ANSYS Advantage - Volume XII, Issue 2, 2018

ANSYS Advantage Magazine, Volume 12, Issue 2

Smart Connected Products

As organizations strive to deliver innovative smart products for the digital economy they must solve a huge number of design challenges and determine appropriate trade-offs. The only practical way to do this is through engineering simulation.

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EDITORIAL

Smart Connected Products: Taking the First Step

Simulation is the only practical way to make the trade-offs required in the development of smart connected products.
ELECTRONICS

Pointing RFIDs in the Right Direction

Using electromagnetic field simulation, engineers at Honeywell virtually evaluated new concepts for RFID systems to significantly reduce product development lead time.
HIGH-TECH

5G Antenna Technology for Smart Products

5G must address more communications over limited bandwidth by leveraging simulation to develop new antenna technology.
HIGH-TECH

Cool Smartphones

Qualcomm engineers simulate the power sources in a smartphone in a fraction of the time required by a full thermal analysis.
AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE

Balloon-Borne Vehicles Provide a Bird’s-Eye View

World View engineers saved an estimated eight months and about $600,000 by employing simulation to determine the right design before building and testing a prototype of a balloon-borne vehicle to replace satellites.
HIGH-TECH

Cutting the Cords

Engineers used ANSYS simulation to address thermal issues caused by packing high-power transmitters into a tiny enclosure.
HEALTHCARE

Brain Trust for Aneurysm Treatment

To provide effective treatment for brain aneurysms, a healthcare company has developed a digital twin to help physicians place implant devices during surgery.
AUTOMOTIVE

Breaking Story on an Automotive Power Module

Engineers employed ANSYS structural capabilities to develop a reliable power steering module in half the time required in the past.
THOUGHT LEADER

Aiming High

By developing microsatellites, startup Vector is opening up the “space race” to a new generation of small and midsized businesses.
HEALTHCARE

Targeting a Tumor

By creating a human digital twin, researchers can target a drug on a lung tumor with 90 percent efficiency.
AUTOMOTIVE

Cool Idea for Engine Design

Achates Power has designed a radically improved two-stroke opposed-piston internal combustion engine that increases fuel efficiency and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
SOLUTIONS

A Closer Look at Optical Simulation

With its acquisition of OPTIS, ANSYS has expanded its software portfolio to include the engineering simulation of light, human vision and physics-based visualization.
NEWS

Simulation in the News

A roundup of news items featuring simulation
WEB EXCLUSIVE

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles — A Thought Leader’s Perspective

Professor Burkhard Goeschel shares his insights into the new world of autonomous vehicles and connectivity.