PITTSBURGH, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A company
developing new spinal instruments to reduce the risks of scoliotic
surgery and a university's examination of how a leatherback turtle
would weather climate change were among the five winning entries in
the annual ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) Hall of Fame image competition.
The contest, which highlights some of the most complex
engineering challenges, gives ANSYS users the opportunity to
showcase their simulation work by producing eye-grabbing images and
animation. For the second year in a row, 2014 submissions were
divided into two categories – corporate and academic – and allowed
ANSYS to select multiple "best-in-class" winners from each
category.
The corporate winners are:
- Andritz Hydro, a global supplier of electro-mechanical systems
and services for hydropower plants. Andritz used ANSYS solutions to
develop a lighter-weight valve that replaces welds with bolts with
controlled tightening, reducing design time and production costs –
while increasing valve sales.
- BRP, a world leader in the design, manufacturing, distribution
and marketing of motorized recreational vehicles and powersports
engines. Using ANSYS, BRP engineers reduced external forces on an
engine's gearcase and observed the effects those forces had on the
internal gearcase components. As a result, the company solved
surface degradation and speed reduction problems.
- Spinologics, a leader in the development of next-generation
medical devices. Spinologics used simulations generated by
ANSYS® Mechanical™ to perform patient-specific analyses of scoliotic
spine procedures before surgery, which led to the development of a
new spinal instrumentation system that could reduce the risks of
scoliotic surgery.
The academic winners are:
- National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
researchers used ANSYS®
Workbench™ to calculate how variations
in bone quality, patient geometry and even posture can affect the
performance of corrective bone and tissue implants.
- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers used ANSYS
solutions to model a swimming leatherback turtle's flipper stroke
in four zones and four phases to determine the energy expended by
the turtle while swimming. This could help predict where this type
of sea turtle might survive, as its environment is changing due to
global warming.
"Organizations in every industry – particularly in healthcare –
are increasingly leveraging simulation to speed products to market
and to reduce development costs," said Sin Min Yap, vice president
of marketing at ANSYS. "We see the Hall of Fame submissions growing
more complex and sophisticated each year. This year's applicants
truly pushed the boundaries of simulation. These best-in-class
winners illustrated how simulation can make a clear and lasting
difference in research and product development."
View the ANSYS Hall of Fame Archive at http://www.ansys.com/HOF
for submissions from previous years' competitions.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS brings clarity and insight to
customers' most complex design challenges through fast, accurate
and reliable engineering simulation. Our technology enables
organizations ― no matter their industry ― to predict with
confidence that their products will thrive in the real world.
Customers trust our software to help ensure product integrity and
drive business success through innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS
employs over 2700 professionals, many of them expert in engineering
fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid
dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, embedded software,
system simulation and design optimization. Headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales
locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners
in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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