PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineers
across disciplines – from structures to fluids to electromagnetics
to systems – will realize step-change improvements in the way they
develop products using the newly released ANSYS® 17.0.
This next generation of ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) industry-leading
engineering simulation solutions set the scene for the next quantum
leaps in product development, enabling unprecedented advancements
across an array of industry initiatives from smart devices to
autonomous vehicles to more energy-efficient machines. The most
feature-rich release in the company's 45-year history, available
today, delivers 10x improvements to product development
productivity, insight and performance.
Simulation has been identified as one of the key pillars of the
next industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0. With the advent
of the Internet of Things all products are getting smarter, new
advanced materials are enabling lighter, stronger and more
sustainable designs, and additive manufacturing enables users to
3-D print anything they can imagine. Unlocking the power of these
trends is impossible without simulation tools' ability to virtually
explore these vastly increased options to arrive at the winning
designs of tomorrow.
"Companies are under relentless pressure to create top-line
growth and increase savings," said Jim
Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS. "Innovation, time to
market, operational efficiency and product quality are key factors
that contribute to this business success. ANSYS is focused on
helping customers improve their critical business metrics and
leapfrog the competition by improving their product development
process through engineering simulation. When we set out to develop
the next release of our simulation platform, we challenged
ourselves to improve our customers' product development process by
a full order of magnitude, or 10x."
"Hyperloop Technology is accomplishing safe and reliable ground
transportation at close to the speed of sound," said Josh Giegel, vice president of design and
analysis, Hyperloop Technologies. "ANSYS 17.0 technology offers
deeper insight into our designs and enables us to make the
necessary improvement to our development process, which in turn
will help us realize the Hyperloop concept."
"ANSYS has been an acknowledged leader in enabling
simulation-driven design over the past several decades, and ANSYS
17.0 release is a major step forward in terms of bringing together
all of the ANSYS modeling and simulation capabilities required to
achieve the vision of an integrated yet open enterprise product
innovation platform driven by behavior modeling and simulation,"
said Peter Bilello, president of
CIMdata. "As industry moves ahead over the next decade to realize
the vision and promised benefits of Model-Based Systems Engineering
in the context of mega-trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT),
Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy, ANSYS' product portfolio and
M&S platform is well positioned to meet the multi-domain
requirements for developing complex cyber-physical systems with
ever increasing levels of software and electronics content."
Highlights of the release include:
10x Improvements to Productivity. ANSYS 17.0 delivers
solutions faster so engineers and designers can make more informed
decisions sooner in the product development cycle. That enables
organizations to rapidly innovate and bring products to market
faster, while getting more productivity from their existing
engineering assets.
Through tighter integration of semiconductor and electronics
simulation solutions, ANSYS 17.0 delivers a comprehensive
chip-package-system design workflow. New capabilities for automated
thermal analysis and integrated structural analysis deliver an
unequalled chip-aware and system-aware simulation solution,
enabling customers to deliver smaller, higher-power density devices
to market faster. With the advent of the Internet of Things, more
products and engineers will rely on these capabilities.
In the fluids suite, ANSYS continues its technology leadership
with breakthrough advancements in physics modeling and introduces
new innovations across the entire workflow and user environment
design to accelerate time to results by up to 85 percent without
compromising accuracy. Improvements to workflow and meshing enable
novice users to quickly become productive while new tools and
options expand the application reach for experienced users.
"ANSYS has broken through by truly integrating multi-domain 3-D
meshed solutions," said Brad Kramer,
director of engineering at HUSCO International. "By closely
integrating the fluid and the mechanical interfaces, we are now
able to simulate and gain insight into the real physics of the
problem without having to set up artificial boundary
conditions."
Preprocessing – or the act of setting up simulations – with
ANSYS 17.0 has also improved by an order of magnitude. Using the
direct modeling tools in ANSYS 17.0, users can prepare their
geometry for analysis faster than traditional computer-aided design
(CAD). Save and load times for complex models, as well as the
performance for common geometry editing functions has increased by
up to 100 times. ANSYS 17.0 geometry tools also boast tighter
integration to ANSYS Workbench and offer many productivity
advancements for modeling fabricated and composite structures.
Fluids pre-processing for complex systems has also improved
dramatically. The process of preparing and meshing models with
hundreds of parts has been reduced from days to hours with ANSYS
17.0.
ANSYS 17.0 enables software engineers to be more productive with
developing, testing and certifying embedded software. New
industry-specific vertical solutions take full benefit from the
openness and flexibility of the platform to facilitate interactions
with original equipment manufacturers and suppliers while adhering
to such industry standards as ARINC 661/664, FACE and AUTOSAR.
10x Improvements for Deeper Insight. ANSYS 17.0 delivers
deeper insight into real-world product performance through such
enhancements as higher fidelity simulations and better post
processing. For example, with printed circuit boards, engineers can
now quickly import ECAD geometry and perform coupled
thermal-structural analysis with power integrity and electronics
cooling analyses to accurately predict stress, deformation and
fatigue. These capabilities enable engineers to design board
layouts and thermal management strategies for more reliable
electronic components. As a result, complex board and packages can
be set up and solved in minutes, not hours or days.
As products become more complex, the ability to simulate entire
systems provides a significant advantage to manufacturers. Using a
single simulation platform at ANSYS 17.0, engineers can not only
simulate physical models but can also consider embedded systems
design and embedded software models. This enables virtual systems
simulation, testing and prototyping, reducing product development
time and cost. In this release, ANSYS introduces native support for
the industry-standard system modeling language, Modelica, which
enables access to hundreds of additional mechanical and fluid
component models in addition to its rich model library for power
electronics. At the same time, advancements in the platform provide
more insight to real world system performance by enabling
high-fidelity 3-D results to be incorporated into system-level
models.
ANSYS 17.0 greatly expands turbomachinery simulation
capabilities across a broad spectrum to produce highly accurate
results, across a wider array of operating conditions and with
shorter turnaround time. Engineers can solve considerably more
transient blade row configurations by calculating as few as one
blade per row instead of the full wheel to speed time to solution
by over 10x and drastically reducing the required computing
resources. These advances are critical given that turbines produce
99 percent of the world's electricity.
10x Improvements to Performance. ANSYS 17.0 delivers
performance improvements for all of its product lines, particularly
in the realm of high-performance computing (HPC). ANSYS 17.0
introduces the most modern HPC solver architectures that leverages
the latest processor technologies. Organizations can leverage this
power on most IT configurations – from desktops to cloud
environments – to obtain their simulation results sooner.
There is a clear global demand to develop more power efficient
machines, but progress has been hindered due to the huge
computational resources required to simulate an electric machine.
Complete transient electromagnetic field analysis of an electric
machine can require two weeks or more to complete. HPC advances in
the ANSYS 17.0 electromagnetics suite deliver unprecedented
computational speed for full transient electromagnetic field
simulation for electric motor design. Simulations of critical
transient behaviors that previously required weeks of computational
time can now be completed in hours during early design stages,
reducing the risk of project delays and late-stage design
changes.
"This is amazing technology," said Briam
Cavalca Bork, product engineer at WEG. "ANSYS 17.0 allows us
to fully utilize our HPC hardware. Simulation time has improved by
a factor of 20x, but more importantly we have gained more in-depth
and timely design insight that will allow us to deliver industry
leading, innovative machine designs. The new ANSYS technology
delivers the capability to do more complex analyses on a greater
variety of scenarios."
As previously announced, ANSYS fluids solutions have smashed the
previous simulation world record by scaling to 129,000 compute
cores running at 90 percent efficiency – a 10x improvement over the
past two years. HPC performance of the structures suite has also
improved significantly and now demonstrates scaling up to 1000
cores. Structural simulations which required running overnight, can
now be completed in an hour, enabling engineers to explore 10x more
variations and find the best design faster.
"Organizations across a wide variety of industries are
struggling to keep pace with the growing need for data-intensive
modeling and large-scale simulations to accelerate business
innovation," said Scott Misage, vice
president and general manager, High Performance Computing, Hewlett
Packard Enterprise. "By bringing together all high-performance
computing (HPC) advances made in the new ANSYS 17 release with our
industry-leading HPE Apollo compute platform for HPC and big data
workloads, our customers can now transform their product
development processes, reduce engineering costs and accelerate
time-to-market."
"Our partnership with ANSYS has always equipped us with
exceptional simulation capabilities, which have allowed us to
design and develop our cars more quickly, efficiently and
intelligently," said Nathan Sykes,
head of numerical tools and technologies, Red Bull Racing and
Technology. "The ANSYS 17.0 fluids suite has been used extensively
in the design of our 2016 challenger, the RB12, allowing us to
conduct critical CFD analysis and make design decisions faster than
ever before."
For more information on ANSYS 17.0, click ansys.com/17.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS is the global leader in
engineering simulation. We bring clarity and insight to our
customer's most complex design challenges through the
broadest portfolio of fast, accurate and reliable simulation tools.
Our technology enables organizations in all
industries to imagine high-quality, innovative product
designs that are sustainable and have an accelerated time to
market. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs almost
3000 professionals, more than 700 of them with PhDs 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 and development locations throughout the world with
a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com
for more information.
ANSYS also has a strong presence on the major social channels.
To join the simulation conversation, please visit:
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What are customers saying about ANSYS 17.0?
With more than 45,000 customers– and hundreds of top-tier
partners - around the world, the impact of ANSYS 17.0 will be felt
in nearly every industry. Here are just a few quotes from some
organizations that have already seen the improvements that ANSYS is
delivering in the newest generation of its product.
"The new ANSYS Maxwell with the distributed transient
electromagnetic solver together with the appropriate computer
hardware demonstrated a significant speed increase in our tests.
3-D transient simulation traditionally has been very time
consuming. This new technology opens up interesting possibilities
for motor design and analysis to deliver efficient designs. It was
a pleasure and positive experience to run the new technology in
ANSYS Maxwell R17."
Robert Chin, Global Research
Area Manager – Electromagnetics
ABB Corporate Research
"ANSYS' new technology to solve transient electromagnetic field
simulations combined with SGI's shared memory computing platform
demonstrated a 30x speed improvement over the baseline simulation
benchmark. SGI is pleased to work with ANSYS to perform these
ground breaking benchmarks and excited about the results. The power
of ANSYS Maxwell time decomposition method combined with the SGI®
UV™ 3000 solution maximizes computational throughput and enhances
the engineer's understanding of the effects of various design
changes with the highest fidelity for simulations."
Gabriel Broner, Vice President
and General Manager of High Performance
Computing
SGI
"ANSYS HFSS 3-D layout flow provides unprecedented accuracy, and
that is the only tool you can trust for the signal integrity
flow."
Giuseppe Selli, Senior Signal
Integrity Engineer
CISCO
"At Cornell University, we use ANSYS
software for teaching and research. The continued evolution of
ANSYS technology has advanced both ease-of-use necessary for
teaching and cutting-edge features necessary for research. This has
enabled us to use the same product for teaching fundamentals and
modeling complex problems for research. I have no doubt that
Release 17 will continue that trend."
Rajesh
Bhaskaran
Swanson Director of Engineering
Simulation, Cornell University
"Our research is trying to accomplish what was impossible in the
area of wireless power transfer technology. Using the power of
ANSYS simulation we hope to achieve optimized solution to
achieve the best efficiency while achieving the lowest cost
and ensure safety"
Chris Mi
Professor and Chair of Electrical and
Computer Engineering, San Diego State University
"The Multi-Scale Cardiovascular Bioengineering Laboratory is
trying to shed new light on valvular heart disease by elucidating
the impact of the mechanical environment on disease initiation and
progression. ANSYS fluid-structure interaction simulations enable
the mechanical characterization of heart valves at a depth never
before attained."
Philippe Sucosky
Professor of Mechanical and
Materials Engineering, Wright State
University
"At the wind energy department (SWE) of the University of
Stuttgart, Germany we work on
advanced offshore wind energy technology, which requires the most
advanced numerical tools for the representation of not only
aerodynamics but also ocean wave modeling and structural dynamics
in a coupled multi-physics environment. ANSYS provides very
important simulators, which we combine with other software for the
system design and optimization of sustainable and cost-efficient
energy systems."
Po Wen Cheng
Chair of Stuttgart Wind and Energy, University of Stuttgart, Germany
"The incorporation of ANSYS engineering simulation solutions at
Florida International University has
enabled us to perform transformative research, such as origami
reconfigurable antennas and wearable wireless power transfer
technologies, innovative teaching that integrates theory with
simulation analysis and state-of-the art training of our students
that meets the needs of the workplace. More than 60% of FIU's
students are of Hispanic origin, so the use of ANSYS solutions will
help increase the diversity of individuals who pursue careers in
engineering and the sciences."
Stavros Georgakopoulos
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Florida International
University
"At Eindhoven University of Technology and at Leuven University,
we have been using engineering simulation and CFD extensively for
both urban physics and sports aerodynamics. We are very
enthusiastic about the new capabilities of ANSYS 17 that allow us
to continue to perform ground-breaking research in urban physics
and sports aerodynamics. For many sports, including cycling,
skating and running, it is essential to very accurately predict the
drag on athletes to save a fraction of a second that could make a
difference. The new advances in turbulence models as well as
the improved performance in solver speed and HPC capabilities seems
very promising to help us in our research."
Bert Blocken
Professor, Building Physics and Urban Physics, Eindhoven
University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands and Professor, Civil
Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit (KU) Leuven,
Belgium
"Using ANSYS engineering simulation solutions, we can virtually
test the physical and thermal properties of a variety of materials
prior to selecting those to be used in manufactured parts, saving
us time and money. With ANSYS 17.0, we'll be able to gain further
insight and optimize the supportive product structure."
Sophia Berman
CEO
and Co-Founder of Trusst Lingerie
"Our simulation development has been focused on complex physics
modelling and Scale-Resolved-Simulation to understand the
fundamental physics involved in key parts of our diesel fuel
injection equipment. In order to meet the demands of increasingly
strict emission regulations, we are now moving on to full CAE
integration, simulation process automation, multi-physics and
multi-scale simulation so that we can achieve a systematic
understanding on their performance as components and in the total
fuel injection equipment system covering all engine operation
conditions. ANSYS 17.0 provides an excellent platform for this
purpose. "
John Fuerst
Vice
President Engineering, Powertrain Systems, Delphi
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