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Teaching Ansys in Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

By complementing the teaching of theories with the visualization of physical phenomena, incorporating Ansys software into your aerospace engineering undergraduate curriculum provides students with hands-on experience using industry-leading simulation tools, significantly enhancing learning outcomes, student retention, and career preparedness.

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Ansys for Aerospace Engineering Curriculum

Why Teach Using Ansys?

Empower the next generation of aerospace engineers by integrating Ansys software into your curriculum. With Ansys, students can simulate real-world aerospace scenarios, mastering core concepts such as aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics and systems, flight dynamics, and more. Teaching with Ansys bridges the gap between theoretical principles and hands-on application, providing students with the tools to design, analyze, and optimize complex aerospace systems.

Using the same simulation software trusted by companies worldwide will equip your students with in-demand skills and a competitive edge in their careers, thereby enhancing their placement opportunities. Bring cutting-edge innovation into your classroom and confidently prepare your students to tackle the most challenging aerospace engineering problems—teach with Ansys.

Why teach using Ansys

Resources for Undergraduate Aerospace Engineering Courses 

Explore how Ansys software, paired with Educational Resources, makes it easy to teach core aerospace engineering topics, including aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, structures, vibrations, and aeroelasticity, helping students master complex concepts and develop simulation skills.

Aerodynamics

Using simulation in courses on aerodynamics enables students with a background in geometry to prepare meshes, solve problems, and perform post-processing, making it easy to predict accurate flow physics under various circumstances. The accuracy and ability to predict pressure and velocity variations, as well as flow visualization, production of aerodynamic forces, and formation of shock waves, are outstanding.

Case Study: Aerodynamic Characteristics of Multiple Tandem Airfoils in Ansys Fluent

Case Study: Transonic Aerodynamics of NACA 0012 Airfoil Using Ansys Fluent

Case Study: Aerodynamics of Supercritical Airfoil Using Ansys Fluent

 

Propulsion

Using simulation in propulsion courses allows students to model fluid flow and heat transfer, deepening their understanding of fluid mechanics and thermodynamics. It enhances their knowledge of both air-breathing and non-air-breathing engines, including key components such as the intake, compressor, combustion chamber, turbine, and nozzle. Simulations enable students to explore turbine blade cooling and nozzle performance, two critical factors in propulsion efficiency.

Case Study: Introduction to Heat Transfer in Fluids Using Ansys Fluent

Teaching Package: Internal Compressible Flows Using Ansys Fluent

Case Study: Selection and Sustainability of High-Temperature Aerospace Materials | Granta EduPack

 

Avionics/Systems

Using simulation in avionics and systems courses enables students to model electronic signal flow, analyze system performance, and optimize aircraft control architectures, thereby providing a deeper understanding of navigation, communication, and automation in real-world applications, such as flight management systems and avionics cooling.

Tutorial: Creating a Radar Scenario in Ansys HFSS Software Using the SBR+ Solver

Dipole Theory and Simulation | Ansys

Creating a communication scenario in Ansys HFSS® software using the SBR+ solver

 

 

Structures, Vibration, and Aeroelasticity

Using simulation in structures, vibration, and aeroelasticity courses provides students with hands-on experience modeling different types of beams and columns, analyzing shear flow in open and closed sections, visualizing shear force and bending moment diagrams, and estimating principal stresses and strains, thereby enhancing their ability to design stable and optimized structural components.

Lecture Unit: Structural Analysis of Beams with Ansys Discovery

Introduction to Explicit Dynamics using LS Dyna

Tutorial: Basics of FEA Simulation with Ansys Mechanical

 

 

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