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EnginSoft International Conference 2009
CAE Technologies for Industry

Explicit Solutions in ANSYS Workbench and their Applications

Hörmann Matthias - CADFEM (Germany)

Abstract

Newly introduced in ANSYS 12.0, ANSYS Explicit STR software is the first explicit dynamics product to use the native ANSYS Workbench environment. It is based on the Lagrangian portion of the full ANSYS AUTODYN solver. The technology will appeal to those who require nonlinear dynamics simulation of solids, liquids, gases and their interactions. In addition, it will appeal to users who can benefit from the productivity provided by other applications integrated within the ANSYS Workbench environment. Those who have previous experience using the ANSYS Workbench environment will find that they already know most of what is needed to use ANSYS Explicit STR.
Additionally ANSYS Explicit STR supports the export of LSDYNA Keyword files and can therefore be used as preprocessor for LS-DYNA simulations. Thus, major benefits of ANSYS Workbench, e.g. tight CAD-integration, automatic contact detection, advanced meshing functionalities are accessible for the user of LS-DYNA as well.
The current presentation will first give an introduction into the differences between implicit and explicit solver technologies. Secondly, an overview on the available explicit solutions within the ANSYS Workbench environment is given and their typical applications and usage is shown.