ANSYS
Image:ANSYS Logo.png
ANSYS Mechanical running on Windows XP.
Developed by	ANSYS, Inc.
Latest release	11.0 / 2007
OS	Cross-platform
Genre	Finite Element Analysis Simulator
License	Proprietary EULA
Website	www.ansys.com

ANSYS, Inc. is an engineering simulation software provider. It develops general-purpose finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics software. While ANSYS has developed a range of computer-aided engineering (CAE) products, it is perhaps best known for its ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS Multiphysics products. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 577 pixelsFull resolution (1020 × 736 pixel, file size: 59 KB, MIME type: image/png) ANSYS Mechanical 8. ... Windows XP is a line of operating systems developed by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, notebook computers, and media centers. ... For other uses, see Software developer (disambiguation). ... Code complete redirects here. ... An operating system (OS) is a software that manages computer resources and provides programmers with an interface used to access those resources. ... A cross-platform (or platform independent) programming language, software application or hardware device works on more than one system platform (e. ... Visualization of how a car deforms in an asymmetrical crash using finite element analysis. ... A software license is a legal agreement which may take the form of a proprietary or gratuitous license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software. ... Proprietary software is software with restrictions on copying and modifying as enforced by the proprietor. ... A software license is a type of proprietary or gratiuitious license as well as a memorandum of contract between a producer and a user of computer software — sometimes called an End User License Agreement (EULA) — that specifies the perimeters of the permission granted by the owner to the user. ... A website (alternatively, web site or Web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet. ... Visualization of how a car deforms in an asymmetrical crash using finite element analysis. ... A computer simulation of high velocity air flow around the Space Shuttle during re-entry. ...

ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS Multiphysics software are non exportable analysis tools incorporating pre-processing (geometry creation, meshing), solver and post-processing modules in a difficult to use graphical user interface. These are general-purpose finite element modeling packages for numerically solving mechanical problems, including static/dynamic structural analysis (both linear and non-linear), heat transfer and fluid problems, as well as acoustic and electro-magnetic problems. GUI redirects here. ...

ANSYS Mechanical technology incorporates both structural and material non-linearities. ANSYS Multiphysics software includes solvers for thermal, structural, CFD, electromagnetics, and acoustics and can sometimes couple these separate physics together in order to address multidisciplinary applications. ANSYS software can also be used in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry. A computer simulation of high velocity air flow around the Space Shuttle during re-entry. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor demonstrates the Meissner effect. ... For other uses, see Chemistry (disambiguation). ...

ANSYS acquired the CFX computational fluid dynamics code in 2003 and Fluent, Inc. in 2006. The CFD packages from ANSYS are used for engineering simulations. CFX is a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program widely employed within industry. ... A computer simulation of high velocity air flow around the Space Shuttle during re-entry. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fluent, Inc. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

ANSYS is one of the most worthless, non-intuitive, and difficult to use programs ever written. In fact, it would be advisable to never use this program. There are many other programs with even greater capabilities than ANSYS which can actually be used, instead of just fustrating your workers, and wasting their time wondering why they have to use such a foolish program.

External links

Introduction

• ANSYS, Inc. homepage
• ANSYS, Inc. products
• About ANSYS products in the educational setting
• ANSYS Channel Partner/Distributor in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark
• ANSYS distributor in Norway, Sweden and Denmark
• ANSYS distributor to the Pacific Northwest USA

Tutorials

• An extensive list of ANSYS Tutorials at University of Alberta Web site
• ANSYS Short Course at Cornell University

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Other Resources

• An ANSYS user's resource page
• ANSYS Technical (and Humor) Publication
• ANSYS & LS-DYNA AVI gallery at CompMechLab site, St.Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia
• IMTEK Mathematica Supplement for an interface to Mathematica