Finite Element Analysis Blog – LEAP Australia

Finite Element Analysis – LEAP Australia

LEAP Australia is the leading engineering software solutions provider in Australia and New Zealand, assisting thousands of companies with their design and engineering problems. The aim of this site is to share the extensive experience and knowledge we have gained over the years in working with Finite Element Analysis. If you are also interested in Computational Fluid Dynamics we encourage you to visit our CFD blog.

Improving CAE Workflows with Ansys OptiSLang

Product development cycles face competing pressures – accelerate development and ensure reliability, all while balancing cost control and flexibility to innovate. Since engineers are under constant pressure to deliver faster, safer, and more cost-effective designs, we need a way to evaluate trade-offs ‑early, before design freedom is lost. Ansys OptiSLang is built precisely for this purpose, by changing the paradigm from “simulate to check” to “simulate to discover”.

Applying Tangential Pressure in Ansys Mechanical – Transfer Chutes

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.

NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series – Part 4: Axisymmetric Geometries

Our exploration of Ansys Discovery’s capabilities now shifts from general 3D geometries to a specialised yet widely encountered case: axisymmetry. Many essential components such as pipes, flanges and pressure vessels, exhibit rotational symmetry. In this section, we examine Discovery’s performance on axisymmetric problems using two established NAFEMS benchmarks, LE7 and LE8 – read on to see the results.

Ansys Sherlock for Electronic Life Assessment

Ansys Sherlock is a reliability tool for electronics components that allows engineers to make fast and accurate life predictions for their electronics hardware.
This post provides a high-level overview of how Sherlock can be used to examine a mission-critical PCB that is part of a module expected to make multiple trips out into orbit and then back to Earth.

NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series – Part 3: Simple Geometries

In part three of our NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series we move beyond simple plates to look at more complex 3D structures to ensure the software can accurately handle a broad spectrum of geometries including cylinders and cantilevers. Read on to see how Discovery handled this benchmark test.

NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series – Part 2: Pressure Plates

Part two in our NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series tackles pressure plates. The NAFEMS linear elastic benchmarks feature two problems where a plate is subjected to a pressure load. LE1 involves a thin elliptic structure stretched outwards by a pressure force, while LE10 uses the same plate, but thickens it and applies a higher pressure. Read on to see how Discovery handled this benchmark test.

NAFEMS Discovery Benchmark Series – Part 1: Introduction

In 1986, NAFEMS first published a set of benchmarks for FEA codes with the aim to develop a set of standard tests that would more critically allow developers and users to interrogate the performance of FEA software. In this NAFEMS Discovery benchmark series we put Ansys Discovery to the test against challenging benchmarks to see just how well this tool can improve your design workflow.

LEAP at the Avalon Australian International Airshow 2025

The LEAP team had a fantastic week at the 2025 Avalon Australian International Airshow representing our partners PTC and Ansys and showcasing impressive innovations alongside Integra Systems, Monash HPR and RMIT University. Read our recap and see some of the technology on display during the show.

Ansys Shared Web Licensing

The Ansys Shared Web License allows users to work from anywhere, on any device with an internet connection. This is a clear difference from Flexnet License which requires both the user and license server device to be within the same network. This article explains the benefits and provides details on how you can get started with of Ansys Shared Web Licensing today.

Ansys 2024 Release Highlights – Structures

Recently LEAP ran an Ansys user group meeting in Perth where local Ansys users showcased their work and the LEAP Technical Team presented their highlights of the latest updates in Ansys Structures and Ansys Fluids.

If you were unable to make it in-person to the event or join the live stream, we’ve got the next best thing for you: a live recording of the Structures update session presented by Dr. Luke Mosse. Luke is a Senior Application Engineer at LEAP Australia, and in the following videos he presents the highlights from the Ansys 2024 Structures & Explicit Dynamics R1 and R2 releases.