The margins of victory are measured in fractions of a second. Simulation provides the competitive edge while ensuring the safety of the competitors.
From optimizing equipment design and an athlete’s position to innovating new materials and smart, connected technologies, engineering simulation ensures a safe, competitive edge that delivers a winning performance.
Aerodynamic and Hydrodynamic Performance
Advanced fluid flow simulation combined with human body and equipment dynamics help to dramatically reduce drag and deliver a winning competitive edge.
Biomechanics of Injuries
At extremes of performance, the risk of injury substantially increases. Simulation helps engineers and athletes safely push the boundaries of what is possible and explore how to engineer safety and protection into the equipment they use.
Structural Performance and Safety
Victory is dictated by performance on the day of competition. Equipment must perform without failure, enabling records to be broken and athlete safety ensured.
Simulation solutions from Ansys deliver a winning performance across a wide range of applications and sport disciplines. From enabling more efficient manufacturing of high-performance equipment with improved aerodynamics, weight, materials, safety and protection to the smart, connected technologies that power training and in-race performance.
Sports engineers are paying increased attention to how simulation can benefit athletes and equipment manufacturers.
Despite its basis in human performance, modern sport is an increasingly technological endeavor. As top-level athletes look for advantages that can optimize results at the level of milliseconds, engineers are helping them set records and redefine what the human body is capable of. Unfortunately, prototyping is a slow and expensive process and misguided biomechanics experiments could cause injury. Elite athletes need results and safety every time they enter a competition.
Modern computing power enables engineers to run simulations that not only evaluate the athlete or the equipment, but a complete system comprised of athlete, equipment and devices under specific conditions. This speeds the development of better tools for the athlete and guides training programs toward the highest level of performance physically achievable.
Building on a long track record in motorsports, engineering simulation is now becoming common across many sporting disciplines. Competitors seek victories determined by increasingly small margins between first and second place. Simulation can provide the competitive advantage to put them over the top.
