Engineers looking to tackle issues involving material failure and how the failure progresses through a part or through a system need a tool with a vast array of capabilities that help simulate extreme deformation problems, and find potential solutions. Ansys LS-DYNA is the industry-leading explicit simulation software used for applications like drop tests, impact and penetration, smashes and crashes, occupant safety, and more. It is capable of simulating the response of materials to short periods of severe loading. Its many elements, contact formulations, material models and other controls can be used to simulate complex models with control over all the details of the problem. Models with large amounts of parts or surfaces interacting with each other are also easily handled, and the interactions and load passing between complex behaviors are modeled accurately.

Join PADT's Chief Simulation Engineer, Jim Peters for a look at what's new for LS-DYNA users in Ansys 2023 R1.