ANSYS Structural Mechanics Product Features

Structural Analysis
Advanced Structural Mechanics for All Stages of Product Development
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simulate every structural aspect of a product, including linear static s (ARMONICANALYSIS
analyses that simply provides stresses or deformations, modal analysis s 4RANSIENTANALYSIS
that determines vibration characteristics, through to advanced transient s 3PECTRUMANALYSIS
nonlinear phenomena involving dynamic effects and complex behaviors. s "UCKLINGANALYSIS

All users, from designers to advanced experts, can benefit from ANSYS Geometric Nonlinearity
structural mechanics solutions. The fidelity of the results is achieved s ,ARGESTRAIN
through the wide variety of material models available, the quality of s ,ARGEDEmECTION
the elements library, the robustness of the solution algorithms, and s 3TRESSSTIFFENING
the ability to model every product — from single parts to very complex s 3PINSOFTENING
assemblies with hundreds of components interacting through contacts s #ORIOLISEFFECTS
or relative motions.
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use to help product developers focus on the most important part of the s .ODE TO SURFACE
simulation process: understanding the results and the impact of design s .ODE TO NODE
variations on the model. s "EAM TO BEAM
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deformation evaluation Contact Formulations
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characteristics (eigenmode, harmonic or spectrum analysis in the s !UGMENTED,AGRANGE
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including dynamic effects and time-dependent material properties s ,AGRANGEMULTIPLIER
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Material Modeling
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Product Features Advanced and specialized models are available for:
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- Shape memory alloys s #YCLICSYMMETRYMODELS
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s 6ISCOPLASTICITYANDVISCOELASTICITY Modeling Complex Material Behavior
s #REEPANDSWELLING To help users obtain accurate results, ANSYS
s 0IEZOELECTRIC solutions provide an extensive library of material
s $ENSITYSPECIlCHEATTHERMALEXPANSION models: linear and nonlinear material models to handle composites,
s 4HERMALANDELECTRICCONDUCTIVITY plasticity in metals, and hyperelasticity of rubber components as well
s -ATERIALDAMPING as specialized materials including cast iron, shape memory alloys,
s 5SERMATERIALS porous elasticity and cohesive zone models used to simulate
s 4EMPERATURE DEPENDENTPROPERTIES debonding between parts.
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Modeling All Topologies
To represent complex real-world geometries, ANSYS structural
mechanics solutions offer support for a range of elements including
beam, shell, solid and solid-shell elements. Also available are preten-
sion, joints, gaskets and other special elements including nonlinear
springs or smeared and discrete reinforcements.

Modeling Interaction between Parts

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interact, a robust and complete set of contact capabilities is avail-
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and rigid bodies; contact behavior for constant or orthotropic friction;

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subassembly
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Element Technology
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s 2EBARREINFORCEMENTELEMENTS The modern, easy-to-use interface of the mechanical application in the
s 5SERELEMENTS ANSYS Workbench platform has advanced tools like automatic joint-
detection seen in this aircraft landing gear assembly
and sliding behavior for structural, thermal and multiphysics contact Product Features
applications. Fast, automatic contact detection backed by powerful
algorithms allows for fast and accurate solving of models involving Thermal Analysis
contacts. s 3TEADY STATEANDTRANSIENT
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The mechanical simulation interface based on the ANSYS® Work- s 2ADIATION
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simple to highly complex. The interface can take weeks out of a s -ASSTRANSPORT
computer-aided engineering (CAE) process by eliminating manual file s &LUIDELEMENTS
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Within the highly productive ANSYS Workbench environment, users

can benefit from very advanced technologies:

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model repair and providing automated model updates upon design
changes
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optimization studies s 0IEZOELECTRIC
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Advanced Techniques to Solve Larger Problems Faster
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computation of large models. With Distributed ANSYS, the entire s $ESIGNOPTIMIZATION
solution phase runs in parallel, including stiffness matrix generation, s 4OPOLOGICALOPTIMIZATION
linear-equation solving and results calculations in both shared and s 0ROBABILISTICDESIGN
distributed memory processing. s 0ARAMETRICSIMULATION

Additional advanced techniques such as component mode synthesis ANSYS Parametric Design Language
(CMS), submodeling techniques and proprietary acceleration tech- s )FnTHENnELSECONSTRUCTS
niques, aid in efficiently handling large models. s $O LOOPFEATURES
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Product Features Parametric Capabilities for Better Design Understanding
The parameterization capabilities of ANSYS structural mechanics
Additional Features solutions allow users to easily iterate on design changes. Product
s #YCLICSYMMETRYANALYSIS developers can perform design analysis studies and optimization at
s 2OTORDYNAMICS a very low cost in terms of user time.
s 2IGIDmEXIBLEMULTIBODYDYNAMICS
s 3UBMODELING As a result, simulation users become part of the design process, since
s !DAPTIVEMESHING the results of their analyses allow them to answer what-if questions,
s #-3 guiding the process toward better and innovative solutions.
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s  $REZONINGHYPERELASTICITYPLASTICITY A Scalable Solution
ANSYS offers a range of products
Solvers that help users to meet current
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s 3.ODE applications. Advanced users ded penny crack mesh for failure
can benefit from ANSYS Para- evaluation due to fracture
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s!.393$ESIGN-ODELER˜ which provides a rich set of
s!.393$ESIGN8PLORER˜ scripting capabilities to perform entire simulations from pre-processing
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