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Table of Contents
Global ..................................................................................................................... ix
1. Advisories ....................................................................................................... ix
2. Installation ...................................................................................................... x
3. Licensing ......................................................................................................... x
4. ANSYS Customer Portal ................................................................................... xi
I. ANSYS Structural Products .................................................................................. 1
1. Mechanical .................................................................................................... 3
1.1. Incompatibilities and Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases ........................................................................................................... 3
1.2. General Enhancements ........................................................................... 4
1.3. Performance Enhancements ................................................................... 5
1.4. Analysis Enhancements .......................................................................... 7
1.5. Contact and Connection Enhancements .................................................. 7
1.6. Graphics Enhancements ......................................................................... 8
1.7. Loads/Supports/Conditions Enhancements ............................................. 9
1.8. Finite Element (FE) Enhancements .......................................................... 9
1.9. Mapping Enhancements ....................................................................... 10
1.10. Solution Enhancements ...................................................................... 12
1.11. Results Enhancements ........................................................................ 13
1.12. Ease of Use Enhancements .................................................................. 14
1.13. Documentation Enhancements ........................................................... 15
2. Mechanical APDL ........................................................................................ 17
2.1. Structural ............................................................................................. 17
2.1.1. Contact ........................................................................................ 18
2.1.1.1. User-Defined Friction Enhancements ................................... 18
2.1.1.2. User-Defined Contact Interaction ......................................... 18
2.1.1.3. Defining Real Constants via Subroutine ................................ 19
2.1.1.4. Defining Real Constants in Tabular Format ........................... 19
2.1.1.5. Elastic Slip ........................................................................... 19
2.1.1.6. Controlling the Units of Normal Contact Stiffness ................. 19
2.1.1.7. Surface-Based Constraints ................................................... 20
2.1.1.8. 3-D Node-to-Node Contact Element ..................................... 20
2.1.2. Elements and Nonlinear Technology ............................................. 21
2.1.2.1. 2-D to 3-D Analysis .............................................................. 21
2.1.2.2. Nonlinear Submodeling ....................................................... 22
2.1.2.3. Initial Curve Effects for Shells ............................................... 22
2.1.3. Material Modeling ........................................................................ 22
2.1.3.1. Initial State .......................................................................... 22
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2.1.3.2. User-Defined Field Variables and Field-Variable-Dependent
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion ................................................... 23
2.1.3.3. Isotropic Hardening for Chaboche Curve Fitting ................... 23
2.1.4. Linear Dynamics .......................................................................... 23
2.1.4.1. Shared Memory Parallel (SMP) in PSD Analyes ...................... 24
2.1.4.2. Multiple Pressure Load Vectors in MPRS and PSD Analyses ............................................................................................... 24
2.2. Coupled-Field ....................................................................................... 24
2.3. Low-Frequency Electromagnetics .......................................................... 24
2.4. Acoustics .............................................................................................. 24
2.5. Diffusion ............................................................................................... 25
2.5.1. New Diffusion Elements ............................................................... 25
2.5.2. New Diffusion Surface and Body Loads ......................................... 26
2.6. Radiation .............................................................................................. 26
2.7. Solvers ................................................................................................. 26
2.7.1. Distributed ANSYS Enhancements ................................................ 26
2.7.2. GPU Acceleration Enhancements .................................................. 27
2.7.3. Other Solver Changes and Enhancements .................................... 28
2.8. Linear Perturbation ............................................................................... 28
2.8.1. Support for Static Analysis ............................................................ 28
2.8.2. Support for Superelements .......................................................... 29
2.8.3. Nonlinear Spring Element Support ............................................... 29
2.9. Results File ............................................................................................ 29
2.10. Commands ......................................................................................... 29
2.10.1. New Commands ......................................................................... 30
2.10.2. Modified Commands .................................................................. 30
2.10.3. Undocumented Commands ....................................................... 34
2.11. Elements ............................................................................................ 34
2.11.1. New Elements ............................................................................ 35
2.11.2. Modified Elements ..................................................................... 35
2.11.3. Undocumented Elements ........................................................... 36
2.11.4. Archived Elements ..................................................................... 36
2.12. Other Enhancements .......................................................................... 36
2.12.1. Soil-Pile Analysis ......................................................................... 37
2.12.2. Tabular Data Stored on Jobname.LDHI .................................... 37
2.12.3. Documentation .......................................................................... 37
2.12.3.1. Acoustic Theory ................................................................. 37
2.12.3.2. Technology Demonstration Guide ........................................ 37
2.12.3.2.1. Fitting Parameters for a Chaboche Kinematic Hardening Model ................................................................................. 37
2.12.3.2.2. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Simulation ............. 38
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2.12.3.2.3. Analysis of a Piezoelectric Flextensional Transducer in
Water ....................................................................................... 38
2.12.3.3. Feature Archive ................................................................... 38
2.12.3.4. Documentation Updates for Programmers ......................... 38
2.12.3.4.1. Using Mixed Languages for Compiling and Linking
User Programmable Features .................................................... 38
2.12.3.4.2. Routines and Functions Updated ............................... 38
2.13. Known Incompatibilities ..................................................................... 39
2.13.1. Results File Format ..................................................................... 39
2.13.2. LINK180 Element Results ............................................................ 40
2.13.3. Hydrostatic Fluid Elements with KEYOPT(1) = 1 ........................... 40
2.13.4. Contact Stiffness Behavior .......................................................... 40
2.13.5. Radiation View Factor as a Function of GAP ................................. 40
2.13.6. Ramped Friction Coefficient in a Brake Squeal Analysis ................ 40
2.13.7. User-Defined Friction Subroutine (userfric) .......................... 41
2.13.8. Material Mass Density for FLUID130 Element .............................. 41
3. AUTODYN .................................................................................................... 43
3.1. Incompatibilities and Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases ......................................................................................................... 43
3.2. New Features ........................................................................................ 43
3.3. Documentation .................................................................................... 44
4. AQWA .......................................................................................................... 45
4.1. Incompatibilities and Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases ......................................................................................................... 45
4.2. AQWA Solver Modules .......................................................................... 45
4.3. Hydrodynamic Analysis Systems ............................................................ 46
5. Beamcheck .................................................................................................. 47
5.1. New Features ........................................................................................ 47
6. Fatjack ......................................................................................................... 49
6.1. New Features ........................................................................................ 49
II. ANSYS Fluids Products ...................................................................................... 51
1. FLUENT ........................................................................................................ 53
1.1. New Features in ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 ..................................................... 53
1.2. Supported Platforms for ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 ......................................... 62
1.3. Known Limitations in ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 ............................................. 62
1.4. Limitations That No Longer Apply in ANSYS FLUENT 14.5 ....................... 69
1.5. Updates Affecting Code Behavior .......................................................... 69
2. CFX .............................................................................................................. 75
2.1. New Features and Enhancements .......................................................... 75
2.1.1. General Changes to ANSYS CFX ................................................... 75
2.1.2. ANSYS CFX-Solver ........................................................................ 75
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2.1.3. ANSYS CFX-Pre ............................................................................. 78
2.1.4. ANSYS CFX Documentation .......................................................... 78
2.2. Incompatibilities ................................................................................... 79
2.2.1. CFX-Solver ................................................................................... 79
3. TurboGrid .................................................................................................... 81
4. BladeModeler .............................................................................................. 83
4.1. BladeGen .............................................................................................. 83
4.1.1. BladeGen New Features and Enhancements ................................. 83
4.2. BladeEditor ........................................................................................... 83
4.2.1. BladeEditor New Features and Enhancements ............................... 83
5. CFD-Post ...................................................................................................... 85
5.1. New Features and Enhancements .......................................................... 85
5.2. Incompatibilities ................................................................................... 86
6. POLYFLOW ................................................................................................... 87
6.1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 87
6.2. New Features ........................................................................................ 88
6.3. Defect Fixes .......................................................................................... 89
6.4. Known Limitations ................................................................................ 90
III. ANSYS Electronics Products ............................................................................. 93
1. Icepak .......................................................................................................... 95
1.1. Introduction ......................................................................................... 95
1.2. New and Modified Features in ANSYS Icepak 14.5 .................................. 95
IV. ANSYS Geometry & Mesh Prep Products ......................................................... 99
1. DesignModeler .......................................................................................... 101
1.1. General Enhancements ....................................................................... 101
1.2. CAD Integration .................................................................................. 104
2. Meshing ..................................................................................................... 107
2.1. Resuming Databases from Previous Releases ....................................... 107
2.2. Incompatibilities and Changes in Product Behavior from Previous Releases ....................................................................................................... 108
2.3. Assembly Meshing Changes and Enhancements .................................. 108
2.4. Fracture Meshing ................................................................................ 109
2.5. MultiZone Quad/Tri Mesh Method Enhancements ............................... 109
2.6. MultiZone Mesh Method Enhancements ............................................. 110
2.7. Local Size Control Enhancements ........................................................ 110
2.8. Ease of Use Enhancements .................................................................. 111
2.9. ANSYS ICEM CFD Workbench Component ........................................... 111
3. IC Engine ................................................................................................... 113
4. ICEM CFD ................................................................................................... 115
4.1. Highlights of ANSYS ICEM CFD 14.5 ..................................................... 115
4.2. Key New Features/Improvements ........................................................ 115
4.2.1. Workbench Add-In Component .................................................. 115
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4.2.2. General ...................................................................................... 116
4.2.3. Prism Meshing ........................................................................... 117
4.2.4. Blocking ..................................................................................... 117
4.2.5. Ogrid Smooth Transition ............................................................. 117
4.3. Documentation .................................................................................. 117
4.3.1. Tutorials ..................................................................................... 117
5. FLUENT Meshing ....................................................................................... 119
5.1. New Features ...................................................................................... 119
5.2. Known Limitations .............................................................................. 124
V. ANSYS Simulation Products ............................................................................ 125
1. Workbench ................................................................................................ 127
1.1. ANSYS Workbench 14.5 ....................................................................... 127
1.1.1. Design Point Enhancements ....................................................... 127
1.1.2. User Interface Enhancements ..................................................... 128
1.1.3. Licensing Enhancements ............................................................ 129
1.1.4.Tighter Integration Between ANSYS Workbench and EKM ............ 130
1.1.5. Incompatibilities ........................................................................ 131
1.2. Engineering Data Workspace Release Notes ......................................... 131
1.3. External Data Release Notes ................................................................ 132
1.4. FE Modeler Release Notes ................................................................... 132
1.5. Remote Solve Manager (RSM) Release Notes ........................................ 133
1.6. System Coupling ................................................................................. 136
1.6.1. Numerics Changes ..................................................................... 137
1.6.2. Known Limitations ..................................................................... 138
1.7. TurboSystem Release Notes ................................................................. 138
1.7.1. New Throughflow Analysis System .............................................. 139
1.7.2. ANSYS TurboGrid in Workbench .................................................. 139
1.7.2.1. TurboGrid New Features and Enhancements ...................... 139
1.7.3. Vista CPD ................................................................................... 139
1.7.3.1. Vista CPD New Features and Enhancements ....................... 140
1.7.4. Vista CCD Limitation ................................................................... 140
2. EKM ........................................................................................................... 141
2.1. New Features ...................................................................................... 141
3. DesignXplorer ........................................................................................... 145
3.1. Optimization Systems and Methods .................................................... 145
3.2. Optimization Criteria and Properties .................................................... 147
3.3. Design of Experiments ........................................................................ 148
3.4. Candidate Points ................................................................................. 149
3.5. Chart Enhancements ........................................................................... 150
3.6. Design Point Enhancements ................................................................ 152
3.7. User Interface Enhancements .............................................................. 153
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1. Advisories
In addition to the incompatibilities noted within the release notes, known nonoperational behavior, errors and/or limitations at the time of release are documented in the Known Issues and Limitations document, although not accessible
via the ANSYS Help Viewer. See the ANSYS Customer Portal for information about
the ANSYS service packs and any additional items not included in the Known
Issues and Limitations document. First-time users of the customer portal must
register to create a password.
The legacy ANSYS Flotran fluid dynamics capability embedded in some ANSYS
Mechanical family products (such as ANSYS Mechanical/FLOTRAN and ANSYS
Multiphysics) will no longer be supported after ANSYS Release 14.5.
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2. Installation
The following features are new or changed at Release 14.5. Please review these
items carefully.
ANSYS, Inc. has discontinued support for the Linux Itanium 64 platform for all
products.
The installation package on Windows now features a new entry screen for easier
navigation and faster access to installation help.
If you have any non-commercial versions of the software installed, such as a preview
version, you will be prompted to uninstall that version before continuing.
Installation packages are now compressed using 7Zip for smaller packages and
typically faster installation on Windows.
Dual media installation has been improved.
BladeEditor is now supported on Linux platforms.
The PDF help for certain products has been removed from the installation and is
now available on the ANSYS Customer Portal.
EKM Server installation is now part of the unified installation process. See the EKM
Installation Guide for detailed installation instructions.
3. Licensing
The following enhancements have been made to ANSYS, Inc. Licensing for Release
14.5:
The Complete Unfinished Licensing Installation Configuration option of the
server ANSLIC_ADMIN utility is no longer enabled on Windows machines.
The Sun Solaris x64 (solx64) and Linux Itanium 64 (linia64) are no longer supported
by the ANSYS, Inc. License Manager.
ANSYS Workbench users can now track license usage, and those who are running
Design Point studies can reserve the licenses that will be needed to complete a
study. With that capability, we provide the license administrator the ability to turn
either/both the license tracking and license reservation capabilities off at the site
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Fatjack Stress Histogram Results in Design Assessment: If Fatjack Stress Histogram DA Results were defined in an R14.0 project, when the project is opened in
R14.5 it will be reset to the default (Damage Values, Per Wave (Solution)) and the
user will have to redefine it if the results are to be re-evaluated. If the reset has
not taken place automatically, the user may be required to reset the definitions
manually. This can be accomplished by re-selecting the Fatjack Assessment Type
from the Setup cell of the Design Assessment system on the Project Schematic.
Importing Pressures from External Data. When importing pressures from
External Data, any rotation transformations (Theta XY/YZ/ZX) specified in the
External Data system will now be applied to the mapped data. Rotations, resulting from using a cylindrical projection coordinate system, for 2D to 3D
mapping will also be applied. Prior to Release 14.5, these rotations were ignored. For legacy databases, re-importing data will result in rotations being
applied and possibly differences in mapped results from what was observed
in prior releases.
Plot Elements Attached to Named Selections: A new annotation preference, Plot
Elements Attached to Named Selections, replaces the Show Mesh object property
in the Details view of the Named Selections folder object. This option is off by default.
Disconnect Job from RSM. Previously, solutions submitted through the RSM from
Mechanical that are then removed directly from the RSM window (Remove...Del
while in Queued state) before it gets submitted, the job is automatically disconnected. Now, you need to use the Solution folder RMB option Disconnect Job from
RSM from Mechanical.
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Performance Enhancements
Generating Objects from a Template Object. A new Object Generator enables
you to create one or more copies of a template object, scoping each to a different
piece of geometry.
Tagging Objects. You can now tag objects in the tree and use those tags for filtering and searching.
Named Selection Worksheet Criterion - Distance. Distance is a new worksheet
criterion. This value defines a distance from the origin of a selected Coordinated
System. This property allows you to find nodes within a specified radius from a
points or find the closest face, edge, etc.
Symmetry Region. The Symmetry Region object now includes the new Linear
Periodic type that allows the simulation of the structural models with translational
symmetry. This option automatically enforces match meshing of selected geometries
similar to Periodic and Cyclic Symmetry Regions.
Cyclic Symmetry With Remote Boundary Conditions. The following objects and
boundary conditions are now supported in analyses that contain cyclic symmetry:
Remote Forces, Remote Displacement, Moments, Point Masses, and Constraint
Equations.
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Copying Tabular Data. The time required to copy large amounts of tabular data
has been improved by at least a factor of 10.
Faster post-processing of results for models with many bodies. The gathering
of elemental information has been streamlined in Mechanical to improve the postprocessing of results. With models containing large number of bodies and elements,
post-processing can now be post-processing can now be 2x to 5x faster.
Improved speed and performance in post-processing and drawing of Harmonic
Stress results. Mechanical now implements a better data caching mechanism for
Harmonic Stress results, which sharply reduces the file I/O (by a factor of 5) and
speeds up post-processing times by up to 75% and drawing times by up to 60%.
Improved slice plane performance. Slice plane creation is faster in 14.5. The Edit
mode of slice planes is now an explicit option in Mechanical and Meshing; therefore
models and meshes now interact more quickly when slice planes are present. You
can activate Edit mode by toggling a button in the Section Plane window. Slice
planes now also remain activated over geometry and mesh views thus cutting out
operation times in re-activation.
Improved performance in cyclic symmetry results: A number of enhancements
have been made to improve the performance of the post-processor for cyclic
symmetry models. First, the calculations have been streamlined for faster execution
and parallelization and can perform 25-50% faster than in previous versions. Second,
the calculation of phase sweeps has been deactivated by default on harmonic indices associated with frequency couplets in order to reduce the expense of obtaining
contours at a given phase. Finally, it is now possible to display and animate results
over a fraction of the total symmetry expansions and incur a corresponding fraction
of the memory and computational expense. For example, on a model with Cyclic
Symmetry of N, it is possible to use as little as 1/N of the memory and computation
time when post-processing a single sector, which could pose a significant advantage
when working with large models with small sector angles.
Faster Named Selections. The general performance of Named Selections has improved in the areas of generation, selection, and usage. The improvement can be
as much as 10x faster than in previous releases on large models.
FE Connections Display. Displaying and exporting FE Connections has been improved by over a factor of 10.
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Radial Gap Stop. A new type of joint stop, radial gap stop, is available. A radial
gap stop can be used to simulate a revolute joint with a gap between the inner
and the outer cylinder that allows the shaft to translate and tilt in the outer cylinder.
Shell Thickness Effect. This new contact property allows you to include or exclude
the thickness of a surface body for an analysis involving contact pairs of surface
bodies. See the Scope Settings section for more information.
Trim Contact. This new contact property speeds the solution process by reducing
the number of contact elements of each contact pair involved in the analysis. See
the Definition Settings section for more information.
Elastic Slip Tolerance. This new contact property allows you to set the allowable
elastic slip values for a contact. See the Advanced Settings section for more information.
Nonlinear Spring Stiffness. Nonlinear (or multi-rate) springs can now be simulated
in a rigid dynamics analysis.
Nonlinear Bushing. During rigid dynamics analyses, a nonlinear stiffness curve
can now be added with a bushing joint. This can be used to simulate multi-rate
bushing with nonlinear stiffness.
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Result Trackers. Structural Result Trackers and Thermal Result Trackers can now
be scoped to a single node of the mesh or to geometry-based Named Selections
or to a node-based Named Selection for a single node.
Node Annotations: You can now toggle the visibility of mesh node annotations
in Named Selection displays and mesh node numbers in Named Selection, Mesh,
and Result displays.
Plot Elements Attached to Named Selections: You can now toggle the visibility
of elements for all items in the Named Selections group. In order to plot elements
attached to Named Selections, toggle off the Show Mesh button. With the Show
Mesh button toggled ON, you will always see the full mesh.
Coordinate System Based on System Normal: You can now orient the principal axis
based on the hit point normal of an existing coordinate system and create an
aligned coordinate system based on the hit point.
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Mapping Enhancements
New Legend Controls for Imported Load Objects. Imported Load objects have
new legend controls for modifying the legend minimum and maximum range values
Displacement and Force Import from External Files. Displacements and forces,
specified in the External Data system, can now be imported and applied in a static
or transient structural analysis.
Complex Pressure Import from External Files Pressures, specified in the External
Data system, can now be imported and applied in a Harmonic Response analysis.
Enhancements for Thermal-Stress Analysis.
Rigid Transformation Controls. New translation and rotation controls are now
available to transform the source mesh and can be used to align the source with
the target mesh.
Display of Source Nodes. The Display Source Points option on the Imported
Body Temperature object now allows you to display the source nodes on the
target geometry and can be helpful in ensuring proper alignment.
Enhancements when Handling Vectors.
Rotation transformations (Theta XY/YZ/ZX) specified in the External Data system
are now applied to the mapped data.
Rotations, resulting from using a cylindrical projection coordinate system, for 2D
to 3D mapping are now applied to the mapped data.
When transferring data from the External Data system, you can choose to ignore
specifying a source component identifier in the worksheet of the Imported Load
if data for that direction is not available.
Contour Plots for Imported Vector Data. For imported vector loads, the Data
property in the details pane now allows you to view contours plots of the magnitude or X/Y/Z components.
Scoping Enhancements.
Imported Loads, that import data on nodes (displacement, force, and temperature), can now be scoped to node-based Named Selections.
Imported Temperature and Imported Displacement loads, when used to
transfer data from the External Data system, can be scoped to all geometry entity
types (body, face, edge, or vertex).
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Source Point Id Display Option for Imported Loads. Imported load objects have
new option to display points with their corresponding identifier number.
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Results Enhancements
been added. This will allow selection of particular defaults depending on the requirements of the user. The following options are available:
Program Controlled This is the default setting and is identical to the analysis
settings for older versions of Explicit. The priority is for a robust solution.
Low Velocity Recommended for low deformation/velocity (<100m/s) analyses.
High Velocity Recommended for high deformation/velocity (>100m/s) analyses.
Efficiency Settings for minimum runtime. In some cases, this may have an impact
on robustness and accuracy.
Quasi-static Recommended for quasi-static analyses.
Explicit Dynamics Minimum Strain Rate Cutoff Setting. A Minimum Strain Rate
Cutoff setting has been added to the Explicit Dynamics Solver Controls settings.
Explicit Dynamics Strain Rate Correction for the Johnson-Cook and CowperSymonds Material Models. For all shell element types, a first order as well as an
implicit strain rate correction is available for the Johnson-Cook and Cowper-Symonds
material models to reduce high frequency oscillations that are sometimes observed
in the yield surface under high strain rates. The first order strain rate correction is
applied by default. The implicit strain rate correction can be used in cases where
the first order strain rate correction does not suffice, although at the cost of extra
CPU time usage.
Explicit Dynamics Output Contact Forces Option. You can now write out the
contact forces for 3D Explicit Dynamics analyses to text files. The frequency and
number of contact forces can be specified.
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Node Picking on Result Plots. You can now pick nodes on the contour results.
Reactions on Cutting Planes. You can now extract member forces and moment
reactions through a model using a reaction probe scoped to a Surface Construction
Geometry object.
Contact Tool Fluid Pressure Penetration Result. You can now access the contact
result for fluid pressure penetration in the contact tool. See Contact Results for
more information.
Design Assessment. The following enhancements have been made to the Design
Assessment system:
Multiple step results can now be defined, including tabular and graphical output.
Solution combinations can now optionally include the combination of multiple
steps or substeps, and presentation as a multiple step result.
Solution combinations can now replicate the features previously presented using
the Mechanical APDL LCOPER command. Results can now be determined based
on a number of different combination or comparison methods.
Phase Response in Harmonic Analysis. A Phase Increment control is now available
when calculating the maximum phase response of results in a harmonic analysis.
Cyclic Symmetry Results: In Cyclic Analyses you can now display and animate
results over a fraction of the total symmetry expansions.
Contact Result Trackers. Fluid Pressure, Minimum Geometric Sliding Distance,
and Maximum Geometric Sliding Distance are new Contact Result Trackers.
Damage Results: Mechanical now supports a number of damage results using nonlinear material models, including the Mullins Effect, Progressive Damage, and
Physical Failure Criteria.
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Engineering Data Workspace: You can now switch to the Engineering Data
Workspace and perform operations from the highlighted Material Assignment
Property of a selected body.
Coordinate Systems Based on Nodes. You can now select one or more nodes,
then create a coordinate system directly in the Graphics window. You can also
select an individual node and create an aligned coordinate system on a solved
vector principal stress or strain result.
Coordinate Systems Based on a Surface Normal. You can now create a coordinate
system based on a surface normal, either by orienting the principal axis of an existing coordinate system by hit point normal, or by creating a coordinate system
aligned with a hit point.
Show Errors Button. The Standard Toolbar now includes a Show Errors button.
This feature populates the Message window with the error messages for any tree
objects that are not properly defined.
Disconnect Job from RSM. The new RMB option Disconnect Job from RSM is
now available from the Solution folder allowing you to disconnect Mechanical from
the current RSM job.
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Example of Explicit to Implicit Analysis. In order to show how to exploit features
of Explicit Dynamics, Design Assessment, and Mechanical APDL, an example (including sample files) is now available showing how to initialize an implicit analysis using
results from an Explicit Dynamics analysis.
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2.1. Structural
Release 14.5 includes the following new features and enhancements for structural
analyses:
2.1.1. Contact
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2.1.2. Elements and Nonlinear Technology
2.1.3. Material Modeling
2.1.4. Linear Dynamics
2.1.1. Contact
Release 14.5 includes the following enhancements for structural analyses involving
contact:
2.1.1.1. User-Defined Friction Enhancements
2.1.1.2. User-Defined Contact Interaction
2.1.1.3. Defining Real Constants via Subroutine
2.1.1.4. Defining Real Constants in Tabular Format
2.1.1.5. Elastic Slip
2.1.1.6. Controlling the Units of Normal Contact Stiffness
2.1.1.7. Surface-Based Constraints
2.1.1.8. 3-D Node-to-Node Contact Element
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elements CONTA171 through CONTA174. By default, the units of the user-specified
absolute normal contact stiffness is FORCE/LENGTH3. If a penalty-based algorithm
is used, you can change the units to FORCE/LENGTH. In addition, you can use
the CNKMOD command in a brake squeal analysis to change the units of the
normal contact stiffness from FORCE/LENGTH3 to FORCE/LENGTH during the
linear perturbation stage of the analysis.
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thermal conduction, convection, radiation, heat generation due to friction,
external heat flux, electric conduction, and heat dissipation due to electric
current.
For more information, see Node-to-Node Contact in the Contact Technology Guide
and the CONTA178 element description.
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The initial state feature now allows user-defined data types (UF01, UF02, ..., UF09).
You can define a field of user-specified variables based on nodes or element integration points with initial state. The enhancement allows you to define a field
of user variables to a finite element model, then associate the field to solution
data such as the material properties including elasticity (TB,ELASTIC) and coefficient of thermal expansion (TB,CTE).
For more information, see Initial State in the Basic Analysis Guide and the documentation for the INISTATE command.
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2.2. Coupled-Field
The following coupled-field elements now support plasticity, viscoelasticity, viscoplasticity and creep in structural-diffusion and structural-thermal-diffusion
analyses: PLANE223, SOLID226, and SOLID227. The elements also support the
new surface and body diffusion loads, DFLUX (diffusion flux) and DGEN (diffusing
substance generation rate), in structural-diffusion, thermal-diffusion, and structural-thermal-diffusion analyses.
2.4. Acoustics
Release 14.5 includes the following enhancements in the area of acoustic analysis:
Johnson-Champoux-Allard Equivalent Fluid Model of Perforated Material -The Johnson-Champoux-Allard equivalent fluid model of porous material (TB,PERF)
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is available for problems involving porous material behavior with effective complex
density and sound speed that justifies the internal energy losses and phase shift
between pressure and sound velocity. For more information, see Johnson-Champoux-Allard Equivalent Fluid Model of a Porous Media in the Material Reference
Surface Velocity or Acceleration Excitation -- The arbitrary surface velocity or
acceleration load on the exterior surface introduces more flexible excitation to the
acoustic model and makes one-way coupling possible from the structural vibration
to the acoustic propagation. For more information, see Finite Element Formulation
of the Wave Equation in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference.
Far-field Enhancements -- Far-field functionality has been extended to models
with 2-D features. The phase angle of the complex pressure is available for nearfield and far-field results. Retrieve far-field parameters via the *GET command.
Output the phase angle via the PRNEAR, PLNEAR, PRFAR, and PLFAR commands.
Second-Order Absorbing Boundary Condition for High-Order Acoustic Elements
and Attenuation Coefficient -- A 3-D infinite acoustic element with a spherical
envelope (FLUID130) is available for the high-order acoustic elements for radiated
sound pressure. The boundary attenuation coefficient is available for defining the
lossy property with derived boundary impedance on the exterior surface. For more
information, see Acoustic Boundary Conditions in the Mechanical APDL Theory Reference.
2.5. Diffusion
The following enhancements to diffusion analysis are available in this release:
2.5.1. New Diffusion Elements
2.5.2. New Diffusion Surface and Body Loads
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2.6. Radiation
The QUASI option on the THOPT command, used for speeding up the solution
of nonlinear transient thermal analyses, is now supported in the radiosity solver
for radiation analyses. The corresponding restriction has been removed from the
THOPT command description.
2.7. Solvers
Release 14.5 includes the following new enhancements that improve solution
procedures and features.
2.7.1. Distributed ANSYS Enhancements
2.7.2. GPU Acceleration Enhancements
2.7.3. Other Solver Changes and Enhancements
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The performance of the file-combination step, for example to combine the
local or distributed results file into a single, global results file, has been greatly
improved, particularly on the Windows platform. In some cases, the file-combination step is more than ten times faster than in the prior release.
Support is now available for running the Block Lanczos and Supernode eigensolvers (MODOPT,LANB; SNODE) using shared-memory parallelism (SMP) inside
Distributed ANSYS. In prior releases, the eigensolvers were available in Distributed ANSYS, but only used distributed memory parallelism (DMP) outside of
the eigensolver and only used a single core to extract the modal solution inside
the eigensolver. The eigensolvers can now use multiple cores to extract the
modal solution and, therefore, operate in the mixed SMP/DMP mode.
Support is now available for running the Jacobi Conjugate Gradient (JCG) iterative equation solver, the Incomplete Cholesky Conjugate Gradient (ICCG) iterative equation solver, and the Quasi-Minimal Residual (QMR) iterative equation
solver (EQSLV,JCG; ICCG; QRM) using shared-memory parallelism (SMP) inside
Distributed ANSYS. In prior releases, the equation solvers were not available
in Distributed ANSYS, and the solver was automatically switched to the Sparse
direct solver instead. The solvers now operate in the mixed SMP/DMP mode.
Improvements made to the solver kernel used for the Unsymmetric, Subspace,
and Damped eigensolvers (MODOPT,UNSYM; SUBSPACE; DAMP) result in reduced analysis times, especially when running Distributed ANSYS. For a large
model run on a 32-core machine, the solver process can be two to three times
faster than in the previous release. Memory used when running Distributed
ANSYS with these eigensolvers is also reduced.
The Variation Technology (VT) method for harmonic analysis is now fully supported in a Distributed ANSYS solution. The VT harmonic method speeds up
the solution compared to the full (FULL) harmonic method. By default
(HROPT,AUTO), the program selects the VT harmonic method (instead of the
FULL method) when there are no frequency-dependent materials present in
the model.
The SECFUNCTION command is now fully supported in a Distributed ANSYS
solution.
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Support for multiple GPUs -- When using GPU acceleration, you can now
use multiple GPUs per machine or per compute node on a cluster. For the iterative solvers (PCG and JCG), multiple GPUs are supported with both sharedmemory ANSYS and Distributed ANSYS. For the Sparse direct solver, multiple
GPUs are only supported when running Distributed ANSYS.
Improved functionality for the iterative solvers -- A new hybrid algorithm
has been employed to make use of the CPU cores in addition to the GPU
device for increased acceleration. Also, larger problem sizes can now be accelerated when using GPUs.
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Commands
To perform a linear perturbation static analysis after a static or full transient
analysis, restart the analysis at the load point of interest, apply your perturbation
load, then use the PERTURB and SOLVE commands to execute the linear perturbation analysis.
2.10. Commands
This section describes changes to commands at Release 14.5.
Some commands are not accessible from menus and are available via the command input area or batch file input only. The documentation for each command
indicates whether or not a menu path is available for that command operation.
2.10.1. New Commands
2.10.2. Modified Commands
2.10.3. Undocumented Commands
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CUTCONTROL -- Controls time-step cutback during a nonlinear solution. You can
now set minimum stress or elastic strain thresholds for calculating the creep ratio
criterion. For integration points with stress or elastic strain below the defined
thresholds, the creep ratio is not calculated and no time-step cutback occurs.
*DMAT -- Creates a dense matrix. The command can now be set to transpose the
original matrix. Import features have also been extended. The command can now
import records from RFRQ files, and imported RST file records now offer access to
a larger set of nodal results, including the nodal solution (NSL), the transient velocity
solution (VSL), the transient acceleration solution (ASL), and the reaction forces
(RF).
DMPOPTION -- Specifies distributed memory parallel (Distributed ANSYS) file
combination options. The modal load vector file (.MLV) and initial state file (.IST)
have been added to the list of files that this command can affect.
*EIGEN -- Performs a modal solution with unsymmetric or damping matrices. The
command now supports symmetric matrices when used with the MODOPT,LANB
option.
EXPROFILE -- Exports interface loads to a CFX Profile file. The command can now
export mode shapes and frequencies (Load = MODE) from a modal analysis to a
CFX Profile file.
*FREE -- Deletes a matrix or a solver object and frees its memory allocation. You
can now delete all APDL Math matrices and solver objects belonging to a given
workspace, and also set the memory workspace number.
*GET -- Retrieves a value and stores it as a scalar parameter or part of an array
parameter. The ability to retrieve far-field acoustics parameters has been added
(Entity = ACUS).
HROPT -- Specifies harmonic analysis options. The command is now valid for Distributed ANSYS using Method = AUTO, FULL, or VT. Also, the reduced harmonic
analysis method has been undocumented.
LDREAD -- Reads results from the results file and applies them as loads. You can
now apply concentrations from a diffusion analysis to a subsequent diffusion analysis as nodal loads or initial conditions.
MODOPT -- Specifies modal analysis options. The reduced modal analysis method
has been archived.
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MP -- Defines a linear material property as a constant or a function of temperature.
A new label allows you to specify the Hall coefficient for SOLID236 and SOLID237
elements. For more information about the Hall effect, see Hall coefficient in the
Mechanical APDL Theory Reference. Also, other labels have been added allowing
you to specify the heat coefficient at constant pressure per unit of mass and the
heat coefficient at constant volume per unit of mass, respectively.
MPDATA -- Defines property data to be associated with the temperature table.
You can now specify the Hall coefficient for SOLID236 and SOLID237 elements, the
heat coefficient at constant pressure per unit of mass, and the heat coefficient at
constant volume per unit of mass.
NLDIAG -- Sets nonlinear diagnostics functionality. When contact diagnostic information is requested (NLDIAG,CONT), the following items are now included in the
Jobname.CND file: maximum and minimum total sliding distance, and maximum
fluid penetration pressure on the contact and target surfaces.
NLHIST -- Specifies result items to track during a solution. Specification that you
set via this command are now saved in the database (Jobname.DB). Also, the
following contact result items can now be tracked: maximum and minimum total
sliding distance (GSMX and GSMN), and maximum fluid penetration pressure on
the contact and target surfaces (FPSC and FPST).
OCDATA -- Defines an ocean load using non-table data. The default behavior of
the vertical offset from the global origin to the mean sea level has changed. (See
the VAL6 argument description for the Zmsl value.)
PLCAMP -- Plots Campbell diagram data for applications involving rotating structure
dynamics. You can now directly determine the stability threshold in a Campbell
analysis.
PLFAR -- Plots electric or pressure far fields and far field parameters. The command
can now output the pressure phase angle (Opt = PHSC).
PLNEAR -- Plots the electric field or pressure in the near zone exterior to the equivalent source surface. The command can now output the phase angle of complex
pressure for acoustics (Opt = PHAS).
PRCAMP -- Prints Campbell diagram data for applications involving rotating
structure dynamics. The command can now directly determine the stability threshold
in a Campbell analysis.
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PRFAR -- Prints electric or pressure far fields and far field parameters. The command
can now output the pressure phase angle in a Cartesian coordinate system plot
and the pressure phase angle in a polar coordinate system plot.
PRNEAR -- Prints the electric field or pressure in the near zone exterior to the
equivalent source surface. The command can now output the phase angle of
complex pressure for acoustics.
RADOPT -- Specifies radiosity solver options. You can now specify the maximum
number of iterations for convergence when the full solver (THOPT,full) is used.
RPSD -- Calculates response power spectral density (PSD). You can now use a significance level (SIGNIF) to include only the significant modes in the response
power spectral density, resulting in less computational time.
SECCONTROL -- Supplements or overrides default section properties. For naming
consistency with other control commands, this command has been renamed (from
SECCONTROLS). Input files that still issue the command using the old name are
unaffected and require no editing.
SFE -- Specifies surface loads on elements. You can now specify acoustic surface
loads on elements.
*SMAT -- Creates a sparse matrix. The TRANS option has been added to allow users
to transpose the original matrix.
TB -- Activates a data table for material properties or special element input. The
following material options have been added: an instantaneous coefficient of thermal
expansion (TB,CTE) input; user-defined contact interaction specifications (TB,INTER),
and Johnson-Champoux-Allard equivalent fluid material model of porous media
(TB,PERF).
TBFIELD -- Defines values of field variables for material data tables. The command
now supports user-defined field variables (UF01 through UF09).
THOPT -- Specifies the nonlinear transient thermal solution option. The QUASI
option, used for speeding up the solution of nonlinear transient thermal analyses,
is now supported in the radiosity solver for radiation analyses.
TRNOPT -- Specifies transient analysis options. The reduced transient analysis
method has been undocumented.
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*VEC -- Creates a vector. You can now import records from RFRQ files, and imported
RST file records now offer access to a larger set of nodal results, including the
nodal solution (NSL), the transient velocity solution (VSL), the transient acceleration
solution (ASL), and the reaction forces (RF).
Several commands were enhanced to include new diffusion surface and body
load options. The commands are listed in New Diffusion Surface and Body
Loads (p. 26).
TOTAL
VTGEOM
VTREAL
VTSTAT
PGRAPH
/VT
VTIN
VTRFIL
VTTEMP
PGRSET
VTCLR
VTMETH
VTRSLT
VTVMOD
PGSELE
VTDISC
VTMP
VTSEC
PGWRITE
VTEVAL
VTOP
VTSFE
POUTRES
VTFREQ
VTPOST
VTSL
For information about commands that have been undocumented in prior releases,
see the archived release notes on the ANSYS Customer Portal (p. xi).
2.11. Elements
This section describes changes to elements at Release 14.5.
Some elements are not available from within the GUI. For a list of those elements,
see GUI-Inaccessible Elements in the Element Reference.
2.11.1. New Elements
2.11.2. Modified Elements
2.11.3. Undocumented Elements
2.11.4. Archived Elements
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FLUID30, FLUID220, FLUID221 -- These 3-D Acoustic Fluid elements now support
the Johnson-Champoux-Allard equivalent fluid material model of porous media
(TB,PERF).
PIPE288, PIPE289 -- These pipe elements now support initial state loading.
MATRIX50 -- This substructure element now supports linear perturbation.
PLANE223, SOLID226, SOLID227 -- These coupled-field elements offer a new surface
load, diffusion flux (DFLUX), and a new body load, diffusion substance generation
(DGEN).
SHELL181 -- This four-node structural shell element offers a new formulation option
for incorporating initial curvature effects.
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2.12.3. Documentation
ANSYS, Inc. continues to refine the Mechanical APDL documentation set. To that
end, the following changes and enhancements to the documentation have occurred with this release:
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editor that displays line numbers), then comparing the two to determine which
lines have changed. You can copy the updated files to your system by performing
a custom installation of the product.
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velocity (CMROTATE). In prior releases, if the friction coefficient for the contact
pair undergoing forced frictional sliding was modified after the first load step
(MP), the friction was step-applied. Now, if the friction coefficient is modified
after the first load step and the ramping option is set (KBC,0), the friction coefficient is linearly interpolated for each substep based on the values from the
previous and current load steps. The change is intended to improve the convergence for this type of brake squeal analysis.
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AUTODYN
Please see the Solution Enhancements section of the Mechanical Application
Release Notes for more information about the following AUTODYN features
available in the Explicit Dynamics System in the Mechanical application:
Explicit Dynamics Solution Settings Options
Explicit Dynamics Minimum Strain Rate Cutoff setting
Explicit Dynamics Output Contact Forces Option
3.3. Documentation
The following documentation changes have been made for ANSYS AUTODYN
for Release 14.5:
Documentation Added to ANSYS Help Viewer. The AUTODYN folder has been
removed from the Start > All Programs > ANSYS 14.5 > Help folder. The following documents that used to be accessed from that folder are now available
in the ANSYS Help Viewer.
AUTODYN Composite Modeling
AUTODYN Parallel Processing Tutorial
AUTODYN User Subroutines Tutorial
Example of Explicit to Implicit Analysis. In order to show how to exploit features
of Explicit Dynamics, Design Assessment, and Mechanical APDL, an example
(including sample files) is now available showing how to initialize an implicit
analysis using results from an Explicit Dynamics analysis.
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AQWA
AQWA-LINE the model can contain only one structure and only one spectrum can
be specified. In AQWA-FER, the linearization can be applied to multiple structures
and multiple spectra.
DISC and STUB elements have been added to the Shear Force and Bending
Moment graphs in the AGS.
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FLUENT
Solver-Meshing
A matching option is now available to enforce matching of mesh interfaces or
periodic zones that are poorly matched (Using a Non-Conformal Mesh in ANSYS
FLUENT).
Additional controls in the Mesh Method Settings dialog box and the Dynamic
Mesh Zones dialog box (for deforming motion) to enhance flexibility in applying
spring-based smoothing on various element types (e.g., tetrahedral, triangular) (see
Smoothing Methods and Deforming Motion).
You can now include cells in the poor mesh numerics that are not included automatically but nevertheless cause convergence problems or otherwise adversely
effect the solution using the solve/set/poor-mesh-numerics/userdefined-on-register text command (see Robustness on Meshes of Poor
Quality).
You can now use the CutCell zone remeshing method to remesh a complete
cell zone, including all boundary zones of the remeshed cell zone (3D simulations only) (see CutCell Zone Remeshing Method).
The ability to detect if the computed mesh motion will result in contact with
other surfaces in dynamic mesh simulations and trigger associated user-defined
actions (see Contact Detection Settings).
A new option, Exclude Mesh Motion in Boundary Conditions, is available
in the Dynamic Mesh Zones dialog box for rigid body and user-defined zone
types. This option allows you to specify that the boundary mesh motion should
not be included in the physical boundary conditions of that zone. This option
is only available for non-periodic boundary zones. (see Contact Detection
Settings).
Models
Turbulence
The default value for the turbulence intensity is set to 5% (medium intensity)
and the turbulence viscosity ratio has a default value of 10. (Determining Turbulence Parameters)
The Scale-Adaptive Simulation (SAS) concept is now available with all omegabased turbulence models.
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of the parcels, or the diameter of the parcels. (Steady/Transient Treatment of
Particles)
Node based averaging is now available as a supported feature. (Node Based
Averaging of Particle Data)
You can now select whether to include virtual mass forces and pressure gradient
effects in the particle force balance. ( Including the Virtual Mass Force and Pressure Gradient Effects on Particles)
The Lagrangian wall film model can now be used with wet combusting particles.
Additional cell-averaged discrete phase quantities are available for postprocessing.
( Reporting of Interphase Exchange Terms (Discrete Phase Sources) and Reporting
of Discrete Phase Variables)
You can now use the DEFINE_DPM_PROPERTY macro to create a User-Defined
Function for particle density. This capability is not available when using the Wet
Combustion Model. ( DEFINE_DPM_PROPERTY ).
VOF
Hydrostatic pressure profiles can be specified for non-open channel flows.
Variable surface tension capability can be modeled with the CSF model for any
field variable.
For cases involving moving meshes or moving reference frames (MRF), you can
use the Relative Velocity Resistance Formulation option to better predict
porous media sources.
You can now generate random/regular waves by wave superposition of linear/non-linear waves. (Superposition of Waves)
You can now generate shallow water waves with finite amplitude using the
Solitary/Cnoidal wave theory. (Cnoidal/Solitary Wave Theory)
Eulerian Multiphase Model
Drag models from Grace et al. and Tomiyama et al. have been implemented
for Mixture and Eulerian Multiphase flows. (Specifying the Drag Function)
A drag modification factor can be applied when using the mixture and Eulerian multiphase models. The drag modification factor applied can be based
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Options to enable adaptive time stepping for film marching. (Setting Eulerian
Wall Film Solution Controls)
Options to enable the inclusion of surface tension and random locations
for film separation. (Setting Eulerian Wall Film Model Options)
Options to account for the effect of the interaction of the wall film with
Eulerian multiphase flow. (Setting Eulerian Wall Film Model Options)
Options to account for the effect of condensation and vaporization at the
film wall with species transport. (Setting Eulerian Wall Film Model Options)
Coupling of the Eulerian wall film model with the multiphase mixture
model. (Setting Eulerian Wall Film Model Options)
Material Properties
Option to select the vapor or liquid phase at sub-critical conditions while using
real gas models. (Real Gas Models)
Compatibility of the real gas models with the partially premixed combustion
model.
You can now model compressible liquids using the Tait equation of state. (Compressible Liquid Density Method)
Boundary Conditions
The general non-reflecting boundary conditions (NRBC) are available for the pressure-based solver. (General Non-Reflecting Boundary Conditions)
For cases involving moving meshes or moving reference frames (MRF), you can
use the Relative Velocity Resistance Formulation option to better predict porous
media sources.
Support for receiving temperature and heat flow data for wall boundaries via
System Coupling. (Heat Transfer Boundary Conditions Through System Coupling)
Ability to define a convective augmentation factor for walls, in order to augment the diffusive heat flux for applications that have perturbed flow and/or
disturbed boundary layers. TUI only. (Augmented Heat Transfer)
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Dynamic spawning of the right number of solver processes when switching from
the meshing to the solution modes.
Improved AMG coarsening for better convergence in parallel.
User-Defined Functions (UDFs) and User-Defined Scalars (UDSs)
UDFs can be compiled in ANSYS FLUENT with OpenCL support for execution on
General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPUs) on lnamd64 and win64 platforms. (Enabling FLUENT UDFs to Execute on General Purpose Graphics Processing
Units (GPGPUs))
Graphics, Postprocessing, and Reporting
Additional cell-averaged discrete phase quantities are available for postprocessing.
(Reporting of Interphase Exchange Terms (Discrete Phase Sources) and Reporting
of Discrete Phase Variables)
Phase-specific mass and volume flow rates are now available as Surface Monitors
and Surface Integral Reports when using the Eulerian or Mixture multiphase models.
(Overview of Defining Surface Monitors and Surface Integration)
A new Volume Integral report type is available that allows reporting and monitoring
of the total mass of a given phase within a fluid zone. (Volume Integration and
Monitoring Volume Integrals)
When using monitors (volume, surface, force, or moment), the monitor definitions
will be updated accordingly to reflect zone changes caused by merging or splitting
operations which could effect zones on the monitor list.
When using the non-equilibrium model as part of a porous media simulation, you
can display the energy source due to the temperature difference between the fluid
and solid zones. (Non-Equilibrium Thermal Model)
A new display option is available to display the ANSYS logo as white (default) or
black if its being displayed in the graphics window.
User Interface
A convergence manager has been implemented that allows you to set solution
convergence conditions that are based on values of surface, volume, lift, drag, or
moment monitors. (Convergence Manager)
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Additional observable types and operation types available with an enhanced
graphical user interface. (Defining Observables)
Additional postprocessing variables are available: sensitivity to viscosity,
normal shape sensitivity, normal optimal displacement, and optimal displacement (Field Data), as well as the ability to export optimal surface displacements to a file. (Shape Modification)
Enhancements to the adjoint solver tutorial that include the new observable
types. (Tutorial: 2D Laminar Flow Past a Cylinder)
Battery Model
You can modify the batt_user.c file to modify temperature-dependent corrections to U and Y. (User-Accessible Functions)
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The MHD module is not compatible with Eulerian multiphase models.
Bounded 2nd order discretization in time is not compatible with moving and
deforming meshes.
When simulating porous media, the value of the Porosity (defined in the Fluid
dialog box) cannot be 0 or 1 (i.e., it must be in between these values) if the nonequilibrium thermal model is enabled.
When simulating porous media, the non-equilibrium thermal model is not supported with radiation and/or multiphase models.
Parallel processing
These features are currently unavailable in the parallel solver:
Discrete transfer radiation model (DTRM)
Continuous Fiber Model (CFM) add-on module
Data export to non-native formats other than EnSight, FIELDVIEW, Tecplot,
and the generic heat flux data file
Mellanox OFED version 1.5.31.0.0 is known to cause random crashes or startup
issues in FLUENT when using core counts greater than approximately 64. The
last known stable Mellanox version is 1.5.2. The following are suggested workarounds:
Revert to OFED 1.5.2.
Set the value of log_num_mtt to 24 in the mlx4_core driver on all machines. For more information refer to Solution #2024818 from the Knowledge
Resources at the ANSYS Customer Portal (ANSYS Customer Portal (p. xi)).
Platform support and drivers
ANSYS FLUENT is not compatible with the job scheduler on HPC Server 2008
with the packaged version of Platform MPI. The default MPI (MSMPI) should be
used.
The minimum OS requirements for Linux are SLES 10 or Red Hat Enterprise 5.0.
The path name length to the cpropep.so library (including the lib name) is limited
to 80 characters. (Linux Opteron cluster using Infiniband interconnect only.)
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Composition PDF transport model
Soot model
Rosseland radiation model
Melting/solidification model
Enhanced Coherent Flamelet model
Inert model: transport of inert species (EGR in IC engines)
Dense discrete phase model
Shell conduction model
Floating operating pressure
Spark ignition and auto-ignition models
Physical velocity formulation for porous media
Selective multigrid (SAMG)
The pressure-based coupled solver is not available with the following features:
Porous jump boundary condition
Fixed velocity
When a monitor is defined on a zone, memory is allocated based on the zone
id. Therefore a large value for zone id on a zone with a monitor will result in
significant memory overhead and should be avoided (or corrected) where possible.
On some Linux platforms, pressing Ctrl+C will not interrupt the solution. A suggested workaround is to use the checkpoint mechanism in FLUENT to save files
and/or exit FLUENT. (Checkpointing an ANSYS FLUENT Simulation in the FLUENT
Getting Started Guide)
User-defined functions (UDFs)
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Supported Version
Abaqus
6.9
Altair HYPERMESH
5.1
ANSOFT-MAXWELL
15.0
AVS
5.0
CGNS
2.53
CHEMKIN
2.4
Data Explorer
4.2
Ensight
9.1.2
7.6
9.1.2
FAST
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Third Party Software
Supported Version
Fieldview
12.2.1
Gambit
2.4
GT-POWER
7.2
HOOPS
17.15
I-DEAS
IDEAS NX Series 11
LSTC-DYNA
970.0
MPCCI
3.0.5
MPI-HP/Platform
8.1.2
MPI-Intel
4.02
MPI-OpenMPI
1.3.3
NASTRAN
PATRAN
3.0
PTC MECHANICA
TECPLOT
VKI
3.6.0
WAVE
8.4
Other
In parallel, custom vectors cannot be created from components that are custom
field functions themselves.
The IRIS Image and HPGL hardcopy formats are no longer supported in ANSYS
FLUENT.
When using ANSYS FLUENT with the Remove Solve Manager (RSM):
Only one copy of a saved project that is in the pending state can reconnect
successfully.
System Coupling is not supported.
Ansoft Coupling is not supported.
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Solver-Numerics
The algorithm for enforcing a specified mass flow at periodic boundary conditions
has been changed. This eliminates a dependency on flow domain scale which could
previously cause convergence difficulties. As a result, the convergence rate and
the path to convergence for existing cases may differ from those in previous releases. For most cases, the new formulation will give faster and more stable convergence. In some cases, the residuals may fluctuate in an approximately cycloidal
manner as they converge. This is expected behavior. If the new formulation results
in slower convergence, it is recommended to change to the pressure based coupled
solver or adjust the relaxation factor for the periodic mass flow (in the Periodic
Conditions Dialog Box). In most cases, the coupled solver will give faster convergence.
Accuracy has been improved when computing node based gradients for cells with
faces on a mesh interface. This change improves solution convergence for both
the density-based and pressure-based solvers when using node based gradients
with mesh interfaces. Solution quality across mesh interfaces will improve compared
to previous releases when using unstructured grids.
Solver-Meshing
The local remeshing algorithm in the dynamic mesh model has been improved to
better preserve spatial resolution during remeshing. As a result, solutions for meshdependent cases may differ from those in previous releases.
Improvements have been made to the polyhedra conversion algorithm which may
result in a slightly different polyhedral mesh. As a result, solutions for mesh-dependent cases may differ from those in previous releases.
An option to Exclude Mesh Motion in Boundary Conditions has been added
when using moving dynamic cell zones. Since release 14.0, walls adjacent to moving
cell zones will automatically be made moving walls and do not need to be declared
as dynamic zones. When enabled for a wall, the Exclude Mesh Motion in Boundary
Conditions option treats the wall in the way release 13.0 and earlier did, preventing
that wall from automatically inheriting motion properties from an adjacent cell
zone (see Rigid Body Motion).
It is important that users familiar with older versions of FLUENT understand
these changes and review the dynamic mesh setup if an older case file is read
into FLUENT 14.5. For cases where a wall moves as part of a moving dynamic
cell zone, it may be necessary to make changes to the setup when an older
case file is read into FLUENT 14.5. An exception to this are cases which use
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Heat Transfer
Improvements have been made to the clustering algorithm in order to avoid the
formation of hot-spots. This applies only to the cluster-to-cluster approach. Surface
clusters created using the face-to-face approach are unaffected. R14 behavior can
be reproduced by using the following command in the text interface:
(rpsetvar 's2s/c2c-cluster-algo 0)
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Reacting Flow
Changes to the G-Equation combustion model have improved the accuracy of the
flame front tracking, particularly at low CFL numbers.
Multiple fuels for pollutant models can be defined. The functionality of the Fuel
NOx and SOx models with liquid and solid fuels has been extended; several restrictions concerning the fuel N and S sources have been removed. As a result the Fuel
NOx model and the SOx model setup has changed. Previous version cases with
multiple fuels need to be set up according to the new functionality and rerun (see
Defining the Fuel Streams and Defining the Fuel Streams).
When a PDF file created in Release 14.0 or earlier is read into FLUENT 14.5 the interpolation algorithm is automatically reverted to fourth order interpolation to
match Release 14.0 behavior. You can switch to second order interpolation using
the define/models/species/non-premixed-combustion-expert TUI command which
is significantly faster than fourth order interpolation, but not as robust to converge.
Hence, it is recommended that you also regenerate the PDF table with Automated
Grid Refinement enabled which will yield both a more accurate solution and faster
computations.
There have been changes to the EGR reset functionality. In FLUENT 14.0, the Inert
composition for EGR Reset is determined by the species at specified pressure outlet
boundaries. This has several limitations, including the inability to handle equivalence
ratio fluctuations (that is, only a single inert composition is modeled), temperature
jump on EGR Reset (due to cp changes from different species), and inaccuracies if
the burnt species in the domain differ from the burnt species at the specified EGR
outlets. In FLUENT 14.5, instead of specifying outlet zones for EGR composition in
the Dynamic Mesh Events dialog box, fluid zones are specified. The Inert composition for EGR reset is calculated as the stoichiometric composition. Lean regions
are set to a mixture of oxidizer and inert, and rich regions are set to a mixture of
fuel and inert. Temperature is unchanged in the EGR reset. This is more accurate
than the FLUENT 14.0 approach (see Resetting Inert EGR).
Eulerian Multiphase Models
In releases prior to FLUENT 14.5, turbulence interaction source terms were included
by default when using the dispersed turbulence model in an Eulerian mutliphase
simulation. In FLUENT 14.5, no turbulence interaction terms are included by default.
A version of the previous turbulence interaction model can be included by selecting
the simonin-et-al model (Including Turbulence Interaction Source Terms in the
FLUENT User's Guide). There is no need to explicitly enable the model if case files
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If the Initial Data File and the Existing Solution Data both exist, then
use Existing Solution Data to initialize the solution.
If the data file is not compatible with the available mesh, then FLUENT's default solution initialization method is used.
Graphics, Reporting, and Postprocessing
Volume integrals using Sum in axi-symmetric simulations do not include multiplication by 2. This is a change from previous behavior. A new Volume integral,
Sum2Pi (twoPiSum in the TUI), is available which includes the factor of 2.
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The Display Mesh After Reading option in FLUENT Launcher is no longer enabled
by default. Once you enable it, your selection will be saved for future sessions.
Input/Output
FLUENT data file format for species data has been modified. Species data was
formerly written out as a series of individual blocks of data one for each specie.
This data is now written out as one contiguous block of data. Essentially, the blocks
of species data are now concatenated into a single block.
For example, in R14 the species data for a problem containing 3 species would
have appeared in the data file as follows:
(0 "SV_Y_0, domain 1, cell zone 9 1600 cells:")
(2300 (200 9 1 0 1 1 1600)
(....................))
(0 "SV_Y_1, domain 1, cell zone 9 1600 cells:")
(2300 (201 9 1 0 1 1 1600)
(....................))
(0 "SV_Y_2, domain 1, cell zone 9 1600 cells:")
(2300 (202 9 1 0 1 1 1600)
(....................))
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You can export mode shapes from modal analysis performed in ANSYS
Mechanical. You can use the Expand Profile Data option in CFX-Pre to replicate a 360 profile. You can use the Initialize Profile Data option to visualize
the imported modal data to ensure that the data from ANSYS Mechanical
is aligned to the in CFX-Pre.
You can specify mode shape, frequency, scale factor, and nodal diameter.
You can set a sliding mesh boundary condition at the shroud by setting
one of the new mesh motion boundary conditions: Parallel to
Boundary or Surface of Revolution.
CFX-Solver can calculate work and power per unit area on the blade. This
can be used to evaluate aeroelastic damping of the applied motion.
Transient Blade Row: Wet Steam
You can now perform a Transient Blade Row Time Transformation analysis
with equilibrium wet steam.
Mesh Motion
Three new mesh motion options have been added to subdomains and
boundary regions:
The Periodic Displacement option allows you to set a transient periodic mesh
motion that repeats itself at a given frequency and has an associated phase offset.
For details, see Periodic Displacement in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.
The Parallel to Boundary option allows the mesh to slide over an arbitrary
boundary definition, with no component of deformation normal to it. This option
attempts to preserve the geometry of the boundary as defined by its initial mesh.
For details, see Parallel to Boundary in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.
The Surface of Revolution option allows the mesh to slide over a boundary
definition while maintaining the radial profile defined by the initial boundary
mesh, and the axis of revolution. For details, see Surface of Revolution in the
CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.
You can now set the Displacement Relative To option under Mesh Deformation to Initial Mesh. For details, see Displacement Relative To in the
CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.
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You now have the option to define monitor points at a fixed physical location
for moving geometries . For details, see Monitor Points and Expressions:
[Monitor Name]: Monitor Location Control in the CFX-Pre User's Guide.
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Incompatibilities
The Air Conditioning Simulation tutorial can be run in parallel. In previous releases,
parallel runs (would have) failed for this tutorial whenever the partition containing
the thermostat was assigned to a slave process. The Fortran subroutine and CCL
expressions have been revised.
The Optimizing Flow in a Static Mixer tutorial now uses a Response Surface Optimization system to change the geometry and physics of the static mixer. The
Goal Driven Optimization system, which was used in the previous version of the
tutorial, is not available in ANSYS Workbench 14.5.
2.2. Incompatibilities
This sections highlights differences in the behavior between Release 14.0 and
Release 14.5 of ANSYS CFX.
2.2.1. CFX-Solver
Discretization changes (that affect the converged solution):
Boundary Conditions/GGI Interfaces
To improve performance of mesh motion, changes have been made to defaults in
the mesh motion solution algorithms. These changes produce different results for
many mesh motion cases in the linear solver.
These defaults can be reverted by setting the following expert parameters:
agglomerate algebraic eqns meshdisp = t
solver relaxation meshdisp = 1
File Loading:
Support for ANSYS Meshing Files
When CFX-Pre is run outside of ANSYS Workbench, and when importing or loading
.cmdb or . dsdb files into CFX-Pre, meshes generated with the "Assembly Mesh"
method cannot be read.
Efficiency Calculations
Corrections for Polytropic Efficiencies for Total-to-Static
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Calculation of polytropic efficiencies for the total-to-static option has been fixed
in this release. This will cause results for polytropic efficiencies in prior releases to
differ from the ones in Release 14.5. For details, see Isentropic Efficiency and Total
Enthalpy in the CFX-Solver Modeling Guide.
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When using ATM Topology, you can now see which templates were used, both
by name and with a graphical representation. You can also override the default
template selection if other eligible templates are available.
For details, see ATM Choices in the TurboGrid User's Guide.
Region Name Prefix
When writing the mesh to file, you can specify a string of characters that is
prefixed to all mesh region names.
Machine Type Selector
You can specify a machine type. This setting is used by TurboGrid to help
choose appropriate topology templates.
Blade Tip First Element Size Factor
Blade Tip First Element Size Factor linearly scales mesh elements near the
blade tip region so that you can get a better match overall between the rows
of elements just inside and just outside the blade tip region. For details, see
Blade Tip First Element Size Factor in the TurboGrid User's Guide.
The Rotor 37 tutorial now uses ATM topology.
The Steam Stator tutorial now uses ATM topology.
The Radial Compressor tutorial now uses a geometry that contains a splitter blade.
The traditional version of the Axial Fan tutorial contains more teaching points.
For the remaining TurboGrid release notes, see ANSYS TurboGrid in Workbench.
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4.1. BladeGen
BladeGen is a geometry-creation tool for turbomachinery blade rows.
4.2. BladeEditor
ANSYS BladeEditor is a plugin for ANSYS DesignModeler for creating, importing,
and editing blade geometry.
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Blade Comparison
You can now take a snapshot of a blade design so that, as you modify the
current design, you can easily compare it against the snapshot to visualize the
changes you have made. For details, see Blade Comparison in the TurboSystem
User Guide.
In previous versions of BladeEditor, in cases where one or more splitters were
present, a .geo file (produced via the VistaTFExport feature) would contain an
overestimate of the total blade thickness. This has been corrected.
The Centrifugal Compressor tutorial has been replaced by two new tutorials:
Tutorial 1: Blade Editing With Emphasis On Sketches, Layers, and Blade Comparison in the TurboSystem User Guide
Tutorial 2: Blade Editing With Emphasis On Camberline and Thickness Distributions
in the TurboSystem User Guide
A demonstration of blade comparison has been added to the first of these
two tutorials.
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Quick Animations
The robustness of Quick Animations have been improved by updating only
dependent objects.
Report Selection during Project Update in Workbench
You can choose to reload a pre-selected report template with a project update
in Workbench. For details, see Properties View in the CFX Introduction.
Post-processing for Multi-config CDAT Files
You can now save and post-process cdat files for multi-configuration (IC Engine)
cases. Prior to Release 14.5, only dat files with changing topologies were
supported.
5.2. Incompatibilities
This section describes the operational changes, the procedural changes (actions
that have to be done differently in this release to get an outcome available in
previous releases), and the support changes (functionality that is no longer
supported) in Release 14.5 of CFD-Post.
Operational Changes
CFD-Post may not be able to read state files that contain FLUENT cases, and use
Total Pressure or similar Total variables. These variables are no longer calculated
by CFD-Post, and should be deleted from the state file. To continue using Total
variables in Release 14.5, you need to export them into the file from FLUENT.
Procedural Changes
View Transformation transforms the geometry, without making a copy of the
original object. Previously, View Transformation replicated the object. In order
to keep the original, as well as the copy, you can use Instance Transform.
Support Changes
There are no support changes in this release.
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6.1. Introduction
ANSYS POLYFLOW 14.5 is the fourth version of ANSYS POLYFLOW to be integrated
into ANSYS Workbench. Starting in version 12.1, ANSYS POLYFLOW users were
able to create interlinked systems with geometry, meshing, solution setup, solver
and postprocessing inside ANSYS Workbench, using shared licensing and HPC.
Blow molding and extrusion application-specific versions of ANSYS POLYFLOW
were introduced to allow specific industrial processes to be simulated. With regard
to modeling, two new models were introduced: the volume of fluid (VOF) model
for free surface modeling in a fixed domain; and the discrete ordinates (DO)
model for radiation.
In ANSYS POLYFLOW 14.5, the ANSYS Workbench integration, licensing, and
modeling capabilities have been further enhanced to meet the needs of ANSYS
POLYFLOW users.
Note
ANSYS POLYFLOW 14.5 is installed under ANSYS
Inc\v145\polyflow on Windows and ansys_inc/v145/polyflow on Linux platforms.
ANSYS POLYFLOW 14.5 is available within ANSYS Workbench for
Windows and Linux platforms.
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Defect Fixes
gorithm is more robust, and has a user interface that is more straightforward and requires less input from you. The default settings result in relatively fast computations for contact detection, and are proven to be appropriate for many cases of industrial relevance.
POLYDATA and POLYSTAT allow you to save Images of the view displayed
in the graphics display window as a file.
POLYMAT and POLYCURVE allow you save images of the currently displayed chart as a file.
POLYSTAT allows you to save animations and series of individual images
of visualized slices or trajectories.
In order to provide faster download times for the application software,
PDF files of the documentation available in the help viewer are not installed by default, but can be downloaded from ANSYS Customer
Portal (p. xi).
POLYDATA allows you to specify the units when exporting output files
for IGES.
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A fix was introduced to ensure that CSV files can be transferred from an
upstream POLYFLOW system in Workbench.
It is now possible to combine transport of species (with or without reaction) and VOF in POLYDATA.
A fix was introduced so that temperature results on screw boundaries do
not appear as non-dimensional in CFD-Post.
It is now possible to transfer the latest CSV file from a POLYFLOW system that contains a setup with more than one task.
A fix was introduced to ensure that the correct memory requirements are
reported in POLYDIAG when you are using the AMF direct solver.
A fix was introduced so that the postprocessor evaluation of viscous dissipation takes into account the friction along slipping boundaries.
It is now possible to impose species and pressure boundary conditions
through a CSV file.
A fix was introduced to ensure that you cannot define an MST setup with
a variable density in POLYDATA, since this combination is not supported.
A fix was introduced to improve the conversion of CutCell meshes.
A fix was introduced to allow more robust handling of named selections
that do not cover the whole border of the geometry.
A fix was introduced to avoid random crashes of POLYMAT when called
from POLYDATA.
A fix was introduced for shell simulations, so that density can be defined
as a template parameter.
A fix was introduced for the scenario when you are running POLYDATA
on Windows XP, so that importing a material data file does not cause a
crash. Consequently, you no longer need to ensure that the default TEMP
directory is not deeply nested in other directories.
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Known Limitations
The Interrupt action in ANSYS Workbench has no effect on an ANSYS POLYFLOW solver run.
You cannot perform any actions that modify an ANSYS POLYFLOW system
(e.g., saving or closing a project, duplicating an ANSYS POLYFLOW system)
while an ANSYS POLYFLOW tool is open. In some cases, ANSYS Workbench
will allow such an action, but an error is generated.
CutCell meshes are not compatible with mixing or volume of fluid (VOF)
tasks, viscoelastic flow sub-tasks, contact detection, internal radiation, the
Narayanaswamy model, flow-induced crystallization, or the adaptive
meshing technique. Moreover, the interpolation for the velocity field is
limited: for a pure CutCell mesh, it must be the linear element; for a portion of a CutCell mesh that has been converted into a sliceable mesh, it
can be either the linear element or the mini-element.
Due to some modifications of the contact algorithm to accommodate the
needs of the automatic contact release feature, you may need to make
small revisions to the contact parameters of a blow molding or thermoforming problem that was originally set up using version 13.0, in order
to run it using version 14.0 or later.
The boundary conditions for a moving interface that is by definition shared
by two sub-tasks must be modified in the sub-task in which they were
originally defined. Any modification performed in the other sub-task will
not be recorded by POLYDATA.
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1.1. Introduction
ANSYS Icepak 14.5 is a release of ANSYS Icepak that has new features and defect
fixes. New features are listed in the following section of this document.
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Implemented export of temperatures, heat flux, and heat transfer coefficients
for packages to Apache Sentinel TI. See Write Sentinel TI HTC File of the User's
Guide.
Implemented import of TSV packages using ECAD files. See Adding a Package
to Your ANSYS Icepak Model of the User's Guide.
Implemented import of stacked die packages that consist of both wirebonds
and solder bumps. See User Inputs for Stacked Die Packages of the User's Guide.
Implemented PCB layer-by-layer specifications. See Adding a PCB to Your ANSYS
Icepak Model of the User's Guide.
Model Import/Export
Implemented simultaneous import of multiple IDF files. See Updating the Imported IDF File in ANSYS Icepak of the User's Guide.
Implemented one-way coupling between Ansoft (HFSS and Maxwell) and ANSYS
Icepak applications within ANSYS Workbench. Both volumetric and surface
mapping are possible. See Ansoft - Icepak Coupling in Workbench of the User's
Guide.
Modeling and meshing
Implemented radial and tangential conductivity as material property for objects.
See Editing a Solid Material of the User's Guide.
Implemented polygonal block for PCB object. See Adding a PCB to Your ANSYS
Icepak Model of the User's Guide.
Altitude correction of material properties and fan curves is available through the
Altitude option in the Advanced tab of the Basic parameters panel. See Including Temperature-Dependent Density Effects of the User's Guide.
Implemented transient heat transfer coefficient boundary condition specification
for the individual sides of blocks. See User Inputs for the Block Surface Specification of the Users Guide.
Implemented separate solid fill options for object and plane cut meshes in the
Mesh panel. See Displaying the Mesh on Individual Objects of the User's Guide.
Implemented LED source option for block and source objects. See User Inputs
for Thermal specification and Solid and Fluid Blocks of the User's Guide.
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Performance Enhancements
Improved performance for large models is the primary focus of this release.
Several enhancements have been made to:
load/save AGDB files faster,
improve performance for geometry import and modeling, and
data transfer between DesignModeler and other Workbench applications.
In addition, the import quality for some previously difficult cases has been improved.
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model editing in DesignModeler. Geometry is automatically changed to DesignModeler format during modeling, if/when needed.
For more information, see Geometry Representations (DesignModeler Help>
Geometry Representations) in the DesignModeler User Guide.
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to a desired location and align it to an existing geometry. Existing entities (vertices) of the geometry can be selected to indicate translation, rotation, and plane
alignment.
For more information, see Body Operation (DesignModeler Help> 3D Modeling>
Advanced Features and Tools> Body Operation) in the DesignModeler User Guide.
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CAD Integration
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Meshing
Free Face Mesh Type set to All Quad. This is done so that the mesh is similar to
what it was in previous versions.
Note
In the latter two cases, the Method control that appears in the Details
View will be set to MultiZone Quad/Tri, but the old mesh method
name (Uniform Quad/Tri Method or Uniform Quad Method) will appear
in the Tree Outline. To avoid confusion, it may be helpful to force the
software to rename the mesh method object in the Tree Outline. To
do so, set Method to a different value (for example, Quadrilateral
Dominant) and then reset Method to MultiZone Quad/Tri. In some
cases, you may also see messages containing references to the old
mesh method names. The names in the messages will be updated to
the new names if/when you re-mesh.
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The new Free Face Mesh Type option enables you to choose between a mesh of
pure quad, pure tri, or a combination of quad/tri elements.
MultiZone Quad/Tri supports the Advanced Size Function.
MultiZone Quad/Tri supports the Behavior option for sizing controls.
MultiZone Quad/Tri supports the Inflation Algorithm control.
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Drag-and-drop the ICEM CFD system template onto the Project Schematic.
Choose File>Import or click the Import button from ANSYS Workbench and
select a file of type .cdb.
Right-click on a Geometry project and select Transfer Data to New> ICEM
CFD.
For more information about the ICEM CFD System Component, see Component
Systems in the ANSYS Workbench User Guide.
For detailed information on working with ICEM CFD, see the online documentation
available under the Help menu within ICEM CFD.
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Geometry
Support of geometry preparation for port flow analysis.
Automatic insertion of cylinder decomposition planes.
Complete support for parametric study of cold flow and port flow geometries.
Meshing
Support of automatic meshing for port flow geometries.
Complete support for parametric study of cold flow and port flow geometries.
Solver
Automatic solver setup for port flow simulation.
Automatic tumble and swirl calculations.
Support for parametric study of cold flow and port flow geometries.
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Support for starting cold flow simulation from any crank angle.
Report
Tabular view of contours at different crank angles and/or at different parameters.
Ability to include user generated images in the report.
Usability Improvements
Flexible definition of post processing images.
Automatic view setting in ANSYS Meshing and in cut plane view.
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Save Project: Saves the entire project, including Workbench data.
Refresh Project: Refreshes the upstream data in the ICEM CFD project.
Update Project: Brings the entire ICEM CFD system up to the most current status,
including upstream and downstream data.
Start Replay Recording: Begins recording the commands needed to generate
the block topology model. All of the steps in the mesh development process are
recorded, including blocking, mesh size, edge meshing, boundary condition
definition, and final mesh generation.
You can also click on the arrow to choose Pause Replay Recording, Run
Replay File, or Delete Replay File.
Output Mesh: All the previous output formats are still available under the output
tab, but within the Workbench environment, this pull-down provides and easy
way to generate an output file for FLUENT, CFX, or POLYFLOW projects. If this
file is not generated while in the FLUENT session, the FLUENT system will go out
of date when a solver is connected via the Workbench schematic. Updating the
system in the Workbench schematic will prompt FLUENT to automatically produce
the correct file in batch mode. If the output file is generated while in ICEM CFD,
it will already be available when the appropriate solver system is connected and
no update will be necessary.
You can also create and set input and output parameters using the Workbench
component and the data-integrated FLUENT interface. Setting Input and Output
parameters in Workbench enables you to pass parameters to ICEM CFD and other
downstream analysis tools. The interaction of parameters between applications
provides you with greater flexibility and capabilities to run optimization and whatif scenarios.
4.2.2. General
Temporary Directory Setting
A new setting, Temporary Directory, is available under Settings > General to
define a temporary directory where ICEM CFD data files are written. To define
the location, list the path of an existing directory using UNIX notation (for example, c:/users/temp instead of c:\users\temp). If the directory does
not exist, ICEM CFD will not create it.
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Documentation
4.2.4. Blocking
The Blocking > Worst option has been changed to Blocking > Find Worst blocks
(range). You can now set the number of worst blocks to display by clicking on
Settings and choosing Meshing Options > Hexa Meshing, then setting a numerical value for Find Worst. The default setting is 1-3, but you can choose any range
(for example, 2-5 or 1-9). The worst blocks are listed by their determinant values
and are shown in red in the model.
4.3. Documentation
All documentation for ANSYS ICEM CFD Release 14.5 including several tutorials
is accessible using the Help menu. Please visit the ANSYS ICEM CFD website for
more information.
4.3.1. Tutorials
To access tutorials and their input files on the ANSYS Customer Portal, go to http://support.ansys.com/training. The Customer Portal also contains links for
training, for hard copies of the Tutorial manual, or for PDF format copies of the
tutorials.
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FLUENT Meshing
The meshing capabilities are available in a single frame graphical user interface.
You can switch between embedded and detached graphics windows.
Note
When embedded graphics windows are used on Linux systems,
there may be issues with multiple entity selections made in
quick succession, resulting in messages indicating that the application is busy.
A new graphics clipping tool has been added to allow you to interactively clip
the displayed mesh.
CAD Import
You can import CAD models using the CAD readers or associative geometry interfaces (via plug-ins).
Supported formats include:
ANSYS Workbench formats: *.agdb, *.meshdat, *.mechdat
ANSYS legacy formats: *.cmdb, *.dsdb, ICEM CFD (*.tin), GAMBIT (*.dbs)
Standard/Free CAD formats: IGES (*.igs, *.iges), STEP (*.stp, *.step), ACIS (*.sat,
*.sab), Parasolid (*.x_t, *.xmt_txt, *.x_b, *.xmt_bin)
Licensed Readers: Autodesk Inventor (*.ipt, *.iam), CATIA V4 (*.model, *.exp,
*.session, *.dlv), CATIA V5 (*.CATPart, *.CATProduct), Creo Parametric (*.prt,
*.asm), JTOpen (*.jt), NX (*.prt), SolidWorks (*.sldprt, *.sldasm)
Plug-ins: AutoCAD (*.dwg, *.dxf ), , Autodesk Inventor (*.ipt, *.iam), CATIA V5
(*.CATPart, *.CATProduct), Creo Parametric (*.prt, *.asm), Creo Elements/Direct
Modeling (*.pkg, *.bdl, *.ses, *.sda, *.sdp, *.sdac, *.sdpc), NX (*.prt), SolidWorks
(*.sldprt, *.sldasm), SpaceClaim (*.scdoc), Solid Edge (*.par, *.asm, *.psm,
*.pwd)
Non-CAD formats: STL (*.stl)
Native format: PMDB (Part Manager Database, *.pmdb)
Advanced options can be specified to use tessellation refinement parameters,
specify units, import part/body names/Named Selections, etc.
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New Features
The conformal tessellation options allow you to produce size function driven,
CFD-ready mesh upon import, for single and multibody parts.
Objects will be created for each body/part during import.
Reading Files
The following enhancements have been made:
You can import FLUENT case (.cas) files and maintain all the FLUENT controls
within the meshing mode, as well as during transfer to solution mode.
You can read in polyhedral meshes and perform selected operations like displaying the polyhedral mesh, performing limited mesh manipulation operations,
checking the mesh quality on the polyhedral cells.
Object Based Meshing Workflow
A new object based meshing workflow has been introduced:
Object definition:
Object definition has been modified to include edge zones.
Objects can be of type geometry, wrap, or mesh.
Object manipulation operations like deleting objects optionally including
face and edge zones, merging geometry objects, extracting edges from faces
comprising the object, separating faces comprising the object, etc. are
available.
A capping surface tool allows you to cap inlets/outlets based on edge or node
selection, and assign the appropriate name and zone type.
Size functions (previously used only for surface remeshing and CutCell meshing)
can be used for the object wrapping and sewing operations.
Object Wrapping:
The object wrapping operation allows you to create a good quality, wellconnected representation of each topological body.
The cut-wrap method uses the CutCell mesher to create the wrap object.
This method usually yields higher quality and better feature capturing.
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The shrink-wrap method uses the wrapper utility to create the wrap object.
This method allows you to walk over unnecessary features.
The following options are available:
For each geometry object, a conformal surface mesh suitable for further
repair operations or as the final surface mesh can be created (Individual
Object Surfaces).
Multiple solids can be merged into one and any interior voids and faces
can be ignored to simplify the geometry (Unified Solid Surface).
The flow volume can be extracted using a material point to identify the
wetted region comprising the flow volume (Fluid Surface).
Gaps between the wrap objects and/or thicknesses within a wrap object can
be removed.
Sewing:
The Sewing operation allows you to create a good quality, conformal surface
mesh ready for volume meshing by connecting the individual wrap objects
into a single mesh object. This operation is typically used for conjugate heat
transfer problems or models including porous media volumes.
A face zone group is automatically created when a mesh object is created
using the Sew operation. This allows easy selection of mesh object face zones
for various operations (improve, smooth, etc.).
The surface mesh resulting from the sewing operation is topology-verified
and normals are appropriately oriented for prism meshing.
The surface mesh quality can be improved further based on skewness, size
change, aspect ratio, or area.
Volume Mesh:
You can select a mesh object along with material point(s) and generate the
volume mesh (prism+tetrahedra, prism+hexcore) using the Auto Mesh options.
The cleanup operation cleans up the mesh for transfer to the solution mode
by removing unnecessary entities and renaming the zones as appropriate.
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Prism Meshing
The following prism meshing enhancements have been made:
The post ignore operation allows you to remove bad prism cells and stacks
around them based on various criteria like quality, intersection, interior warp,
and features.
In cases where prism quality is adequate, but the quality of adjacent tetrahedra
is poor, you can create a cavity comprising the tetrahedral cells and (optionally)
the adjacent prism cells. The cavity can then be remeshed to improve quality.
For mesh objects, additional options are available to separate and select
boundary zones that correspond to the walls for which inflation layers are to
be created.
CutCell Meshing
The following CutCell meshing enhancements have been made:
You can select geometry or wrap objects along with material point(s) and
generate the CutCell mesh.
The objects defined include the corresponding edges which are used for capturing features during the CutCell mesh generation. If you are starting from an
earlier setup, you need to use the options in the Manage Objects dialog box
to add the appropriate edge zones to the object before proceeding.
A group is created for the face zones of each fluid cell zone. You can use this
group for example, to determine the face zones for which prism meshing
parameters are to be specified.
Miscellaneous Enhancements
A faster face-face proximity size function algorithm replaces the earlier proximity
size function algorithm.
A new option allows you to create default size functions based on face and
edge curvature and proximity.
The Check Quality option allows you to verify the quality of the mesh before
transferring the mesh data to solution mode or writing out the mesh/case file.
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Specify Maximum Number Jobs for Design Point Updates via Remote
Solve Manager
For design point updates submitted to Remote Solve Manager, a new Specify
Maximum Number of Jobs option is available for the Solution cell Job Submission property. When you select this option, design points are divided into groups
and submitted in multiple jobs, up to the specified maximum number of jobs.
The Maximum Number of Jobs property is also enabled, allowing you to specify
the maximum number of jobs that can be created.
For more information, see Updating Design Points via Remote Solve Manager
(RSM) in the Workbench User Guide.
Default Changed for Restarting the Mechanical and Meshing Applications During a Design Point Update
The defaults for the options During a design point update, periodically restart
the Mechanical application and During a design point update, periodically
restart the Meshing application have been changed. These options will now
restart the Mechanical (or Meshing) applications after every design point update
unless changed by the user. The new defaults provide better performance for
design point updates in computationally intensive solutions.
For more information, see Mechanical in the Workbench User Guide.
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1.1.5. Incompatibilities
There are the following changes in behavior in Release 14.5.
The "My Processes" View in EKM Becomes the "My Processes" Folder
In the Release 14.0 version of EKM, "My Processes" was just a view that showed
all processes created by the current user in any folder.
In Release 14.5, "My Processes" is a standard Windows folder (just as "My Reports"
and "My Saved Queries" are) and is the default location for the storing of any
process. Of course, you can still store processes elsewhere.
As a consequence of the change, the process objects created in Release 14.0 will
still exist in their original location, but will not appear in the new "My Processes"
folder.
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Vibration and Response Spectrum analyses when performed using linear perturbation.
Superelasticity
Shape Memory Effect
Hyperelastic Material Models- These material models are available for Static Structural and Transient Structural analyses.
Ogden Compressible Foam Hyperelastic Material
Extended Tube
Special Hyperelastic Material Models
Mullins Effect (an extension to existing nearly and fully incompressible existing
hyperelastic models to model softening or damage)
Enthalpy property is available for Transient Thermal analysis.
Material Damage - These damage models are available for Static Structural and
Transient Structural analyses.
Damage Initiation Criteria
Damage Evolution Law
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Exit Project During RSM Solution Cell and Design Point Updates
When either a Solution cell update or a design point update has been submitted
to RSM, you can exit the project while the update is still in progress. If you have
never saved the project since the update job was initiated, you will be prompted
to do so. If you have saved the project at least once after the design point update
job was initiated:
All RSM jobs that are queued and running will continue to run after you exit the
project; results can be retrieved when the project is reopened.
Any results retrieved before the last Save operation will be saved to the project.
If results have been retrieved after the last Save operation, you will be prompted
to save them before exiting.
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For more information, see Exiting a Project during an RSM Solution Cell Update
and Updating Design Points via Remote Solve Manager (RSM) in the Workbench
User Guide.
Note
The parallel option is available only if the selected solver supports parallel execution mode. This option may not be available with all systems.
When design points are configured to be updated via RSM, the Solution
cell cannot also be updated via RSM. For special circumstances, however,
the update of both the Solution cell and design points via RSM can be
enabled. Contact your ANSYS Support Engineer for assistance with enabling this functionality and configuring your system to support it.
For more information, see Submitting Solutions for Local, Background, and Remote Solve Manager (RSM) Processes and Updating Design Points via Remote
Solve Manager (RSM) in the Workbench User Guide.
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Note
The enhanced file transfer speeds are not available for configurations using the SSH communication protocol.
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System Coupling
General Extensions:
Charting in the System Coupling user interface is now supported on all
Workbench platforms (previously disabled for Linux)
Charting of data transfer value diagnostics such as nodal minimum, maximum,
average and sum
Charting of data transfer convergence diagnostics added for source-side data
(previously limited to target-side)
The same participant, region and variable may be used on the source-side in
multiple data transfers. This is referred to as one-to-many transfers.
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After reviewing these release notes, you are encouraged to see Usage
Notes, which describes some known TurboSystem-related workflow
issues and recommended practices for overcoming these issues.
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metadata are extracted and an extensive Workbench Project Report that summarizes component systems and all aspects of the Workbench project is autogenerated. This data can be used to display, identify, search, and reuse Workbench
projects. When the Workbench Project is updated locally and changes are sent
to the EKM Repository from the Workbench, only the changed/modified files are
updated in the repository. This makes the send/get changes operation faster
and more efficient. From within the repository, users can also display the component subsystem files from a Workbench Project Archive File and access/reuse
them, if necessary.
Automated Migration
You can upgrade EKM Release 14.0 repositories to Release 14.5 by using the interactive Server Upgrade procedure. This procedure supports repositories with
external databases such as Oracle, DB2, and MySQL. During this upgrade process
the Workbench Project Archive Files from the prior repository will be converted
to the newer representations of files of this type.
Usability Enhancements
Numerous other usability enhancements have been made to EKM. These include:
Support for Tablets/Mobile devices such as Android, iPad2 and so on
Support for Google Chrome 15, Internet Explorer 9 in compatibility mode, Safari
version in iPad2, and the stock browser in ANDROID 3.1 Honeycomb.
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New Features
Improved security including, JSM (Java Security Manager) support and workflowapproval mechanism
Metadata extraction and report generation support for ANSYS Maxwell format files
Enhancements to Record and Replay of Journals capability to include additional
features and actions.
Note
The Release 14 argument name changePassowrd has been renamed to changePassword. Journals created in Release 14 need
to be edited to the new spelling in order to work in Release 14.5.
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The Adaptive Single-Objective method is available only for continuous input
parameters and can handle only one output parameter objective.
For more information, see Performing an Adaptive Single-Objective Optimization
and Adaptive Single-Objective Optimization (ASO) in the DesignXplorer User
Guide.
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values should fall inside a defined range. You can enter values for the Lower
Bound and the Upper Bound, defining an acceptable range for the output.
See Defining Optimization Objectives and Constraints in the DesignXplorer User
Guide.
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Candidate Points
samples. In a Latin Hypercube Sampling, the points are randomly generated in
a square grid across the design space, but no two points share input parameters
of the same value (i.e., so no point shares a row or a column of the grid with
any other point).
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Once created, the point is automatically plotted in the Candidate Points chart
and can be treated as any other candidate point. You have the ability to edit
the name, edit input parameter values, and select options from the right-click
context menu.
For more information, see Viewing and Editing Candidate Points in the Table
View in the DesignXplorer User Guide.
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Points on X and Number of Point on Y chart properties have been renamed
to Chart Resolution Along X and Chart Resolution Along Y.
For more information, see Design Exploration Options in the DesignXplorer User
Guide.
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