ANSYS R12.1 Capabilities Matrix

The flexible mesh generation tools within ANSYS ICEM CFD software offer the capability to parametrically create volume or surface meshes from geometry or mesh in multi-block structured, unstructured hexahedral, Cartesian, tetrahedral, tetra/prism hybrid, hexa hybrid and unstructured quad/tri shell formats.

ANSYS Composite PrepPost software provides all the necessary functionality for the analysis of layered compositestructures. An intuitive interface efficiently defines materials, plies and stacking sequences, and also offers a wide choice of state-of-the-art failure criteria. ANSYS solvers provide the foundation for accurate results, while additional computations for the failure criteria are performed within the ANSYS Composite PrepPost application.

For more than a decade, leading companies around the world have relied on ANSYS® Icepak® technology to provide robust and powerful fluid dynamics software for electronics thermal management.The electronics cooling capabilities of ANSYS Icepak software have set the standard for speed, accuracy and ease of use.

The ANSYS structural mechanics family of products offers an unequalled depth of analysis from concept simulation to advanced analysis; its unparalleled breadth of simulation capabilities ranges from linear to nonlinear coupled-physics analysis. With a full complement of linear and nonlinear elements, material laws ranging from metal to rubber and the most comprehensive set of solvers available, ANSYS simulation tools are applied widely across industries by users, from design engineers to advanced analysts.

ANSYS DesignModeler software provides unique modeling functions for simulation that include parametric geometry creation, concept model creation, CAD geometry modification, automated cleanup and repair, and several custom tools designed for fluid flow, structural and other types of analyses.

ANSYS CFD-Post software, the common post-processor for all ANSYS fluid dynamics products, gives users everything they need to visualize and analyze their results.Within a modern and intuitive user interface, ANSYS CFD-Post software sets no limits on creativity when generating powerful images to illustrate the flow in any desired level of detail.

Companies throughout the world benefit from the extensive range of physical modeling capabilities available in ANSYS® FLUENT® software.The broad physical modeling capabilities of this important engineering design and analysis tool have been successfully applied to industrial applications ranging from flow over an aircraft wing to combustion in a furnace, from bubble columns to glass production, from blood flow to wastewater treatment plants. The ability of the software to model internal combustion engines, aeroacoustics, turbomachinery and multiphase systems has served to broaden its reach.

In an expanding range of applications, engineers and designers must be able to accurately predict how complex products will behave in real-world environments where multiple types of coupled physics interact. ANSYS multiphysics solutions allow our customers to evaluate their designs operating under real-world multiphysics conditions. Software from ANSYS enables engineers and scientists to simulate the interaction between structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid flow and electromagnetics all within a single, unified engineering simulation environment.

For more than 20 years, companies around the world have trusted ANSYS® CFX® technology to provide reliable and powerful computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions ANSYS CFX combines advanced solver technology with a modern user interface and an adaptive architecture to make CFD accessible to both designers with general engineering knowledge and fluid dynamics specialists requiring in-depth model control and options.