Buying a new workstation for Ansys LS-DYNA is not the same as buying one for general FEA or CFD. The LS-DYNA solver puts unusual demands on a machine, and the parts that matter most depend on the type of analysis you run. This means that a high price tag or large core count on a spec sheet won’t necessarily guarantee you faster results – so you need to carefully consider where it is worth spending your hard-earned money. This guide covers the three things that LEAP’s Explicit Dynamics team advises you to look at first.

Transfer chutes are very commonly used in bulk material processing and handling scenarios, particularly for bulk granular materials. When analysing the structural performance of a transfer chute, it’s important to consider how the flow of material will impact your design, and to then quickly evaluate the structural performance of the design under load. Whilst it’s straightforward to account for the normal component of pressure in a design, the tangential pressure is a trickier load to setup. In this blog, we’ll investigate how you can setup pressure loads to capture tangential pressures for a variety of transfer chute geometries.