condition.

HPC for FEA

Parallel processing with Ansys HPC can significantly reduce solution time from days to hours, and makes possible large and extremely complex virtual models that were previously unfeasible. Designers can evaluate more design iterations in less time, speeding design optimization. Flexible and scalable licensing helps make HPC available to companies of any size.

Topology Optimization

Ansys Mechanical gives you the tools you need to take advantage of new manufacturing methods like additive manufacturing. The optimal shape of a part is often organic and counterintuitive; Ansys topology optimization technology lets you specify where supports and loads are located on a volume of material and lets the software find the best shape. You can now easily perform lightweighting of structures, extract CAD shapes and quickly verify the optimized design.

Additive Manufacturing

Additive manufacturing is a method of fabricating complex parts layer-by-layer from a 3D model. Ansys additive manufacturing simulations help you to optimize your design for 3D printing, determine any potential stresses or distortions in the design so they can be corrected upfront, and predict the microstructure of the part based on the thermal history during fabrication. Simulation eliminates trial and error and gives you confidence that the part can be successfully built the first time with sound structural properties.

Flagship Products

Ansys Mechanical

A suite of finite element analysis (FEA) solutions that provides in-depth analysis of structural and coupled-field behaviors for broad structural analysis needs.

LS-DYNA

LS-DYNA is a powerful explicit simulation tool with integration into Ansys Mechanical. A large array of capabilities and material models enable complex models with great scalability.

Motion

A multibody dynamics solver for analysis of rigid and flexible bodies, capable of accurate evaluation of physical events through the analysis of a whole system.

Additive Print

Stand alone solution for Additive Manufacturing Process Simulations that allows for first-time right parts on Metal AM Equipment

Additive Suite

A comprehensive and scalable software solution which minimizes the risk of your AM Processes to ensure high quality, certifiable parts and includes Prep, Print and Science.

Featured Products

Autodyne

Tool that simulates the response of materials to short duration severe loading from impact, high pressure of explosions.

Ncode DesignLife

Up-front design tool that calculates stresses and strains, then cumulates damage from repetitive loading to determine a product’s predicted life using finite element analysis.

ACT

Customization toolkit to automate workflows, customize applications and create portable apps.

Additive Prep

Easy to use Additive Manufacturing build preparation tool created with designers and machine operators in mind to ensure right build orientation and support parameters.

Sherlock

Electronics design software that provides fast and accurate life predictions for electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early design stages.

Granta Materials Data for Simulation

For users of Ansys Mechanical or Ansys Electronics Desktop, a new license option enables you to access and use valuable materials data from Ansys Granta within your existing tools.