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    <span class = "ph">ANSYS®</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader4" colspan = "2"/></tr><tr><td class = "DocHeader3" colspan = "2"><table class = "DocThemeIntro" id = "table12"><tr><td class = "Intro1"><p class = "header"><p class = "abstract">
    <span class = "shortdesc">Within this section, the <span class = "ph">ANSYS®</span> solver is considered. All relevant
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</p><hr class = "header"/></td></tr><tr><td class = "Intro2"><span class = "run-in">In this section:</span><br/><ul class = "ulthemes"><li><a title = "Some file name conventions are explained within this section." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-ov.htm">Overview</a></li><li><a title = "The Tosca Structure preprocessor can read ANSYS® input files of arbitrary format, however, the ANSYS® input files must be able to be processed in batch mode." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-files.htm">Files and Formats</a></li><li><a title = "In topology optimization only the type of elements that are supported can be used in the design area. All other element types in the analysis model are regarded as dummy elements, that is, the elements are not modified during the optimization. Some further restrictions might apply regarding specific design responses. Check remarks for this." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-elements.htm">Supported Element Types</a></li><li><a title = "Some remarks concerning node and element groups are summarized within this section." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-groups.htm">Node and Element Groups</a></li><li><a title = "Some remarks concerning coordinate systems are summarized within this section" href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-cos.htm">Coordinate Systems</a></li><li><a title = "Tosca Structure supports linear elastic material for static and modal analysis for all optimization types (topology, shape, bead, sizing) inside and outside the design domains. In addition, the following nonlinear material types are supported for shape, bead, and sizing optimizations inside and outside the design domain and for topology optimizations outside the design domain only: Mooney and Ogden." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-mat.htm">Materials and Properties</a></li><li><a title = "Within this section supported analysis types are discussed and the corresponding settings are explained." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-analysis.htm">Analysis Types</a></li><li><a title = "Within this section, some remarks concerning loads and boundary conditions are summarized." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-bcond.htm">Loads and Boundary Conditions</a></li><li><a title = "Within this section, some remarks concerning sensitivity-based optimization are summarized." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-remSensBasedOpt.htm">Remarks for Sensitivity-Based Optimizations</a></li><li><a title = "Frequency responses can be obtained in several ways in ANSYS®. They are discussed within this section." href = "tso-c-usr-solver-ansys-freqspec.htm">Frequency Spectrum</a></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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