Rocky is a powerful, 3D DEM program that quickly and accurately simulates particle behaviour within bulk materials handling systems used across a variety of industries including mining and minerals processing, food and beverage, pharmaceutical, agricultural and any industry dealing with particulate systems or solids handling applications. Some keys features include: an extensive library of realistic particle shapes, an intuitive and easy-to-use interface, superior scalability with CPU, GPU and multi-GPU processing, advanced breakage and flexible particle models, evaluation of belt and surface wear, integration with Ansys FEA and CFD, complex moving and vibrating boundaries and more. In this article, we will focus on the integration with Ansys FEA and CFD and provide some examples to demonstrate how this works and why it is needed. ROCKY...
In these unprecedented times with many working from home due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, our team at LEAP Australia has put together some tips to help you continue using Ansys FEA software while working remotely.
Is your company developing a Digital Twin strategy? LEAP’s engineers have created working examples of a Simulation-based Digital Twin in action – a real-time, virtual replica of your equipment constantly updated through IoT data that provides you with:
– insight into real-time performance using extra Virtual Sensor outputs
– data to assess machine health & identify possible failure conditions
– actionable data to enable predictive maintenance & avoid costly downtime.
We recently sat down for a quick interview with Peter Brand, Specialist Application Engineer at LEAP to find out more about his experiences from showcasing SpaceClaim to a range of engineers from different industries across Australia & New Zealand.
The Formula Student competition challenges engineering students from around the world to design, manufacture, market and race a small, open wheeled formula style racer. Since its inception in 2000, Monash Motorsport has competed in the Australasian competition every year, building a combustion engine powered racer. Additionally, Monash has been fortunate enough to compete against the best in the world, taking part in the German, Austrian and UK competitions in 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. In 2016, Monash began developing an electrically powered car alongside the teams combustion car. This year served as a research and development year, allowing time for the team to learn, analyse and decide on the core concepts for the 2017 vehicle. Adopting the “one team, two cars” mantra, Monash...
This week marks the anniversary of the famous collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on Nov 7, 1940 - just 4 months after it was opened (at the time it was the third-longest suspension bridge in the world - based on main span length). As engineers, we've all seen this video from our engineering degrees and for many it remains a vivid reminder of the devastating potential of forced harmonic resonance on a light structure - noting particularly that this bridge collapse occurred during relatively normal speed winds (of just 68 km/hr) which unexpectedly produced aeroelastic flutter that matched the bridge's natural frequency. This resonance in turn led to movement and deformation of the bridges girder and supporting structures such that the cables eventually exceeded their...
At LEAP we have been tracking the development of additive manufacturing (AM, aka 3D printing) very closely for the past decade, and we have no doubt that if you’re an engineer or product designer who has been waiting for that ‘tipping point’ in capability/cost in AM, that now is the best time to get started. We are in the midst of running a series of series with Emona and Markforged here in Australia during October, with events in Melbourne, Sydney (morning & afternoon sessions) and Adelaide – if you’re interested, click on the city name for registration details. But first let’s recap why CAD/CAE and simulation are such a perfect match for product designers and engineers who are also getting started with AM: Topology Optimisation...
Learn how ANSYS’ integrated toolset can overcome the complex technical challenges in the development of fully autonomous systems: helping to deliver safe and reliable systems that operate efficiently in complex, changing environments. As engineers, we intuitively understand that comprehensive simulation is the only way to thoroughly consider all real-world scenarios for these systems in a fast and cost-effective way.
With the trend of more densely packed integrated circuits (ICs) & more layers in printed circuit boards (PCBs) leading to the potential for overheating, thermal design of our electronic products becomes critical. To push the envelope in PCB design, learn how you can use DCIR combined with thermal analysis to increase your PCB reliability and quality.
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 its cause. Numerous causes were canvassed and discussed in numerous media reports. The possible causes mentioned ranged far and wide. They included: problems with the track, excessive speed, poor maintenance, inadequate safety management, alleged prior mechanical problems which allegedly caused a surge in traction power, modification to a faster AC traction motor, motor power failure, brake failure, human error, the health of the train driver, mechanical failure, power surge when...
