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Capabilities Chart

Structural TM

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CFD-Flo™
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Maxwell®
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Structural Analysis
Analysis Types
Static • • • • • •
Modal • • • • • •
Buckling - linear • • • • • •
Buckling - nonlinear • • • ∆ • • •
Transient • • • ∆ ∆ • • •
Spectrum • • • • •
Harmonic • • • ∆ ∆
Random vibration • • •
Substructuring • • •
Shape optimization • • • • • •
Geometric Nonlinearity
Large strain • • • • • • •
Large deflection • • • • ∆ • • •
Stress stiffening • • • • •
Material Model Highlights
Linear material models • • • • • • • • •
Rate-dependent plasticity • • • • • •
Rate-independent plasticity • • • ∆ • • •
Hyperelasticity • • • ∆ • • •
Viscoelasticity • • • • • •
Creep • • •
Contact Modeling
Bonded/no separation sliding • • • • • • • • •
Pretension (bolts, etc.) • • • • • ∆
Spot welds • • • • • • • •
Nonlinear Contact Modeling
Sliding with separation • • • • ∆ • • •
Friction • • • • • • •
Gaskets • • •
Advanced Analysis
Rotordynamics • • •
Component mode synthesis • • •
Cyclic symmetry analysis • • • • •
Rezoning • • •
Submodeling • • • • •
Element birth and death • • • ∆ ∆ ∆
Meshfree analysis •
Explicit Analysis
Modeling Capabilities
Interactive prep/post and solution • •
Remapping in space •
Remapping solution methods •
Mass scaling • • •
Dezoning •
Part activation and deactivation •
Part addition/removal during a simulation •
Erosion based on multiple criteria • • •
Natural fragmentation • •
Meshfree analysis •
Euler solver •
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ANSYS®

Professional NLT
ANSYS 12.1 CFD™

ANSYS® [C-1]
POLYFLOW™
Explicit STR™
Multiphysics TM

DesignSpace®
Mechanical TM

AUTODYN ®
Capabilities Chart

Structural TM

LS-DYNA®

CFD-Flo™
FLUENT®

Maxwell®
ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

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ANSYS®

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Emag™
HFSS™
CFX®
2-D Solver •
Fluid structure interaction (FSI) •
Implicit-explicit deformations • • •
Implicit-explicit material states • •
Thermal Analysis
Analysis Types
Steady state • • • • • • • • •
Transient • • • • • • •
Thermal Modeling
Conduction • • • • • • • • •
Convection • • • • • • • • •
Radiation • • • • • ∆ ∆
Phase change • • • • •
Fluid Dynamics
Modeling Capabilities
Variety of inlet and outlet b.c. • • • • •
Steady-state flow • • • • •
Transient flow • • • • •
2-D flow - dedicated solver option • •
2-D flow - using thin 3-D segment • • • • •
3-D flow • • • • •
Time-dependent boundary conditions • • • • •
Incompressible flow • • • • •
Compressible flow • • • •
Natural convection • • • •
Fan model • • • •
Periodic domains • • • • •
Porous media • • • • •
Heat transfer • • • • •
Conjugate heat transfer • • • • •
Non-Newtonian viscosity • • • • •
Viscoelasticity •
Turbulence - isotropic • • • •
Turbulence - anisotropic/RSM/LES • • • •
Turbulence - transitional/SAS/DES • •
Rotating equipment - MRF/frozen-rotor • •
Rotating equipment - sliding-mesh/stage • •
Dynamic/moving-deforming mesh • • • • •
Immersed-solid/MSTmethod for moving parts • • • •
Flow-driven solid motion (6DOF) •
Internal radiation - participating media • • • • •
Internal radiation - transparent media • •
External radiation • •
Solar radiation and load • •
Species modeling • • • • •
Flow pathlines (massless) • • • • •
Particle tracking (with mass) • •
Coupled discrete phase modeling • •
Acoustics - source export • • • •
Acoustics - noise prediction •
Chemical reaction • • •
Combustion • •
Cavitation • • • •
Multiphase - Eulerian • •
Multiphase - free surface • • • • •
Fluid structure interaction option • • • • •
Internal optimization for flow •
Specialty extrusion models •
Specialty blow molding models •
Specialty fiber spinning models •
Specialty fuel cell models +
Solver Options
Pressure-based coupled solver • • • • •
Density-based coupled solver •
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ANSYS 12.1 CFD™

ANSYS® [C-1]
POLYFLOW™
Explicit STR™
Multiphysics TM

DesignSpace®
Mechanical TM

AUTODYN ®
Capabilities Chart

Structural TM

LS-DYNA®

CFD-Flo™
FLUENT®

Maxwell®
ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

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Emag™
HFSS™
CFX®
Pressure-based segregated solver •
Parallel solving on local PC option • • • • • • •
Parallel solving over network option • • • • • •
Customizable, scripting and user functions • • • • •
Electromagnetics – Low Frequency
Electrostatics • • •
AC conduction • • •
DC conduction • • •
DC insulator field •
Magnetostatics • • •
Adaptive field mesh •
AC harmonic magnetic • • •
AC harmonic electric • •
Electric transient • • •
Ion optics • •
Magnetic Transient
Rigid motion visualization •
Translational motion • • •
Rotational motion • • •
Double-layer rotational motion •
Cylindrical motion •
Automatic matching boundaries •
Winding definition •
Automatic coil connections across
•
boundaries
Advanced circuit coupling with Simplorer® •
Circuit coupling with adaptive
time stepping •
Advanced Material Characteristics
Nonlinear anisotropic materials •
Functional magnetization direction •
Advanced permanent magnet
•
demagnetization modeling
Nonlinear magnetization characteristics •
Core loss modeling •
Automatic projects creation using UDPs •
Insulation sheet to model cracks •
Electromagnetics - High Frequency
Modal •
Q factor •
Harmonic analysis driven by 2-D ports •
Harmonic analysis - voltage and
•
current sources
Scattering of plane waves •
Scattering of cylindrical waves •
Perfect electric and magnetic conductors •
Impedance boundaries •
Boundary conditions for thin layers
•
and screens
Lumped RLC components •
Perfectly matched absorber boundaries •
Near- and far-field extension •
Periodic structures •
Frequency-selective surface (FSS) •
EMI/EMC •
Antenna radiation patterns •
Radar cross section •
Specific absorption rate (SAR) •
Coupled Physics
(Sometimes Requires Two or More Products)
Acoustics • • • ∆ ∆
Acoustics-structural • •
Electric-Magnetic • • • •
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ANSYS®

Professional NLT
ANSYS 12.1 CFD™

ANSYS® [C-1]
POLYFLOW™
Explicit STR™
Multiphysics TM

DesignSpace®
Mechanical TM

AUTODYN ®
Capabilities Chart

Structural TM

LS-DYNA®

CFD-Flo™
FLUENT®

Maxwell®
ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

ANSYS®

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Emag™
HFSS™
CFX®
Fluid-structural • • • + + +
Fluid-thermal • • • •
Electromagnetic-fluid • + + + •
Magnetic-structural • •
Electromagnetic-thermal • • • •
Piezoelectric • •
Piezoresistive • •
Thermal-electric • • •
Thermal-structural • • • • •
Thermal-electric-structural • •
Electromagnetic-thermal-structural • • • •
Electrostatic-structural •
Reduced order modeling (ROM) • • • •
Multi-field general purpose solver • • • • • •
Preprocessing
Modeling Capabilities
IGES/STEP geometry reader • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Beam modeling • • • • • • • •
Meshing Capabilities
Defeaturing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Automatic surface meshing • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Automatic tetrahedral meshing • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Automatic prism inflation layers • • • • • • • • • • • •
Automatic hexa-core meshing • • • • • • • •
Automatic swept hex meshing • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Automatic hexa-dominant meshing • • • • • • • • • •
Thin-sweep meshing • • • • • • • • • •
Curvilinear elements • •
Adaptive mesh refinement • • •
Mesh editing • •
Mesh repair (remeshing, etc.) • • •
Boundary Conditions
Solid model loads and boundary conditions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tabular loads and boundary conditions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Function loads and boundary conditions • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Apply temperature loads • • • • • • • • • • • •
Post-processing
Report generator • • • • • • • ∆ ∆ • • • • • • •
Contour displays • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Vector displays • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Isosurface displays • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Slicing planes • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Quantitative calculations • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Particle tracing • • • • • •
Animation • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Output (images, Excel® data) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
CFD turbomachinery post-processing • • •
General
ANSYS® Engineering Knowledge Manager™
+ + + + + + + + + + + + +
(EKM™) data management ready
Parallel solvers (HPC licenses required) + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Solver scripting language • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Parameter manager • • • • • • • ∆ • • • • • • •
∆ = Limited set of feature capabilities + = Additional product required [C-1] Add-on module for ANSYS Mechanical

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