Ansys 2022 R2: taking a step toward material-led eco-design

On July 28, we release our bi-annual product update: Ansys 2022 R2. In this release the Ansys Materials team have built on the data, tools, and integrations to help engineers factor sustainability earlier in the design process. We’re also helping drive improved simulation accuracy for Ansys Mechanical users with the new Ansys Material Calibration application. With material data now exportable from any Ansys Granta product to any Ansys flagship solver and a supercharged version of Granta MI Pro, we’re making it easier to take that first step to Material Intelligence.??

“Across every industry, company and paygrade, my team is hearing about the challenges faced by teams in achieving their corporate sustainability goals. That’s why I’m excited Ansys 2022 R2 will bring new levels of data, tools and functionality to support earlier and bespoke materials selection and management – helping customers forge the right path to sustainability.” Rob Davis, Director Product Management at Ansys Materials.

Make More Sustainable Material Choices?

Around 80% of all product-related environmental impacts are determined by the design phase of a product. So, understanding the potential eco-impact of a material early in design is particularly important. Making changes later in design can lead to expensive retooling, supply chain, or regulatory impacts that fast moving companies can ill afford.??

By combining the latest Eco Data (based on ecoinvent v3.8), an upgraded Eco Audit tool, and integrating MI Gateway Icons that can display materials sustainability data (e.g., Recyclability - see image below) in simulation and CAD packages; engineers have the means of taking a more material-led approach to eco-design at the earliest stages of product development.??

For example, Granta Selector can be used to perform 'Streamlined' Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) using the Eco Audit tool – now also being able to use user-defined data. With 18,000+ Eco Data records across materials, chemicals, processes, and energy for different geographies, any engineer can now audit the relative sustainability of their material selection. Doing a Streamlined LCA saves companies time and cost and compliments a Full LCA. It acts as a means of ‘pre-screening’ a product’s eco-credentials, early in design, so when a Full LCA is performed, typically later in the product development stages, there are no surprises on what the environmental impact of a product will be.??

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Drive Simulation Accuracy with Materials?

Ansys Mechanical users can build simulation-ready material models with the new Ansys Material Calibration application in Granta MI? Enterprise. This easy-to-use app enables both materials experts and non-experts to generate material model coefficients from their experimental test data in 6 steps.?

“Taking the uncertainty out of matching experimental information with materials used in simulation for Ansys Mechanical users has been high on our priority list for a while. We can't wait to our users benefiting from the new Materials Calibration tool” Harish Radhakrishnan, Lead Product Manager, Ansys Mechanical

For rubber-like materials, users can calibrate the hyperelastic material coefficients using the curve fitting tool with a high degree of accuracy. The resultant material model coefficients can then be shared via Granta MI? Enterprise across the simulation team – making it accessible in Engineering Data in Ansys Workbench.

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Even Easier First Steps to Material Intelligence

Offering customers an easy on-ramp to start managing their all-important materials information has been a priority for us over the last few releases. Granta MI Pro offers that fast-start solution to digitalization of materials data – and a first step toward digital transformation. With 2022 R2 MI Pro has been supercharged with 5X more* available material data. Pro now includes our unique, comprehensive and comparable material library: Granta MaterialUniverse? as well as the Aerospace Data bundle which includes design allowable data from MMPDS handbook and information on coatings. By enabling ‘Express Installation’ and ensuring scalability with support for AWS private cloud (already certified with Azure), we’ve aimed to make it a true ‘out of the box’, zero services solution to kicking off your material management journey.

The Next Generation of Materials Engineers?

Granta EduPack is our leading software used by educators at over 1,400 institutions around the world. It has now improved versatility and customization to allow students to do more: from customizing their own eco audits to assess and compare the environmental impact of products over its life cycle to more functionality with selection and charting now including OR logic within Limit stages to enhance selection.

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What Next?

If you'd like to find out more about what's new in Ansys Granta's product line, and how they can impact your organization, follow this LINK to arrange a demonstration with our team.

If you're an existing Ansys Granta customer, Go to the CUSTOMER CENTRE to access the latest versions of your software, or reach out to your Sales Account Manager for more information.        

*compared with previous version of Granta MI Pro

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