The simulation power of Ansys arrived to Colombia

Close to 97 of the 100 biggest companies in the world use this program to design their products. Why is it that attractive" Ansys is one of the most developed engineering tools and its function is to simulate any physical, chemist or biological process. For instance, airplane design allows understanding how new and old models work, determining for instance if a 50 year old airplane can keep working.

"On this case, technical data of the device are introduced in a computer, specifying the state of the structure for the program to determine the life cycle of the airplane," explained Carlos Sanchez, technical coordinator of the company ESSS in Colombia, official distributor of this tool in South America.

The company got interested in Colombia since they consider that business are stable and since there are close to 15 companies working with the program. "We decide to open an office in Colombia, since the support we were sending from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro was not enough," asserted Sanchez.

"Besides, Ansys has just signed a cooperation agreement with Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in which the company offers licensing to the institution to use the software and train about this topic," mentioned Luis Carlos Belalcázar, assistant professor of the Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department.

This program, which is 40 years old, is used in different fields such as chemistry, civil, biomedical, naval, petroleum engineering and all those topics related to numbers. In medicine, for intake, it shows the effort of teeth when they are pressed by orthodontic treatments, and simulates the behavior of the hearth when veins are obstructed. It is also used (in other disciplines) to develop new cars and improve their performance.