Piezoelectricity in ANSYS Mechanical, Say Goodbye to Command Snippets!
Piezoelectricity is the ability of certain crystalline materials to generate an electric charge proportional to a mechanical strain (direct piezoelectricity). Direct piezoelectricity was discovered by...
View ArticleBring Smart “Assembly Line” Process to Simulations
An assembly line is a manufacturing process in which parts are added in a sequential manner to create a finished product much faster than with handcrafting-type methods. Can we apply the same...
View ArticleHow to Keep a Balanced Life…and a Balanced FEA Model
The key to a balanced life is clean living. There are some simple rules to live by. Always tell the truth, even if it makes you look bad. Don’t spend more than 10 dollars for every 10 dollars that you...
View ArticleWhat Fatigue Capabilities Does ANSYS Offer at Release 14.5?
In my last blog, I presented some fatigue background information and introduced why CAE can be a powerful tool for assessing fatigue damage. In this blog I will provide an overview of the ANSYS fatigue...
View ArticleMultilayer Bender Piezoelectric Actuators: Unimorph/Bimorph
I recently wrote a blog that outlined a formula to scale a multilayer stack actuator under axial deformation (stroke). In that blog we found out that “(n = number of layers)” was the multiplying factor...
View ArticleUnderstanding Contact Reaction Probes in ANSYS Mechanical
There are three methods available for extracting the reaction forces across a contact region in WB-Mechanical: Contact(Underlying Element) Contact (Contact Element) Target (Underlying Element) When you...
View ArticleGetting Started with ANSYS 15.0
Now that ANSYS 15.0 is released the next thing many of you will be doing is downloading and installing the new version. NOTE: This blog is aimed at current customers. If you’re not a current customer...
View ArticleWhy Use the ANSYS, Inc Version of nCode DesignLife?
In my last blog, I highlighted that HBM nCode is the world-wide leading developer of CAE durability software. They develop HBM nCode DesignLife, which is the leading FE based fatigue analysis software...
View ArticleUsing APDL Math to Create Vectors of Displacement, Velocity, or Acceleration...
Since ANSYS 8.1, our software has included the option for including nodal velocity and nodal acceleration results on the results file for structural full transient analyses. The *VGET command has had...
View ArticleBatch Computations and Remote Visualization in ANSYS 15.0
Are you happy with the way you access HPC resources? Some time back, I spoke with one of our customers about his daily experiences with his company’s HPC environment. He told me that the procedure to...
View ArticleTurbomachinery, Vibration, and High-Cycle Fatigue
Turbomachinery — turbochargers, compressors, jet engines, gas turbines, pumps, etc.— are subjected to some of the harshest environments for an engineered product. High rotational velocities and extreme...
View ArticleReviewing Results of Nonlinear Analyses During Solution
The Remote Solve Manager (RSM) is a convenient utility allowing users to submit analyses to solve on a separate machine or even a cluster. However, RSM can also be used locally, and one of several...
View ArticleThe Five-Box Trick in an ANSYS nCode DesignLife Fatigue Simulation
In my last blog, I discussed the difference between HBM nCode DesignLife and ANSYS nCode DesignLife. I explained how ANSYS nCode DesignLife is fully featured, but integrated into the Workbench...
View ArticleMore on Base Excitation Using the Enforced Motion Method, TRANSIENT Analysis
In an earlier bog, I have developed an ACT extension for harmonic base excitation using the enforced motion method EMM. That blog demonstrated three different techniques of applying base excitation in...
View ArticleEfficient Modeling of Fan Inlet Distortion
At ANSYS, we are continually improving our turbomachinery simulation capabilities. Some recent improvements are proving useful to engine manufacturers, enabling them to better understand the on-wing...
View ArticleNew DPM (Discrete Phase Model) Features in ANSYS Fluent 15.0
With the release of ANSYS Fluent 15.0 there were many enhancements and new features that I think make the software even more productive. Fluent users who routinely use the Lagrangian tracking model...
View ArticleANSYS EKM – Defining Templates for Job Submission
In two previous blogs, Batch Computations and Remote Visualization, we have been introducing ANSYS EKM 15.0 and its new capabilities of creating and managing batch jobs, as well as remote visualization...
View ArticleACT Templates for ANSYS DesignXplorer
Are you familiar with ANSYS ACT (Application Customization Templates)? ACT allows all sorts of great customization. You could use ACT to encapsulate APDL scripts, add new loads and boundary conditions,...
View ArticleWorkbench CAD Readers for ANSYS ICEM CFD Meshing
ANSYS ICEM CFD has been using the Workbench CAD readers for a few years now, and for those of you using ICEM CFD in Workbench, it is drag and drop simple. But many of our stand alone ANSYS ICEM CFD …...
View ArticleWhat’s New with Contact Technology in ANSYS 15.0?
Contact technology is used extensively throughout ANSYS Mechanical and Mechanical APDL to enforce compatible behavior between different portions within a model. With each Release, ANSYS continues to...
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