Structural Mechanics Solutions

ANSYS structural mechanics solutions offer best-in-class simulation tools for product design and optimization that increase productivity, minimize physical prototyping and help deliver better and innovative products in less time. These solutions tackle real-world analysis problems by making product development less costly and more reliable. A broad spectrum of capabilities cover a range of analysis types, elements, contact, materials, equation solvers, and coupled physics capability all targeted toward understanding and solving complex design problems.

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Features

ANSYS structural mechanics solutions offer a broad spectrum of capabilities covering a range of analysis types, elements, contact, materials, equation solvers and coupled physics capability all targeted toward understanding and solving complex design problems.

Superior CAD Interface and Robust Meshing
Support all CAD systems, surface, tet, hex, hexdominant

Comprehensive Element Technology
Beams, shells, solids, gasket, pretension, 3-D axisym

Advanced Post-Processing
Expressions, custom results, reports, powerpoint export

ANSYS Workbench Platform
Easy to learn and use, re-learnability, knowledge capture

Auto Contact Detection for Assemblies
Fast contact detection saves

Extensive Library of Material Models
Elasticity, plasticity, hyperelastic, porous media and more

Advanced Solver Capabilities
Numerical methods that fit any model size, any model complexity and any hardware

Solver Customization and Scripting
Unique scripting language (APDL) and user defined routines for materials, elements, etc.

Products

Structural mechanics solutions from ANSYS offer best-in-class simulation tools for product design and optimization that increase productivity, minimize physical prototyping and help deliver better and innovative products in less time. These solutions tackle real-world analysis problems by making product development less costly and more reliable.

ANSYS Mechanical | ANSYS Structural | ANSYS Professional | ANSYS DesignSpace | ANSYS Rigid Dynamics | ANSYS Fatigue Analysis | ANSYS Composite PrepPost

Simulation Examples

ANSYS structural mechanics capabilities find usage in a wide range of product applications from linear to nonlinear static and transient analysis to linear dynamics applications such as modal, harmonic and random vibrations. See below for more information on a broad range of analysis applications.

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Peel Off Study
Peel off study using cohesive material model with surface-surface contact

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Indexing Mechanism
Indexing mechanism for packaging assembly line using part/part contact

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