Ansys Icepak

ANSYS Icepak provides powerful electronic cooling solutions which utilize the industry-leading ANSYS Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver for thermal and fluid flow analyses of integrated circuits (ICs), packages, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic assemblies. The ANSYS Icepak CFD solver uses the ANSYS Electronics Desktop (AEDT) graphical user interface (GUI). This provides a CAD-centric solution for engineers who can leverage the easy-to-use ribbon interface to manage thermal issues within the same unified framework as ANSYS HFSS, ANSYS Maxwell and ANSYS Q3D Extractor. Electrical and mechanical engineers working in this environment will enjoy a completely automated design flow with seamless coupling from HFSS, Maxwell and Q3D Extractor into Icepak for thermal analysis.

Languages supported: English

8.8/10 (Expert Score) ★★★★★
Product is rated as #53 in category Simulation & CAE Software
Ease of use
8.0
Support
9.0
Ease of Setup
0.0

Ansys Icepak provides powerful electronic cooling solutions that utilize the industry leading Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver for thermal and fluid flow analyses of integrated circuits (ICs), packages, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic assemblies. The Ansys Icepak CFD solver uses the Ansys Electronics Desktop (AEDT) graphical user interface (GUI).

Perform conduction, convection and radiation conjugate heat transfer analyses, with many advanced capabilities to model laminar and turbulent flows, and species analysis including radiation and convection.

Some of the product specs:
– MCAD and ECAD Support
– Solar radiation
– Parametrics and Optimization
– Customization and Automation
– Network Modeling
– DC Joule Heating Analysis
– Electro-thermal and Thermo-Mechanical
– Extensive Libraries for Thermal
– Liquid Cooling
– Dynamic Thermal Management
– Varying Flow and Power ROM

Ansys Icepak
Ansys Icepak

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Ansys Icepak Reviews

KishoreNaidu L.

Advanced user of Ansys Icepak
★★★★★
Robust analyzing Thermal from ANSYS

What do you like best?

Icepak results are accurate, i modelled PCB in Icepak and physically I measured board with infrared camera to see the difference in results, i see the temperature gradient is almost matching and temperatures are close to 2-3 Deg C. same i tried its great tool to support design. we can save time with tool for smaller problems. need to have some expertise to use it ease, once you get the interface its very good tool . Supporting Layout engineer in component placement by executing feasibility analysis for best thermal solution. we loved this tool.

What do you dislike?

user interface should be improved and tool tips are needed, this will help engineers to us the tool seamless. sometime the crashing and fluent solver is running. this needs to be improved. large models are always has issues with time vs machine. also meshing must be improved and import of meshing from other tools are needed to implemented soon. cost of tool must be lowered to suite the startups.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

buy with parallel license, its saves time and buy machine.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

i used to perform Rack or Cabinet level and board level thermal simulation and optimization. 30 KW Heat removal from a test setup with Liquid Cold Plates copper pipes vacuum brazed to a aluminum plate in 19inch rack. As inlet water at 30 Deg C. Design and Simulation, prototyping. Modeling done in SolidWorks and simulation done in Ansys Icepak was quick and results were helped to find the right paths and optimized designs.

Review source: G2.com

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