Discovery Live in use at Rossignol
The revolutionary technology in ANSYS Discovery Live opens up completely new possibilities for pre-development: it uses the principle of computational simulation - but can be used without the know-how of a simulation expert. Within a few seconds, it provides designers and product developers with meaningful information about the physical effects when a concept or design element is changed or even completely redesigned. Customer examples - including racing bikes from Time Sport / Rossignol - are used to illustrate the benefits that can be achieved by using Discovery. Together with ANSYS Discovery SpaceClaim (modeling) and ANSYS Discovery AIM (advanced design-related simulation), ANSYS Discovery Live forms the ANSYS Discovery product family.

Additive manufacturing: Shape finding and process simulation
Additive manufacturing processes open up both new possibilities and new challenges. Numerical simulation is already often used as a supporting tool. The synergies between physics-driven component design through topology optimization and the free design possibilities of additive manufacturing are well known. In addition to optimal form-finding specially adapted for additive manufacturing, virtual mapping of the product's manufacturing process is also essential. Only in this way is it possible to predict the thermal stresses caused by the high local heat input during the melting process and thus determine the resulting distortion of the component in advance and avoid misprints. The booth will show how these tasks can be mastered with ANSYS Mechanical Additive Process Simulation, ANSYS Additive Print and ANSYS Topology Optimization.

Predictive maintenance with the digital twin
CADFEM will also show how simulation in operation and a digital twin can be used to perform condition-based maintenance. Instead of preventive maintenance - the replacement of plant components according to experience-based or averaged load data - predictive maintenance uses the actual plant condition for evaluation. In addition to the cost benefits of predictive maintenance, the field data also provides a considerable gain in knowledge. If it becomes clear over time that systems have certain weak points or reserves in certain usage scenarios, information can be derived from this to make it easier to adapt the next product generation during product development. A real-life example is used to show how the sensor data generated during operation can be used to feed a powerful simulation model that reflects the relevant properties for evaluating the system. Based on the industry-proven numerical simulations of ANSYS, so-called behavior models (Reduced Order Models, ROMs) are derived. This makes it possible to generate models that can be calculated extremely quickly and reliably represent even very complex product behavior.

ANSYS 19 - Mastering complexity with simulation
Products are becoming more complex - but development times and budgets must be reduced and quality standards maintained or even increased. ANSYS simulation technology helps engineers to master these challenges. With version ANSYS 19, new tools are available to solve complex tasks and further increase productivity in development and design. And this is independent of the physical discipline. This is because ANSYS provides a wide range of simulation tools with which reliable statements can be made even more quickly and comprehensively. This further increases the importance of simulation throughout the entire product development process.

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