ANSYS TAS

Thermal Analysis System (ANSYS TAS)

TAS is a system designed to computer simulate nearly any thermal problem you have.

Problems are simulated geometrically using 2D Plate and 3D Brick and Tetrahedron elements.  TAS can accurately represent skewed elements.  TAS uses a Finite Element method to convert geometry into an accurate resistor/capacitor representation which is then accurately and quickly solved using a finite difference or Conjugate Gradient method.  This combination gives accurate results like other Finite Element (FEA) solver and provides you with unsurpassed flexibility in model generation.  There are no limits to model size, only limited to PC memory.

• Complete, no other tools are required
• Complete model generation, solving and post processing in one environment
• On-line and context sensitive help
• Built-in steady state and transient finite difference solvers
• Model size only limited by available memory
• Electronic components
• Satellites, interfaces with TRASYS, TSS, RadCAD and Thermal Desktop
• Printed circuit boards
• Medical instruments
• Air and liquid cold plates
• Heat sinks
• Interface with ANSYS, Nastran, FEMAP, SINDA/G and SINDA/FLUINT

Every edit box and button in every dialog box has context sensitive help. Have a question on what an entry is for then select it and hit the F1 key or select the ? button and select the item. A brief description will be given. Have more questions, hit the Help button and complete on-line help for that dialog box will come up in a new window.  Hit the "Show Me" button in the on-line help to see a short movie showing how to use the feature.

Seven different ways to generate 2D Plate elements including automeshing Pick the nodes from the screen or type in the number Select a property from the drop list of already defined properties or hit the Add Property button to define a new property on the fly Take care of mistakes with the Undo button

Run status dialog box tells you how the model is doing Interactively change the solution damping speeding up the solution by as much as 50 times

Plot your transient results with the built-in plotter You have complete control over plotting Complete control over formatting of the plot Copy data into other Windows applications Copy complete chart into other Windows applications, not just as a picture either Quality printing as well as Print Preview Direct access to data plotted