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1. Introduction
Introduction
About This Course
• Intended for ASDs, resellers
and users who are familiar with
ANSYS.
• Consists of this Training Manual and a Workshop
Supplement.
NEW FEATURES 5.7
• Describes new and enhanced
features in ANSYS 5.7,
scheduled for release in
November 2000.
• Copies of the workshop files are available in
ftp://ftp.ansys.com/pub/archive/training/upd57.
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Release Schedule
• Beta release in August 2000; see
www.ansys.com/beta57
• For a list of supported hardware platforms, see
www.ansys.com/services/hardware_support/VerInf/57.
– New platforms: Intel 64-bit (Windows and Linux), Linux 6.1
on SGI 32-bit.
NEW FEATURES 5.7
• Final release in November 2000
(will include Connection
products)
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What's New in ANSYS 5.7?
NEW FEATURES 5.7
ANSYS 5.7 offers engineers and scientists
unmatched technology, usability and performance
for simulating single-discipline as well as
multi-discipline (multiphysics) physical phenomena.
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… What's New in ANSYS 5.7?
• Technology
– Probabilistic Design System (PDS)
– New material models for hyperelasticity, plasticity and
viscoplasticity
– Major restart improvements in ANSYS/LS-DYNA — easier to
use, more flexible
– New elements, boundary conditions, and excitation options
added to high-frequency electromagnetics
NEW FEATURES 5.7
– Thermo-mechanical contact
– Mesh morphing added to ANSYS/FLOTRAN for fluid
structural interactions including MEMS applications (microfluidic devices)
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… What's New in ANSYS 5.7?
• Usability
– Report generation tools, including HTML report builder
– Material model definition made easy
– Tool for defining boundary conditions as functions
– Bolt pretension tool makes it easy to define complex
loading sequences
– Command format displayed in the Input window
NEW FEATURES 5.7
– Results viewer with context-sensitive graphics display
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… What's New in ANSYS 5.7?
• Performance
– Parallel performance
• Now available for distributed-memory environments
• New add-on product Parallel Performance for ANSYS
– Direct, in-memory assembly for commonly used elements
– Thermal transients — both linear and nonlinear — are
much faster
– Significantly faster results display with new Powergraphics
object created during solution
NEW FEATURES 5.7
• Dramatically improved for shared-memory environments
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Topics Covered
• Global Enhancements
• Structural Mechanics Enhancements
• CFD Enhancements
• Electromagnetics Enhancements
NEW FEATURES 5.7
• Heat Transfer Enhancements
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