1. Introduction

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1. Introduction
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IntroductionAbout This Course

• Describes new and enhanced features in ANSYS 5.7,
  scheduled for release in November 2000.
• Intended for ASDs, resellers and users who are
  familiar with ANSYS.

• Consists of this Training Manual and a Workshop
  Supplement.
• Copies of the workshop files are available in
  ftp//ftp.ansys.com/pub/archive/training/upd57.

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IntroductionRelease Schedule

• Beta release in August 2000 see
  www.ansys.com/beta57
• Final release in November 2000 (will include
  Connection products)

ANSYS 5.7

• For a list of supported hardware platforms, see
  www.ansys.com/services/hardware_support/VerInf/57.
  
• New platforms Intel 64-bit (Windows and Linux),
  Linux 6.1 on SGI 32-bit.

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IntroductionWhat's New in ANSYS 5.7?

• ANSYS 5.7 offers engineers and scientists
  unmatched technology, usability and performance
  for simulating single-discipline as well as
  multi-discipline (multiphysics)
  physical phenomena.

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Introduction What's New in ANSYS 5.7?

• Technology
• Probabilistic Design System (PDS)
• Thermo-mechanical contact
• New material models for hyperelasticity,
  plasticity and viscoplasticity
• Major restart improvements in ANSYS/LS-DYNA
  easier to use, more flexible
• New elements, boundary conditions, and excitation
  options added to high-frequency electromagnetics
• Mesh morphing added to ANSYS/FLOTRAN for fluid
  structural interactions including MEMS
  applications (micro-fluidic devices)

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Introduction What's New in ANSYS 5.7?

• Usability
• Report generation tools, including HTML report
  builder
• Results viewer with context-sensitive graphics
  display
• Material model definition made easy
• Tool for defining boundary conditions as
  functions
• Bolt pretension tool makes it easy to define
  complex loading sequences
• Command format displayed in the Input window

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Introduction What's New in ANSYS 5.7?

• Performance
• Parallel performance
• Dramatically improved for shared-memory
  environments
• Now available for distributed-memory environments
• New add-on product Parallel Performance for ANSYS
• Direct, in-memory assembly for commonly used
  elements
• Thermal transients both linear and nonlinear
  are much faster
• Significantly faster results display with new
  Powergraphics object created during solution

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IntroductionTopics Covered

• Global Enhancements
• Structural Mechanics Enhancements
• Heat Transfer Enhancements
• CFD Enhancements
• Electromagnetics Enhancements