ANSYS Polyflow Brochure
ANSYS Polyflow Brochure
Polyflow
Contact Detection
Flow characteristics of
materials such as plastic,
rubber, glass, metal, food substances and concrete depend on
both the material itself and its process
properties, such as shear rate and thermal history.
Polyflow offers many material properties models,
including generalized Newtonian power, Bird
Carreau and Cross laws as well as visco-elastic
models (GiesekusLeonov, PTT and pompom).
These models accurately quantify large die swell
encountered in some extrusion processes or extensional behavior typical in forming, film-casting and
fiber-spinning applications.
Polyflow simulates nonlinear thermal effects, which is especially important when temperature
distribution is not uniform.
PVC pipes
Users can couple ANSYS Polyflow and ANSYS Mechanical to perform structural
analysis within the ANSYS Workbench environment.
Polyflow works with other ANSYS tools to streamline your design cycle
through Simulation-Driven Product Development.
FluidStructure Interaction
Polyflow includes native fluidstructure
interaction (FSI) to model thermomechanical
interactions between flowing materials and
surrounding solids in a fully coupled approach.
When large deformations occur within the
elastic zone, the mesh resolution is automatically refined to improve results quality.
You can significantly reduce time to market
by seamlessly exporting Polyflow results to
ANSYS Mechanical software to perform structural
analysis. Using the data within ANSYS explicit
dynamics tools, you can conduct virtual drop
tests and calculate top-loading deformation.
Optimization and Design Exploration
Designing equipment and processes for best
results involves evaluating multiple designs and
optimizing flow and geometric parameters. With
ANSYS Polyflow, you can declare any scalar as
an optimization variable, including rheological
parameters, boundary conditions and mesh
displacements. Then you can use the built-in
optimization algorithm to automatically minimize or maximize a given objective function
based on input parameters.
ANSYS Polyflow
Geometry
Flow volume
automatically
extracted
Mesh
Multiphase Flow
Multi-zone meshing
combines the strength
of various meshing
tools to automatically
generate a hybrid grid
for a tidal turbine.
Blow molding of
water fountain
canister
Pre-Processing
Inverse Die
Simulation
Properties
Post-Processing
Wide range of
material
properties and
rheological
models
Final thickness
of thermoformed
dashboad
component
Post-Processing
Archive
Integration
Multiphysics
HPC
Design Optimization
Data Management
ANSYS EKM
addresses critical
issues associated
with simulation
data, including
backup and
archival, traceability and audit
trail, process
automation,
collaboration and
capture of engineering expertise,
and IP protection.
ANSYS
DesignModeler and
ANSYS SpaceClaim
DirectModeler
provide modeling
and geometry
creation functions
for fluid dynamics
analysis. The entire
ANSYS suite is
CAD independent,
enabling data import
from various sources.
In addition, we
collaborate with
leading CAD developers to ensure an
efficient workflow.
ANSYS Workbench
is the framework
for the industrys
broadest and
deepest suite of
advanced engineering
simulation technology. It delivers
unprecedented
productivity, enabling
Simulation-Driven
Product
Development.
To help ensure a
successful product,
R&D teams must
accurately predict
how complex products will behave in a
real-world environment. The ANSYS
suite captures the
interaction of multiple physics: structural, fluid dynamics,
electromechanics,
and systems interactions. A single,
unified platform
harnesses the core
physics and enables
their interoperability.
High-performance
computing enables
creation of large,
high-fidelity models
that yield accurate
and detailed insight.
ANSYS offers scalable
solutions and partners with hardware
vendors to ensure
that you get the
power and speed
you need.
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