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Ansys Fluent Overview

What is Ansys Fluent?

Ansys Fluent is the industry leading computational fluid dynamics, or CFD software, renowned for its advanced physics modeling capabilities and outstanding accuracy. As a general-purpose CFD software, Fluent can be used to model fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, chemical reactions, and more. Fluent offers a modern, user-friendly interface that streamlines the CFD process from pre- to post-processing within a single window workflow. Fluent is known for its advanced physics modeling capabilities, which include turbulence modeling, single and multiphase flows, combustion, battery modeling, fluid-structure interaction, and much more. Also known for its efficient HPC scaling, large models can easily be solved in Fluent on multiple processors on either CPU or GPU. Multiple solver options are available, including pressure-based and density-based CPU solvers to cover low-speed to hypersonic flows and a pressure-based native GPU solver.

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ANSYS Fluent software is the most-powerful computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tool available, empowering you to go further and faster as you optimize your product's performance. Fluent includes well-validated physical modeling capabilities to deliver fast, accurate results across the widest range of CFD and multiphysics applications


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Year Founded
1970
HQ Location
Canonsburg, PA
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For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries with the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation and advanced semiconductors, to satellite systems and life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys.


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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

Simplicity and good user interface for Flow Simulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

Simulation time and data inputs required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

Flow simulation to simulate flow inside enclosure to solve heating and cooling problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

Solver variety and ability to solve complex problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

Graphics can be improved what existing versions is having. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped in predicting product performanc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Capability to simulate mechanical systems Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

Limited resources. Lot of time to start understanding the fundamentals because of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

Modeling turbine blades Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

The best part of anysy fluent is its result section in the fluent set up which is very useful in extracting the required results in both pictorial and graphicaly. If you know the tools it's like a video game Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

According to me the downside is they don't explain the uses of all the tools in a detailed manner if anyone wants to learn by themselves it's very difficult only if they learn at any websites or courses then they can use it and for student version if they can increase the nodes permitted because it was a major drawback for my project but they accepted it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ansys fluent is used to flow simulation and analysis over any object and as I'm an aeronautical engineer i did my final year project with ansys fluent about cd nozzles Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

1. TUI interface and the automation it offers

2. Documentation available for almost all features of the Fluent solver - basic as well as advanced

3. Integration of TGrid meshing into Fluent - escp watertight workflow

4. Availability of wid resources in open forums due to the extremely large user base that Fluent solver has in CFD Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

1. GUI interface of Fluent has been laggy and slow for years now, no improvement there

2. TUI commands are being changed for no apparent reason from version to version from the past few years,

3. Lack of proper documentation for Scheme language which is a very powerful fluent tool

Poor documentation of "Named expressions" - a recent powerful tool , documentation is better than scheme lang but still poor Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

Simulating complex air flow and thermal problems to optimize designs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

The user interface of ANSYS products is phenomenal and a great community in case any anybody gets stuck on a problem. I am a student and I enjoy using the student version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

In my opinion, ANSYS provides great support for NVIDIA processors and as my computer has an AMD processor, some performance-based issues may rise from time to time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

I had a project in the heat-fluid multiphysics domain, I had no prior knowledge of using ANSYS Fluent till that moment, but the procedure is so straightforward, that I was able to learn ANSYS Fluent in only 5 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

I love the different ways I can customize my mesh, as there are multiple options to fit various applications. The visuals that are presented upon completing any simulation are always a bonus, and out of all the CFD software that I have been able to use, nothing beats those of Ansys Fluent. One tiny detail I like is the live convergence lines that update with every iteration of the simulation, showing the user when the simulation has converged onto a final answer, allowing them to stop the simulation to save time and computing power should they wish to do so. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

One major flaw, for me, is that you have to individually close and save individual modules once you are done with them, and they do not update unless you tell them to do so. For example, suppose I notice a small geometrical error and go back t change it. In that case, the mesh does not update automatically to accommodate such a change and outright refuses to generate, meaning that I have to redesign a new mesh, wasting a lot of time. Another flaw is the number of times the program has crashed while using it for more advanced simulations; I know this is due to my poor computing power. However, I feel like the developers should accommodate that as not everyone has the money to afford a "NASA Supercomputer." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

It helped solve the problem of not being able to see the various aerodynamic principles/effects. Being an aerospace student, the theory was difficult to visualize if it weren't for the simulations provided by ANSYS Fluent, such as the aerodynamic vortices induced by gurney flaps and how this would affect the lift of the aerofoil in question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

It gives the better visualization while simulation and optimization of core knowledge while working on software in areas like mechanical, chemical, marine, mining, and aeronautical background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

As it is a software need the high processing CPU because with low processing its took long time because as to get better result we need to diivide it in various mesh size as mesh size increase ansys fluent need to calculate the area wise calculation, for that its need a high processing software to get the results faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

I solved the problems in Minning sector the Methane gas available and how we can transfer the gas from deep mining area to outside by using differnt fans and blowers to save the lives of mining workers.as its a hazards area and oxygen deficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

The workbench option is really user friendly and the fluent data base is up to date and accurate. the meshing option is also great to get better mesh quality with minimum meshing computation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

high on memory requirement. ansys on low end laptop takes years to finish computation which should be finished earlier and computation time increases with accuracy required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

ansys fluent helps to find fluid flow simulations. being the thermal and fluid engineer, my work revolves around the study of fluid flows in different channels and heat exchanges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Ansys Fluent?

Ansys fluent is a go to software for any kind of CFD related work. Ansys has the world class fluent meshing domain. We can edit the geometry easily and update it in fluent compare to others software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Ansys Fluent?

Ansys fluent is a cpu intensive job and when we deal with the comlpex geometry the fluent takes lot of time to solve the problem. Ansys is not well optimised with less core processors and keep crashing or not responding to the task. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Ansys Fluent solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ansys fluent solves internal flow, external flow in the fluid domains and also gives lot of options to change the input parameters. With ansys fluent my computation performance has increased a lot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.