Ansys is officially set to showcase its digital engineering solutions that are all designed to accelerate the next generation of safer, smarter, and more efficient vehicles.

According to certain reports, the stated solutions will leverage faster innovation and improved productivity to achieve for users significant time and cost reductions that have been historically associated with physical prototyping.

To understand the significance of such a development, we must take into account how commitments to improved safety, demand for new features and functionality, as well as pressure to shorten design cycles, despite increasingly complex engineering challenges, have made traditional approaches to vehicle development ineffective.

In response, Ansys’ latest solutions arrive on the scene with an ability to speed up development processes without cutting any corners in the context of accuracy. This they markedly do by increasing the amount of design exploration and optimization opportunities. Not just that, the company’s famously open ecosystem also supports connected workflows which are primed for cloud computing, AI-enhancement, and digital twins.

For both the use cases, though, Ansys has introduced two new solutions i.e. Ansys SimAI™ and Ansys ConceptEV®.

Starting from the former, Ansys SimAI™ happens to be a cloud-enabled generative AI platform capable of delivering easy, reliable performance prediction for physics behavior, and that too, with lightning speed. Based on NVIDIA GPUs, SimAI can be trained with existing simulation results for applications. These applications, at launch, include fluid dynamics, thermal and electromagnetic performance, structural deformation, and more.

As for Ansys ConceptEV®, it is designed to be a design and simulation platform which can accelerate EV powertrain system development. Furthermore, it enables cross-functional teams to meet consumer and market requirements of Ansys Discovery™ 3D product simulation software and the NVIDIA Omniverse Blueprint for real-time computer-aided engineering digital twins. The idea behind that is to visualize and accelerate large-scale computational fluid dynamics workflows.

“Thanks to Ansys tools, we have realized a 25% reduction in product development cycle, 15% to 20% savings on engineering development costs, and the 15% to 20% improvement in product performance — to the satisfaction of our customers,” said Luciano Saracino, head of the Mechanics and Optics Center of Expertise, Marelli Electronic Systems.

Moving on, as most software-defined vehicles (SDV) rely on various different systems, and systems of systems working seamlessly together, it has become a real challenge to create valuable functionality for consumers. In this area, Ansys has introduced Ansys Perceive EM™, which packs together radio frequency channel and radar signature simulation software, integrated with an NVIDIA-accelerated shooting and bouncing ray solver for rapid computation of electromagnetics.

The company also collaborated with Cognata, and Microsoft to help manufacturers and suppliers work together on a web-based platform for the purpose of testing and validating sensor designs against certified sensor models.

Another detail worth a mention here is rooted in the fact that Ansys solutions can also improve vehicle safety through virtual prototyping and safety analysis. This includes crash safety to assure the well-being of the occupant if a crash occurs, active safety to help drivers avoid crashes, and functional safety to confirm software and hardware work as intended. On top of that, they can help customers meet regulatory compliance through integrated workflows.

A few examples relaying recent advancements and demonstrations of Ansys simulation for vehicle safety will include a continued partnership with Sony Semiconductor Solutions. The stated partnership is focused on significantly speeding time-to-compliance for ADAS/AVs through a more streamlined, high-fidelity perception sensor validation workflow.

The next example in line is concerned with an advanced, integrated toolchain which the company developed in collaboration with Kontrol, Microsoft, and TÜV SÜD, to streamline safety, certification, and virtual homologation, Ansys also offers digital twin technology for software and system virtual validation, featuring a video with Marelli Electronics Systems.

“Every day, Ansys solutions are enabling customers to push the boundaries of comfort, safety, and performance of next-generation mobility,” said Walt Hearn, senior vice president of worldwide sales and customer excellence at Ansys. “By enhancing connectivity, ensuring safety, and accelerating development, Ansys enables automotive innovators to create safer, more efficient, and technologically advanced vehicles. With Ansys, companies can flexibly adapt to market demands and quickly address customer needs.”