Software provides thermal and stress analysis.
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With ePhysics(TM), engineers can incorporate 3D steady-state thermal, transient thermal, and linear stress analysis into existing electromagnetic-based design flows. Software provides automatic adaptive meshing, automated mapping of all electrical losses to thermal sources, automated mapping of all electrical forces to stress analysis, and interactive post-processing for field visualization. Product expands capabilities of Maxwell® 3D and HFSS(TM).
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Ansoft Introduces ePhysics, New Thermal and Stress Analysis Tool Enhances Electromagnetic Component Design
PITTSBURGH - Dec. 9, 2003 - Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ANST) today released ePhysics(TM), new software that expands the capabilities of HFSS(TM) and Maxwell(R) 3D. With ePhysics, engineers can now incorporate three-dimensional steady-state thermal, transient thermal and linear stress analysis into their existing electromagnetic-based design flows.
"The combination of increasing frequencies and dissipated power, together with reduced size and weight, has made temperature and stress a great concern to electrical/electromagnetic engineers designing present-day electrical devices," said Dr. Zoltan Cendes, Ansoft's Chairman and Chief Technology Officer. "Often a product's lifetime and/or performance metric is greatly reduced by excessive temperatures and stresses that result from electromagnetic heating and forces. In other cases, electromagnetic heating and stresses can be harnessed to achieve desired design goals. In either case, ePhysics extends our core experience in electromagnetic analysis to enable electrical/electromagnetic engineers to optimize their designs for maximum performance and cost efficiency."
Coupling ePhysics with Maxwell 3D provides the cross-disciplinary analysis required in the design of electromechanical devices. Typical applications include the analysis of electric machines, power-generation systems, transformers, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and solenoids.
HFSS with ePhysics is vital for applications such as high-speed packages, antennas, monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs), high-power microwave devices, military and broadcast communications and biological heating with radio frequency (RF) sources. These analyses include high-power, temperature induced stress and size changes of design components.
ePhysics' key features include:
-- Electromagnetic-centric coupled analysis
-- Easy-to-use graphical user interface
-- Automatic, adaptive meshing
-- Automated mapping of all electrical losses to thermal sources
-- Automated mapping of all electrical forces to stress analysis
-- Interactive post-processing for field visualization
ePhysics starts at $19,900 and is available immediately for PC and UNIX platforms. To learn more, visit ansoft.com/ephysics.
About Ansoft
Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to design state-of-the-art products, such as electromechanical components and systems, hybrid-electric vehicles, drive-by-wire systems, power electronics, fuel-cell technology, wireless products, integrated circuits (ICs) and printed circuit boards (PCBs). Ansoft markets its software worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, please visit www.ansoft.com.
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Ansoft Corporation
John Arnold
Tel: 412-261-3200
Fax: 412-471-9427
Email: arnold@ansoft.com
