2017 | Finite Element Analysis (FEA) Blog – LEAP Australia & New Zealand

Crash Simulation of the Waterfall Train Disaster

On 31 January 2003, a four car Tangara passenger train G7 on run from Sydney Central railway station to Port Kembla derailed about 2 kilometres south of Waterfall railway station. The train driver and six passengers were killed and many passengers suffered serious injuries. Following the accident considerable media coverage was given to speculation concerning...

From fatigue failure to EMI/EMC: the vast range of FEA and Emag applications in the Rail industry

As your train rumbles along during your morning commute, you are more likely to be hooked to your smartphone than thinking of all the types of simulations that have gone into making your journey safer and provided a more comfortable ride (though unfortunately they still can’t help with that odour coming from one of your...

Dramatic Accelerations in the Performance of Antenna Placement and Co-site Interference Simulations with NVIDIA GPUs

After talking to design engineers who are responsible for both Antenna Placement and Co-site Interference simulations, we have heard that they typically desire results to be available in less than 10 minutes in order for them to effectively test all the different configurations required on a real-world project. If the simulation time grows beyond 10...

Addressing the complex design challenges of composite parts using ANSYS Composite PrepPost (ACP)

It is well known that, compared to traditional materials, the fabrication of structures using composite materials offers clear benefits when designing high-performance products that require extreme strength and stiffness, combined with lower weight. However, the use of composite materials also presents additional challenges, as their mechanical properties are heavily influenced by loading direction and their...

Using ANSYS SpaceClaim for reverse engineering: how to handle faceted data in your modelling process

ANSYS SpaceClaim makes working with STL data easy, enjoyable, and accessible to every engineer. Whether you’re reverse engineering a model in preparation for simulation; or you’re cleaning up a model ready for 3D printing, see how the faceted data toolkit becomes an invaluable addition to your engineering workflow.

Efficient Multiphysics Simulation with ANSYS AIM

Whether you’re a designer, analyst, or expert in your field, ANSYS Integrated Multiphysics (or ANSYS AIM as we like to call it) can provide you and your company with an out-of-the box, all round tool for either single or multiphysics simulations. ANSYS AIM represents the culmination of developments in technology, computational power and user accessibility,…

Tips & Tricks in ANSYS SpaceClaim: Geometry Defeaturing, Repair and Scripting

With the advent of Simulation and Analysis software that is increasingly accessible to more engineers, more people are learning about typical problems plaguing users of simulation: clean-up and repair of dirty or (even worse!) corrupted CAD models. Regardless of whether you are running your analysis with ANSYS or tools such as CST, Strand7, Abacus or…

Introducing the LEAP Academic Portal

For over 20 years, LEAP Australia has successfully supported the use of CAE software within the engineering and design community across Australia and New Zealand. LEAP’s broad customer base has included over 2000 companies, from some of the world’s large OEMs through to SMEs and startups, and ranging across industries from traditional high-tech leaders such…