EnSight 10 Intro 1
EnSight 10 Intro 2
EnSight 10 Volume Rendering
EnSight 10 Saving
EnSight 10 Queries & Plotters
EnSight 10 GUI Layout
Annotations, Calculator, Legend
External Auto Air Flow
Solved by Fine/Open (was Fine/Hexa).
Depth Charge
EnSight post processing of an example OpenFOAM dataset of a depth charge event. The model is 2D, but fairly high spatial and temporal resolution. EnSight’s native direct reader of OpenFOAM files is used to load the resultss. The graph depicts the average pressure in the domain as a function of time.
EnSight for 4DFlow – recognized by JMRI
Article from JMRI. 35: 933-937 (2012).
Reprint requests: mmarkl@northwestern.edu
Hopper Opening
Animation courtesy of Astec from a simulation using EDEM from DEM-Solutions.
Hopper opening
EnSight keyframe animation to rotate around the hopper and visualize the simulation by EDEM.
Hopper opening simulation
Simulation by ESTEQ Engineering using EDEM by DEM-Solutions.
Fluid flow causing particle motion
Analysis and animation created by ESTEQ using Fluent for CFD and EDEM for particle motion and EnSight for visualization.
Fluid-particle interaction
Simulation performed by ESTEQ Engineering, fluid flow by Fluent and particle motion calculated by EDEM of DEM-Solutions.
Fluid flow induced motion of particles
Particle Transport due to Fluid Flow
Simulation of coupled CFD and DEM, CFD by Fluent from ANSYS and DEM by EDEM of DEM-Solutions.
Box floating on fluid of particles
Particle flow down a flexible tube
MSC.ADAMS & EDEM from DEM-Solutions Coupled Solution
Comparing the effect of coefficient of restitution
Simulation by DEM-Solutions, visualization by EnSight.
Transfer Chute
Simulation by EDEM of DEM-Solutions. Animation courtesy of ESTEQ Engineering.
Trommel With Hopper
Simulation by EDEM of DEM-Solutions. Movie courtesy of EDEM and EnSight distributor, ESTEQ.
Trommel With Hopper
Animation courtesy of ESTEC Engineering. Simulation by EDEM of DEM-Solutions.
Particle transport due to fluid flow
Simulation by coupled CFD-DEM codes, CFD by Fluent from ANSYS and DEM with EDEM by DEM-Solutions.
Dynamic simulation of Richtmyer Meshkov instability growth in a shocked gas interface with multi-mode initial perturbation.
Movie courtesy of Bob Kares, Los Alamos National Lab (LANL).
Jet Engine Nozzle Flow
Movie courtesy of Rob Kunz of PSU.
Vetter-Sturtevant shocktube experiments
Reverse flow in an arbitrary duct
Stir tank mixing simulation
Engine nacelle thermal cooling
Circular Saw drop test simulation.
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Analysis by MSC.Dytran.
Surface total pressure loss on personal sub.
Flow around a personal submarine.
Transmission housing casting simulation.
Spanwise and section loading on the rear wing of a rally car simulation
Ray traced simulation results
Results read and interpreted by EnSight and final rendering by Povray.
EnSight animation of flowfield around a oil drill bit
CFD analysis of rock drilling
Prometheus Plays with Engine Fire
“Communicating the results of CFD analysis is critical to a successful project and our business. It can be difficult to explain to someone not familiar with CFD what they are looking at. The ease with which we can change views, compare different cases side-by-side, and create animations in EnSight allows us to provide the necessary perspective to our customers for a more successful presentation. Furthermore, the ability to use macros to format the data is invaluable for reviewing results quickly and efficiently. ” Emmanuella Sotiropoulou, Vice President, Engineering Prometheus Applied Technologies, LLC
Control valve
EnSight post processing of a polyhedral meshed control valve.
Control valve model with Polyhedral Mesh
Aerodynamic simulation of a Ferrari 550 ALMS car
Example of fast Fourier transform (FFT) analysis of a time dependent variable using EnSight
EnSight visualization of vortices generated by helicopter rotor blades
Transmission housing casting simulation
Spacecraft structural joint
How the joint is put together and then the stresses from loading. Simulation performed by ANSYS.
Hydroplaning Tire
Simulation by Dytran, post-procesing using EnSight.
Hydroplaning Tire
Simulation with MSC.Dytran
Telling the whole story of a car crash
This animation made by combining the simulation results of MSC.Adams for the vehicle handling and the impact by MSC.Dytran. Post-processing performed by EnSight.
Air flow through New York City
Where in the city will the air scour the streets? With CFD you could predict it. Simulation performed by Advantage CFD, using Fluent, and visualized with EnSight.
Analysis of a Transmission Housing using EnSight
Motor yacht in head waves
Solved using Comet, the CFD solver from CD Adapco.
Thermal simulation of the heat generation and rejection of a laptop computer
Simulation performed by Advantage CFD using Fluent CFD solver from ANSYS, visualized with EnSight.
Liquid Natural Gas emanating from a hole in a breached tanker
Simulation performed by Fluent. Dataset courtesy of ANSYS.
Plotting transient CFD results along a line
Example of graph generated in EnSight. Integration of graph and geometry within a single viewport allows for a unique and powerful view into the results of the simulation.
Helicopter rotor simulation
Notice the clip plane which has been pushed downward from its original position in plane of the rotors, so that it can be more clearly seen. It looks like the wash from the rotors if the helicopter was flying very low to a water surface.
Rear wing simulation of an example rally car external aerodynamic model
Example graph of Coefficient of Pressure (Cp) for the rear wing, notice plot updating automatically.
Shaped Charge Explosive Simulation
A 2D shaped charge explosive simulation rotated/extruded by EnSight to view in 3D.
EnSight analysis of oil drill bit flow
EnSight animation of flowfield around a oil drill bit
Space Shuttle Keyframe Animation Rendered with POV-Ray
Using POV-RAY export in EnSight Gold one can achieve additional photorealistic effects such as shadows, as shown.
How to map results from a CFD solution onto an FEA solution
How to do this in EnSight, even with different node locations and orientations of the geometry.
Room Fire Simulation
External aerodynamic simulation of a rally car
Simulation performed by Aerosim, using CFD software CFD++ from Metacomp and visualized using EnSight.
CFD analysis of three duct junction designs
Flow through 3 duct junction designs, simulated by STAR-CCM+ and visualized and post-processed by EnSight.
Personal Submarine
EnSight visualization of the drag and thrust generating surfaces on the canopy of a personal submarine analysis.
Simulation of waves around a cargo ship.
Fly around a cargo ship visualization with EnSight of the simulation performed by STAR-CCM+ CFD solver by CD Adapco.
UAV avionics cooling package
STAR-CCM+ was the CFD solver used to simulate the cooling in this UAV/UAS. Visualization using keyframe animation with a skybox texture background to add realism.
Ford Port-fueled Injection
Simulation of combustion in an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) by the solver Kiva, performed by University of Wisconsin researcher Randy Hessel and visualized with EnSight.
Casting Simulation with Test Movie
This simulation performed with Flow Science’s Flow-3D CFD software compares favorably with the included experiment video. See also the Flow3D Cast portfolio.
Two Hopper Designs Compared
Animation courtesy of Astec. Simulation by EDEM of DEM-Solutions. Visualization by EnSight.
Dryer Simulation
Movie courtesy of Astec. CFD simulation by Fluent, Inc. Particle motion simulation by EDEM of DEM-Solutions.
Particle Motion Monitored by Moving Camera
Particle motion simulated by EDEM from DEM-Solutions, visualized by EnSight using a camera fixed to the rotating cup edge. A CEI logo texture is added to provide some reference to the scene.
Particles transported by fluid flow.
Flow calculated by Fluent, from ANSYS. And particle motion by EDEM by DEM-Solutions.
ADAMS+EASY5+EDEM Co-simulation
Multiphysics simulation using three different solvers coupled together. MSC.Adams, EASY5 from MSC, and EDEM from DEM-Solutions.
Pump Simulation by ADINA
EnSight visualization of an example pump simulation done with Adina. Pathlines shown through the example pump, along with multiple views of the pump (and multiple variables) to help convey the interaction of the pressure and velocity fields. Graph included in real time showing the pressure rise through the pump as a function of time, illustrating the transient nature of the startup.
Crash Test Video and LS-Dyna Simulation Results
EnSight analysis and visualization of both a crash dummy simulation and experimental test. The external video test footage was imported and synchronized with the simulation results. EnSight’s texture map capability adds realistic surfaces so that the simulation matches visually with the test. The graphs on the right side are taken both from the simulation as well as external experimental data.
Blood Velocity as Pathlines
Aorta Flow Pathlines
Aorta Flow Plotted vs Time
Exhaust Manifold Temperature and Velocity
Tsunami
Using textures to improve the realism of a tsunami simulation.
Using Transparency, Part Animation, and Keyframe Animation
Flying through a transparent car to see the normally hidden powertrain.
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
Comparison of New and Original Gating Configuration for Transmission Housing. FLOW-3D is the solver. Simulation visualization with EnSight. This example shows off EnSight’s ability to load in multiple models at once to compare and illustrate the improvements in the design. In addition, EnSight’s calculator function is used to generate an integral of the surface defect, and then plot that as a developing graph to illustrate the temporal change and comparison of the surface defects.
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
Animation of new Gating configuration from a FLOW-3D simulation in EnSight. Illustration of EnSight’s ability to embed external video footage straight into the viewport, and link up in time with the solution so that users can visualize both the simulation results as well as the external animation (experimental footage, computational solution from eons ago, etc).
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
Surface defect quantity on the surface of the casting simulation. Solution done with FLOW-3D, while animation is made with EnSight. Cast itself is shown as a transparent surface, while the fluid flowing into the cavity is shown, colored with surface defect. Areas of high surface defect indicate potential failures in the casting.
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
Locating the maximum surface defect during the casting process of a transmission housing. The dynamic 3D arrow follows the location of Maximum defect further drawing the audience in to understand the locations and movements of this quantity. With this visually represented as well as an integral of surface defect depicted in the graph (also calculated using EnSight), the audience can quickly be drawn to the areas of interest. Simulation results from FLOW-3D, and animation created with EnSight.
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
EnSight animation of a transmission housing cast process. Solution obtained using FLOW-3D, and animation made with EnSight. Here, EnSight’s keyframe capability is used to take the user around the solution and take the audience to the locations of interest in the simulation (where the surface defects are large). Integration of the surface defect is obtained using EnSight’s calculator functions, and then plotted on the graph right in the viewport.
Improved Casting of a Transmission Housing Assembly
Surface temperatures from a simulation of a transmission housing assembly. Solution obtained with FLOW-3D, and animation done with EnSight. Both the original and new design are shown at once to further aid in the comparison of the designs and visual quantification of the improvement. The graph in the lower right corner depicts the integral of surface defect in the solution and serves both as a comparison capability as well as a quantification of the improvement in designs.
Bird or Weapon Impact on Aircraft Wing
Visualization of LS-Dyna SPH (smooth particle hydrodynamics) using EnSight. Illustrating of using multiple variables at once to visualize different aspects at the same time (Displacement and strain).
Combining Separate EnSight Case Files into a Single Transient Case File
Combining separate EnSight Case Format files, and create a new EnSight .case file which loads all of the previous EnSight format files as a transient model. This simple modification of the .case file allows EnSight to read all of the files as a single transient run.
Combining two sequential simulation datasets in EnSight
Using Sequential Timesets in EnSight. In this situation, Case 1 has time = 1 to time =20, while Case 2 has time = 20 to time = 40. This illustrates one way of correctly moving through time in EnSight, for both Created and Model parts.
Multiple Rotating Reference Frames (MRF)
Using EnSight’s RIGID BODY MOTION capability for Multiple Rotating Reference Frame (MRF). This turns a single steady state solution into a transient model for EnSight, allowing the only true correct pathline integration, and an easy method to animate the moving geometry. Uses RBM Setup from User Tools. This capability is useful for any MRF solution, like that typical in Fan, Pumps, HVAC, Stir Tanks, etc.
External Video Embedding into EnSight
How to embed an external video into EnSight. This embedding can be placed on a rectangle, or directly on a part within EnSight. Useful for including experimental footage along with simulation, or animations from other simulations.
Circular Saw Drop Test
A drop test simulation of a circular saw using MSC.Dytran plus CAD model of a person to add context.
F-1 Racing
Mixing Tank
A simple animation demonstrating EnSight’s volume rendering in multiple viewports. The volume is colored by velocity, with the mid-range values fully transparent to make the high and low values more obvious. This video was created directly with EnSight using 4 viewports.
Nuclear Reactor Radiation Stress Analysis
Simulated by EDF.
Drag Line Bucket
Drill Bit Cuttings Flow
Notice the wispy flow at the trailing edge of the drill bit head.
Aerospace Joint Stress Analysis
Helicopter Rotor Force Distribution
Solver used was OverFlow. Read More.
Fuel Tank Sloshing
Simulated using OpenFOAM
Sloshing Aircraft Fuel Tank
Simulated by Flow-3D from Flow Sciences Incorporated.
Space Shuttle Massed vs Massless Particle Traces
Orange massless particle is easily diverted by forces. Red massed particle has more momentum. Blue particle’s heavy mass keeps it on a more steady trajectory.
Adams Suspension Stress
Comparing Vetter-Sturtevant Shocktube Experiments
Simulated with continuous adaptive mesh refinement code RAGE.
Paver Hopper Unloading Comparing Mass and Velocity
Animation courtesy of Astec.
Simulation by EDEM, visualized with EnSight.
Paver Hopper Unloading
Animation courtesy of Astec.
Simulated by EDEM, visualized with EnSight.
Comparison of Two Grizzly Designs
Animation courtesy of Astec. Simulation by EDEM.
Wind Turbine
Comparing Two Batchers
Car Crash
Car crashing into a fixed barrier. We added brick texture, and made it thicker to look like more like a brick wall.
Aircraft Crash Simulation and Test
Aircraft crash test movies compared to LS-Dyna simulation.
Mortar Launch
Animation courtesy of Esteq Engineering of South Africa. Simulation by MSC.Dytran.
Motor Support Modal Analysis
HCCI In-Cylinder
Animation of results from an HCCI In-Cylinder CFD analysis, using EnSight. Keyframe animation to show exploded view of the geometry, followed by pathline traces, isosurfaces of temperature, clip planes and velocity and temperature, volume rendered temperature, and graphs of maximum temperature on key surfaces as a function of time. Animation generated by Martin Faber
Flow3D Dam
This is a simple animation demonstrating a few of EnSight’s capabilities. All of the water parts are colored by Water Depth, while the land parts are colored by Elevation. Each variable has an independent color palette. The dam itself is an STL model. The animation first does a 360 fly-around to show the model, then moves overhead to show a transient animation. This simulation only has 4 time steps, so interpolation is used to create a slightly longer and smoother animation. The effectiveness of interpolation within EnSight is model-dependent. The better the time resolution is the better the interpolated steps will look.
The analysis was performed by Flow3D.
EnSight 10 Presentation
Wind Turbine
Aerodynamic analysis using EnSight for a Wind Turbine blade simulation. CFD solution of a fixed geometry, fixed speed condition. Inspection of load distribution on blade as well as overall predicted output power via EnSight. Inspection of lambda2 vorticity isosurfaces to inspect vortex shedding location and interaction. Model grid generation with Pointwise, Model solution via AcuSolve, and result analysis + visualization with EnSight.
Gasifier
Particle physics based solver from CPFD Baracuda. EnSight is used here for post processing and visualization of the particles. Left image showing volume fraction, while right image showing particle sizes.