Process Compression

with ANSYS Workbench

Coupling structural mechanics

with other physics
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Getting closer to the reality by coupling

multiple physics

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Simulating
multiple physics

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ANSYS provides solutions beyond structural

analysis

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Coupling physics help matching the reality

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Main additional
physics: CFD and
Electromagnetics

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What is CFD?

CFD gives you velocities, pressures, temperatures in flowing liquids and

gases (including temperatures in surrounding solid structures)
Typical applications include:
Reducing pressure drop
Predicting aerodynamic lift/drag
Ensuring adequate cooling
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How do fluids influence a structural

analysis?

Temperatures will induce stresses and deformations

Pressure variation might affect the shape of a structure

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What is Electromagnetics?

Emag analysis is about understanding low or high frequency

electromagnetics fields.

Typical applications include:

Electrical machines, transformers
Actuators, sensors
Circuit boards
Antennas, High speed channels
Electromagnetics interference
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How do electromagnetic fields influence a

structural analysis?

Magnetics forces will induce stresses and deformations

High frequency heat losses will induce temperature variations

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Couplings in
practice

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Couplings are automatically handled using the

links between physics

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External data fields can be imported on the

structure

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Motivation
Exchange files are
frequently used to
transfer quantities from
one simulation to
another.

Efficient mapping of
point cloud data is
required to account for
misalignment, non
matching units or scaling
issues.

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Importing External Load into Mechanical

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External Load - Details

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Supported Data Types

New at R14.0

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Validating the Mapped Data

Visual tools are

available to control
how well the data
has been mapped
onto the target
structure
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Mapping Diagnostics
Option to create nodal based named selections for mapped

nodes, unmapped nodes, and outside nodes.

Can help the user better understand the
mapping.

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Importing Multiple Files

Multiple files can be

imported for
transient analyses or
to handle different
data to be mapped
on multiple bodies

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