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[MickMack]

Hi

Unfortunately my institute does not have LS-DYNA, so i am trying to understand the capabilities of the solvers.

Can you please advise what each of the solvers shown below can be used for.

[Karthik Remella]

Hi,nHere is where you can find some information about the following packages.nIcePak: https://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-icepaknAIM: https://www.ansys.com/-/media/Ansys/corporate/resourcelibrary/brochure/ansys-aim-brochure.pdfnMaxwell: https://www.ansys.com/products/electronics/ansys-maxwellnI hope this provides you with an overview.nKarthikn

[MickMack]

nnThank you for that information.nnCould you please confirm if i am correct to say that, Icepak is for fluid analysis and maxwell is for electromagnetic analysis?.It is a structural solution which i require. Would AIM be suitable for this and does it analyse non-linear or dynamic effects?.Also i note in the properties tab of my static structural analysis it states that the solver is Mechanical APDL, can this analyse non-linear behaviour and why was it not on the list of licenses above, or is it contained within one of those shown in my screenshot?n

[Karthik Remella]

Yes, you are correct about IcePak & Maxwell.nRegarding modeling non-linear dynamic effects, you can use Ansys Mechanical (Static and Transient Structural). Mechanical APDL is the backend used by Ansys Mechanical package. I overlooked this in your screenshot. You do have the license for Mechanical.nThank you.nKarthiknn