Ansys has released Version 11.0 of its ANSYS software. Enhancements include new solver technology designed to reduce time when performing transient solutions. Version 11.0 uses Variational Technology (VT) as an advanced predictor-corrector algorithm to reduce the overall number of iterations for nonlinear static and transient analyses. In the CAE field, these kind of analyses traditionally result in long run times - and has discouraged users from performing what-if scenarios that might provide information about how a design performs in the real-world environment. By reducing the overall number of iterations, ANSYS has greatly reduced the solution time for nonlinear static and transient analyses. This capability provides a 2X to 5X speedup for the initial solutions, depending on the hardware, model and type of analysis used.
ANSYS VT Accelerator technology makes re-solves 3X to 10X faster for parameter changes, allowing for effective simulation-driven parametric studies of nonlinear and transient analyses in a cost-effective manner.
The integration of ANSYS and ANSYS CFX technologies in the ANSYS Workbench platform has taken another step forward. With version 11.0, users will be able to set up, solve and post-process a two-way fluid structure interaction simulation completely in ANSYS Workbench. The latest release also provides a single post-processing tool. ANSYS Workbench significantly reduces the time needed to obtain solutions to complex multiphysics phenomena.
ANSYS 11.0 has been refined to address some industry-specific needs as well. In the rotating machinery sector, for example, ANSYS uses the power of its advanced fluids (ANSYS CFX) and multiphysics (ANSYS) software, along with its integration platform (ANSYS Workbench), and combines these with a partner tool (Vista CC Design) that allows users to develop better turbomachines in shorter time. The ANSYS Workbench platform provides an integrated geometry design and analysis system that links all elements of the design process. It is the integration platform for advanced physics capabilities in ANSYS CFX and ANSYS BladeModeler that enable designers to model rotating machinery such as pumps, compressors, fans, blowers, turbines, expanders, turbochargers and inducers. The integration of all these ANSYS solutions into the design process can take weeks out of the CAE process by eliminating manual file transfer, result translation and re-analysis time.