ANSYS

Ansys is a subsidiary of Siemens. Ansys software includes a suite of products for physics and engineering modelling using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). It is used to virtually test and analyze product performance in structural, fluid, thermal, and electromagnetic domains.
https://www.ansys.com/en-gb/products

Note, the University has a Ansys Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution license. See the available features that this enables, here: https://ansys.epfl.ch/Ansys_Actual_Academic_features_table.pdf

• Category: Vendor provision
• Access method: Loaded from Linux module software
• License: University Campus license, centrally managed
  • Our license 2025: Ansys Multiphysics Campus Solution - for a list of what's included see pages 10-11 of this guide
• Command Line: Yes
• Desktop GUI: Yes (via Linux X11 Desktop on Open OnDemand)

$ module avail Ansys

$ module load Ansys/2025R1

$ module load Ansys
$

• ANSYS Fluent help guide - Our local support page for Fluent on HPC
• ANSYS Forte help guide - Our local support page for Forte on HPC
• ANSYS Workbench help guide - Our local support page for the interactive Workbench desktop application on HPC

Requests for new/alternate versions of this package should be submitted via the NUIT ITService website using the HPC Software - Installation category.

Software requests will be collated, prioritized and submitted to our HPC support vendor.

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