ANSYS Advantage — Best of Automotive

Best of Automotive

While accelerating industry advancements, automotive OEMs and suppliers must also control increasing product complexities and multiplying failure modes to keep vehicles robust, reliable and safe. This special issue of ANSYS Advantage includes many examples of leading companies that leverage engineering simulation to develop vehicles.

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Featured Stories

On Top of the World
DENSO Corporation standardizes on ANSYS structural software to expedite global product development.
Leveraging Upfront Simulation in a Global Enterprise
Corporate initiative at Delphi focuses on the benefits of simulation as an integral part of early product design at sites around the world.

Driving Automotive Innovation

Innovation is not just a buzzword in the automotive industry — it is a critical competency needed to transform vehicles into smart machines that incorporate electronics for infotainment (phone, multimedia), guidance (GPS) and control of a variety of systems, such as adaptive cruise control and automatic parallel parking.
Thought Leader

On Top of the World

DENSO Corporation standardizes on ANSYS structural software to expedite global product development.
Leveraging Upfront Simulation in a Global Enterprise

Leveraging Upfront Simulation in a Global Enterprise

Corporate initiative at Delphi focuses on the benefits of simulation as an integral part of early product design at sites around the world.
ADVANCED MATERIALS SYSTEMS DESIGN

Getting Around in Style

Engineers quickly and reliably design a composites sports car and an electric bicycle using ANSYS technology.
AUTOMOTIVE

Breakthrough for Brake Design

TRW has validated a new method that uses ANSYS Mechanical software to establish the initial contact and compute sliding contact between pads and disc. This approach accounts for system contact conditions, enabling brake noise to be simulated and reducing the need for physical testing to tune the models.
Best Practices

It's a Snap

Valeo uses static nonlinear best practices to simulate snap-fits using ANSYS software.
AUTOMOTIVE

On the Fast Track

Ferrari pushes the limits of simulation in improving aerodynamic performance of racing cars.
Cleaning Up

Magneti Marelli reduces engine emissions and improves fuel efficiency by modeling the complete engine cycle.
Cleaner, Greener Engine Design

Cummins uses simulation to reduce weight, improve fuel economy and reduce emissions of engines.
Playing It Cool

CFD simulation of drive unit cooling helps to improve reliability.
AUTOMOTIVE

Safe Automobile Controls

Subaru uses SCADE software to develop safe and reliable electronically controlled circuits and systems for hybrid electric vehicles.
Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

Automating Battery Pack Design

Systems-level simulation energizes the virtual prototyping process for electric vehicle batteries.
Autonomous Vehicles

In the Loop

Vehicle automation and advanced driving assistance systems are being streamlined using ANSYS SCADE capabilities.
Robust Electronic Systems

Test Drive for EMI

Automotive electromagnetic interference and compatibility can be determined more efficiently using new technology within ANSYS HFSS.
High-Tech

Hot Flash

Using a reduced-order method, engineers at Fairchild Semiconductor have been able to decrease development time for electronic components for electric and hybrid electric vehicles.