Ansys 2021 R1 combines improvements in simulation technology with the immense processing power of high-performance computing to expand the horizons of possibilities for engineering teams worldwide. Ansys simulation solutions optimize cross-departmental and cross-discipline collaboration and provide insights into product safety, reliability and performance.

Companies of all sizes and industries are challenging traditional ways of working to achieve breakthrough innovation. The simplified workflows and product enhancements in Ansys 2021 R1 empower engineers to achieve new design and product development goals.

Ansys 2021 R1 offers further developments for large electromagnetic system simulations. Predefined components from different manufacturers can be included in these simulations with greater efficiency and scalability. These components can be encoded so that other companies can use these proprietary 3D component designs for their high-fidelity simulations.

The software provides comprehensive analysis of signal integrity, power integrity, thermal and mechanical stress of 3D multi-die systems. The use of Ansys technology enables users to increase the lifetime and reliability of their products and avoid thermomechanical stresses and deformations that can damage 3D IC packages.

The enhancements in Ansys 2021 R1 combined with Ansys Cloud provide faster simulations, simpler workflows and additional solver capabilities. This makes simulation accessible to companies of all sizes. Thanks to the enhancements in Ansys Cloud, Ansys customers in fluids, structures and electronics can scale quickly to solve computational problems.

Leading companies are driving the development of autonomous vehicles (AV) and electric vehicles (EV) ever faster. Safety is a top priority. Ansys 2021 R1 provides a comprehensive sensing solution for AVs, including real-time physics-based radar sensing combined with closed-loop simulation validation to improve AV safety. New scanning and rotational lidar models also increase the reliability of AV simulation.

In addition, Ansys embedded systems and software solutions improve communication between team members and reduce certification costs. This leads to improved flexibility in modeling and code generation for automotive Autosar software components and provides support for the FACE 3.0 technical standard for military avionics. In addition, Ansys' state-of-the-art system safety solution helps improve EV and AV safety analysis by graphically showing where potential system failures may occur. This significantly simplifies the software safety testing process.

The new version allows the holistic development of EV components. A new battery design tool helps engineers optimize material selection for next-generation battery development, while a new EV powertrain library accelerates system simulation of electrified components. New software enhancements also add alert tones to advanced driver assistance systems that improve EV driving safety. New battery models enable engineers to tackle different scenarios, including battery crush, cooling, nail tests and module crush.

Growing customer requirements and ever shorter product development timescales are presenting engineering teams with new challenges. These range from system-level problems to fundamental physics at the component level. Following the acquisition of Analytical Graphics, Ansys now also offers a comprehensive solution that can map everything from the component level to the entire task-specific simulation (mission-driven simulation). Ansys 2021 R1 also pushes the boundaries at the detailed physics level, enabling teams to make smarter decisions earlier in the product development process and avoid costly mistakes that can negatively impact product quality and reliability.

In addition, Ansys 2021 R1 makes it easier for flexible engineering teams to collaborate through the latest advances in simulation process and data management enabled by Ansys Minerva. Improved workflows help even inexperienced engineers quickly learn how to use this software while improving data sharing among experienced users.

This release brings new capabilities to the design process with features such as automated liquid-solid thermal analysis to easily predict the thermal behavior of liquids and solids for the design and evaluation of electronic cooling and thermal management devices. To create their 3D printers, Qualup SAS uses Ansys Discovery to visualize thermal and cooling design variants.

Ansys 2021 R1 also helps manufacturing companies bridge the gap between injection molding and structural simulation for short-fiber reinforced composites, which are increasingly used in automotive components and consumer products. Thyssenkrupp Presta is using these advances in simulation technology to steer the short fiber workflow into the future of mobility.