Structures
ANSYS structural analysis software allows engineers to solve complex structural engineering problems and make better, faster design decisions. With the finite element analysis (FEA) tools available in its Mechanical suite, engineers can customize and automate solutions for their structural mechanics problems and parameterize them to analyze multiple design scenarios. Having seamless capabilities to connect easily to other physics analysis, ANSYS structural analysis software is used throughout the industry to enable engineers to optimize the design of their product.

ANSYS Mechanical suite is a comprehensive FEA analysis (finite element) tool for structural analysis, including linear, nonlinear and dynamic studies. Product provides a complete set of elements behavior, material models and equation solvers for a wide range of mechanical design problems. In addition, ANSYS Mechanical offers thermal analysis and coupled-physics capabilities involving acoustic, piezoelectric, thermal–structural and thermo-electric analysis.
Application
STRENGTH ANALYSIS
ANSYS Mechanical included all the capabilities an engineer needs to perform strength analysis of any structure. The response of the structure can be measured in terms or displacement, stress or strain on an assembly including linear, nonlinear and dynamic studies. It has the ability to account for bolt-loading, stress caused by temperature variation and physical loads such as pressure, forces, moments, accelerations and displacements.
VIBRATION ANALYSIS
ANSYS Mechanical simulations helps engineers understand how their structure will respond to vibrations from against vibrational loads such as brake squeal, earthquakes, transport, and acoustic and harmonics. ANSYS Mechanical either in single physic or multiphysics simulations helps you to overcome your toughest vibration challenges.
THERMAL ANALYSIS
Thermal management is a key concern in product design as the Internet of Things, wearable electronics and other product design trends condense heat-generating electrical components into smaller and smaller packages. ANSYS tools provide an environment for highly-accurate thermal simulation, including convection, radiation and conduction loads, as well as the effect of power losses and thermal energy from friction and other external sources.
DURABILITY
Vibration and fatigue can severely impact maintenance costs and the life span of your products. ANSYS Mechanical solution and ANSYS nCode DesignLife analysis provide the integrated tools needed to identify potential vibration, mechanical and thermomechanical fatigue hotspots and improve product durability.
RIGID BODY DYNAMICS
Mechanical systems often contain complex assemblies of interconnected parts, such as suspension assemblies in ground ehicles, robotics in manufacturing processes and landing gear in aircraft, Simulating the movement these systems is expensive, both in time and computational resources. ANSYS Rigid Body Dynamics provides a faster, less expensive and more efficient solution in the highly productive and easy to use ANSYS Mechanical.
HYDRODYNAMICS
The design requirements for offshore structures can differ greatly from traditional land-based constructions. ANSYS echanical provides the tools for accurately simulating the load and effects of waves, currents and wind based phenomena. You can define
the level of detail you need, from simplified models for truss type structures to high fidelity simulations that include all aspects of the wave, tide and current loading.
COMPOSITES
Composite materials provide new solutions — and new challenges — for manufacturers looking for stronger, lighter and innovative materials. ANSYS Composite PrepPost, part of ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise, software provides all the tools necessary for finite element analysis of layered composite structures.
IMPACT
Damage caused by collision or harsh environmental conditions can shorten a product’s lifespan, inflict warranty and repair expenses and incur liability risks. ANSYS structural analysis tools enable you to simulate mechanical, explicit dynamics and rigid body dynamics models to identify potential product deformation or damage after impact.
OPTIMIZATION
ANSYS Design Xplorer enables you to model multiple design parameters, different loading, and changes in environmental
conditions in less than the time it takes to build a single physical prototype. Tools to identify then impact of each parameter and include manufacturing variability through 6 sigma methods. It enables you perform all your simulation in a single environment, ensuring the best design for any condition.
HPC FOR FEA
Parallel processing with ANSYS HPC can significantly reduce solution time from days to hours, and makes possible large and extremely complex virtual models that were previously unfeasible. Designers can evaluate more design iterations in less time, speeding design optimization. Flexible and scalable licensing helps make HPC available to companies of any size.
TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION
ANSYS Mechanical gives you the tools you need to take advantage of new manufacturing methods like additive manufacturing. The optimal shape of a part is often organic and counterintuitive; ANSYS topology optimization technology lets you specify where
supports and loads are located on a volume of material and lets the software find the best shape. You can now easily perform lightweighting of structures, extract CAD shapes and quickly verify the optimized design.
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Additive manufacturing is a method of fabricating complex parts layer-by- layer from a 3-D model. ANSYS additive manufacturing simulations help you to optimize your design for 3-D printing, determine any potential stresses or distortions in the design so they can be corrected upfront, and predict the microstructure of the part based on the thermal history during fabrication. Simulation eliminates trial and error and gives you confidence that the part can be successfully built the first time with sound structural properties.
FLAGSHIP PRODUCTS
MECHANICAL ENTERPRISE
Mechanical Enterprise is a comprehensive suite of finite element analysis (FEA) solutions that provides in-depth analysis of structural and coupled-field behaviour in an environment.
MECHNICAL PREMIUM
Mechanical Premium is a finite element analysis (FEA) solution that gives you greater engineering insight with advanced nonlinear stress simulations and comprehensive linear dynamics.
MECHNICAL PRO
Mechanical Pro is a finite element analysis (FEA) solution that provides robust general purpose stress, thermal, vibration and fatigue simulations for fast and accurate solutions.
OTHER FEATURED PRODUCTS
Autodyn
ANSYS Autodyn simulates the response of materials to short duration severe loadings from impact, high pressure or explosions. It is best suited for simulating large material deformation or failure.
LS-DYNA
ANSYS LS-DYNA is the most commonly used explicit simulation program, capable of simulating the response of materials to short periods of severe loading. Its many elements, contact formulations.
nCode DesignLife
ANSYS nCode DesignLife works with ANSYS Mechanical to reliably evaluate fatigue life. Using the results of finite element analysis (FEA) from ANSYS Mechanical, it calculates stresses and strains, damage.
DesignSpace
ANSYS DesignSpace is a tried and tested structural analysis solution for engineers and designers looking to leverage the validated and widely used ANSYS Mechanical solver in the same environment as higher level tools.
ACT
Configuring simulation applications to fit your engineering workflows is complex and time-consuming. ACT simplifies this process so you can focus more on engineering your products than on customizing..