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ANSYS is a finite element modelling and analysis tool. It can be used to analyze complex problems in mechanical structures, thermal processes, computational fluid dynamics, magnetics, electrical fields, just to mention some of its applications. ANSYS provides a rich graphics capability that can be used to display results of analysis on a high-resolution graphics workstation.

Tutorial Index:

1. Getting Started
   • running ANSYS
   • running ANSYS remotely
2. Steady State Conduction
   • selecting element type and entering material properties
   • creating the geometry and meshing
   • applying boundary conditions and solving
   • creating pretty, colored plots
3. Transient Conduction
   • defining load step and solving
   • pretty plots and animations
4. Thermal-Structural Analysis
   • switching from thermal to structural elements
   • structural boundary condidions
   • superimposing the temperature solution and solving
   • displaying stress and displacement solutions
5. ANSYS Topics
   It would be good to visit this section before, during, and after working through the rest of the tutorial.
   • introduction
   • entities and numbering
   • picking
   • selecting
   • ANSYS warning messages
   • generating hard copy

External links of possible interest:

• The ANSYS Home Page
• ANSYS tutorial at the University of Alberta Currently the tutorials just deal with static stress analysis and dynamic structural analysis, but there are plans to add things like: buckling, fatigue, non-linearities, thermal analysis and optimization.
• Possibly useful guide Deals mostly with form of input files.