Case Studies

When Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) – one of the world’s largest banks – wanted to accelerate their AI development practice, they evaluated thousands of vendors and short listed the best ones.

TechSAT simulated the natural frequency-induced modes of interest and excited those with a worst-case scenario of 10g acceleration to predict component structural limits. This would then show them how much physical displacement or deflection might be in the PCB contained within the electronics housing.

PMR uses cloud-native engineering simulation to design & develop specialist cooling systems, including radiators & intercoolers, maximizing the intake temperatures & airflow using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and then verifying the performance of these components before costly in-house fabrication.

Hyde Marine, the world leader in ballast water treatment systems, were looking for a way to enhance their customers’ ability to access and utilize a critical Hyde Marine product.

Air International, a leading supplier of heating, ventilation and air conditioning units, needed to increase the value of their CAE assets while ensuring expert knowledge and design rules were incorporated into the process.

LeasePlan, the world leader in vehicle fleet management, needed to improve the management of critical spreadsheets.

GE Energy Wind Energy division needed to greatly improve the efficiency and speed of developing proposals to respond to sales inquiries.

Veryst used CFD (computational fluid dynamics) to simulate ventilation in the hospital room, heat-induced natural convection, and the dispersion of suspended particles.

Veryst Engineering developed a nonlinear, explicit dynamic finite element (FE) model to determine the performance of a battery pack dropped to the ground.

With support from Ansys’ channel partner CADFEM, KTM, a large European motorcycle manufacturer, used simulation to find out just how far it could push the boundaries of e-bike performance and innovation of its street and off-road models in an eco-friendly electric motor and traction battery design.

Tampere Formula Student is a motorsport designing team comprised of student members at Tampere Universities. In 2022, they competed in four different competitions and have recovered from their 6-week competition trip and are now ready for more challenges in 2023.

MMM Group asked SimuTech Group to simulate the fluid dynamics and heat distribution in the Temple.  In addition, monitoring the effects relating to the proposed HVAC system.

CPU overheating can damage the processor and cause instability in the computer. An efficient CPU cooling system ensures the best experience for the PC’s performance. A 3D-printed custom heat sink can offer the ideal heatsink to keep the components within permissible operating temperature limits.

Tata Steel Nederland (TSN) scrapped a “trial-and-error” approach to production for a more reliable one based on digital technologies. Ansys is an important partner in this process.

Coreform Cubit’s advanced meshing capabilities enable the California Institute of Technology to explore short-period crustal geodynamics on planetary satellites with complex 3D structures.

Using Simpack multibody simulation software, Tadano Ltd.  was able to simulate large-scale 3D vehicle models to significantly reduce their manufacturing prototype costs and time for rework.

SIMULIA Solutions for the two-wheeler market with SIMULIA PowerFLOW technology, helmet wind.

Simcenter FLOEFD empowers designers at Seiko Epsom Corporation to analyze semiconductor designs and improve productivity.

Six industry leaders took on a challenge to develop a clean slate rapid design of an advanced heat exchanger, leveraging each of the advanced capabilities that their companies offer.

Jajal Medical Services use Synopsys Simpleware software to help convert patient scan data (such as from CT and MRI) into 3D STL and Finite Element (FE) models suitable for visualizing and planning complex surgeries.

Each year, the McGill Formula Electric (MFE) team designs and produces an electric racing car.  Using Simcenter made the task efficient and fast – a huge improvement over Excel grids and the Simulink model much less intuitive. The simulation is now easy to modify to evaluate other designs.

Water impact has a destructive force that is more powerful than expected. If the strength of the underside of the vehicle body is inadequate and the quantity of splashed water is large, the impact could cause parts on the underside to fail.

GLM is investing in the great potential of the 800V Silicon Carbide (SiC) inverter. Using SiC permits faster, more efficient, and lightweight drivetrains and, with ColdStream, a more efficient cooling system.

Taking advantage of our cloud-based platform ColdStream, Formula Student Team Delft could generate a more efficient cooling jacket for their racing car.

Enabling free flowing but structured discussion of the basic Systems Thinking allows individuals and teams to explore fundamental issues that should be addressed by every engineering organization.

Hexagon’s CFD technology was used to determine that a tracking system could optimize a panel’s orientation and increase efficiency by up to 20%.

Bell New Ceramics uses Solid Edge to improve design efficiency by 25 percent.

Teignbridge Innovation and Technology department employs STAR-CCM+, by Siemens Digital Industries Software (DISW), to run fast and accurate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

To guide its customers toward a greener and more ecological energy source, ENGIE Lab CRIGEN relies on Ansys’ digital twin technology to accelerate the zero-carbon energy transition for its customers.

Grupo NAMM (The NAMM Group) needed flow simulation and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities to show air flow performance, which prompted NAMM management to decide to replace the previous design software that the company had been using with SOLIDWORKS® solutions.