ANSA & μETA : powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 BETA CAE Systems S.A. Kato Scholari, Thessaloniki, geometry GR- 57500 Epanomi, Greece Tel :+30-392-021420 Fax :+30-392- 021417 mesh Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.beta-cae.gr morph BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 results Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 1 ANSA pre-processor specifications Supported platforms: - Linux - Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8 - MacOS Parallel processing on multi core hardware for maximum speed 64 bit code for unlimited memory usage Double precision for high accuracy By permission of Wirth Research Ltd BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 2 Input/Output Neutral CAD formats: Native CAD formats: CFD formats: IGES CATIA V4 & V5 Fluent STEP Unigraphics NX Star-CD and CCM+ VDA-FS PTC Creo Parametric (ProE) OpenFOAM JT CFD++ SolidWorks CFX5 Inventor CGNS Parasolid SC/Tetra UH-3D TAU Direct Interfaces with other CAE codes RADTHERM THESEUS-FE NASTRAN Other mesh formats ABAQUS PATRAN BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved By permission of Wirth Research Ltd 15 ANSYS STL LS-DYNA VRML Copyright Copyright 20 © and more.. and more.. ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 3 Industrial scale pre-processing Powerful generation and visualization of large CFD models High Lift Prediction Workshop II model BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 180 million cells 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 4 BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 5 Geometry handling “CAD feel”, easy-to-use functions for creation and manipulation of geometrical entities (points, curves, surfaces) BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 6 Geometry handling: Advanced automatic and manual clean up tools BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 7 Cutting planes for model examination and cross section creation BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © DrivAer model courtesy of Technical University of Munich ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 8 Geometry handling: De-featuring and watertight model preparation Raw CAD data De-featured and watertight model BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 9 Geometry handling: identification and isolation tools for: Intersections Contacts/Proximities Emboss logos Outer skin Inner passages Baffles BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 10 Combining geometry and FE-model mesh Powerful tools for management and connection of CAD geometry and existing FE-mesh BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 11 Boolean operations in geometry with option for fillet creation BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 12 Geometry handling: Linked geometry Speed-up model preparation using automatic identification of similar geometry & replacement with linked geometry BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 13 BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 14 Surface meshing Multiple algorithms for tria, quad or mixed-type shell mesh BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 15 Surface meshing Automatic Macro Area merging for high quality surface mesh BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 16 Surface meshing for CFD Fully automatic Curvature Dependent surface meshing with user controlled growth rate, min & max element size and mesh feature angle By permission of Chalmers University of Technology BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 17 Surface meshing: Size Boxes Size Boxes of arbitrary shape for local surface mesh control BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 18 Combined CFD and anisotropic meshing for aerospace applications BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 19 Surface meshing: STL algorithm For solvers that do not require volume mesh as input, like Powerflow BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 20 Surface meshing – proximity detection Proximity detection in shell mesh and auto-refinement BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 21 Surface meshing - Reconstruction Reconstruction of existing FE-model mesh for element type modification, quality improvement, refinement, or coarsening Remeshing specified Automatic element type feature line detection Refining Coarsening BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 22 Surface meshing - Reconstruction Reconstruction of bad quality STL mesh respecting local size and curvature BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 23 Surface Wrapping Variable length Wrapping, capturing local curvature and model feature lines Imported STL wrapping or unclean geometry BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 24 Surface Wrapping Variable length Wrapping, capturing local curvature, model feature lines with proximity refinement and contact prevention Input STL data Treatment (hole and gap closure) BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Surface Wrapping Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 25 Surface Wrapping: proximity refinement options Ability to specify proximity refinement settings to avoid fused areas between different or same parts Original STL Same part proximity Different part proximity Without self-proximity With self-proximity BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 26 Automatic detection and removal of gaps and features BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 27 Surface Wrapping: leak detection tools Identification of multiple leak paths for multiple user specified source points Leak 2 Leak 3 Leak 1 BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 28 Watertight model creation for intersections, contacts and proximities intersection Automatic detection of intersections and contact proximities proximity Watertight model Interior boundaries kept Interior boundaries removed BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Copyright Copyright 20 © ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015 29 Efficient creation of models for e-coat simulations starting from FEA meshes FEA analysis Watertight exterior mesh shell mesh ready for volume meshing for e-coat CFD model BETA SystemsS.A. CAE rights BETA All reserved 15 Triangulated shell mesh Volumized mesh according Automatic fusing of Final watertight mesh with Copyright Copyright 20 © to property thickness contacts and proximities all necessary details ANSA and μETA v15.x powerful pre- and post-processing for advanced CFD simulations January 2015