Name: ANSYS Fluent
Rating: 4.8 (105 reviews)

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Product Information on ANSYS Fluent

Updated 13th October 2025

What is ANSYS Fluent?

ANSYS Fluent is a computational fluid dynamics software that enables users to simulate fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical reactions within complex geometries. The software provides capabilities for modeling turbulence, multiphase flows, and combustion phenomena. ANSYS Fluent offers a range of solvers and customization options to address challenges in aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and energy systems. The software allows for detailed analysis and visualization of fluid behavior to support design optimization and performance improvements. It helps businesses and organizations reduce the need for physical prototyping and supports decision-making through predictive analysis in various engineering domains.

Overall experience with ANSYS Fluent

ENGINEERING MANAGER

3B - 10B USD, IT Services

FAVORABLE

“Engineering manager review for ANSYS Fluent.”

5.0

Dec 1, 2024

We used it for heat flow in the component, these tools really help us to idetify heat flow easily.

Engineer

250M - 500M USD, Energy and Utilities

CRITICAL

“About Ansys Fluent”

3.0

Jun 4, 2021

I worked with this product in the past two years, it's really the best CFD software in the market. Fluent include well validated physical modeling capabilities to deliver accurate and fast results across the widest range of CFD and Multiphysics applications.

About Company

Company Description

Ansys is a firm with over 50 years of experience focusing on the creation of software that assists innovators in different sectors. By leveraging the power of simulation, these innovators can challenge the existing limits of their industries. Ansys focuses on the potential for its software to aid in advancements in various scopes, including sustainable transportation, semiconductor technology, satellite systems, and medical device development.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1970

Head office location

Canonsburg, United States

Number of employees

5001 - 10000

Website

https://www.ansys.com

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ANSYS Fluent Likes & Dislikes

Comprehensive physics modelling.

the most notable features are its meshing-module and its powerful accurate numerical models. A user-friendly interface that is constantly being developed.

1.Wide Range of Physics Models 2.Customizability with User-Defined Functions 3.High Performance with HPC 4.Intuitive Interface and Workflow Automation

Cost is major factor and meshing sometime not good.

It requires more computer ressources (more processor, RAM, Graphic capacity...). But this limitation becomes increasingly cheaper these days, so it's worth.

1.High Computational Resource Requirements 2.Complexity in Setting Up Simulations 3.Limited Built-in Tutorials

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1B-10B USD

IT Services

Review Source

Engineering manager review for ANSYS Fluent.

Nov 30, 2024

SENIOR ENGINEER

50M-1B USD

Manufacturing

Exploring the Accuracy and Performance of Integrated Simulations

Oct 30, 2024

1.Accurate and High-Performance Simulations 2.Advanced Turbulence Modeling 3.Integrated Meshing Tools

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

Simulations Meet High Accuracy Standards

Oct 17, 2024

1.Highly Accurate Simulations 2.Wide Range of Applications 3.Customizable Physics Models

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE

ANSYS Fluent: Best Ever Tool for Thermal Performance Validation

Sep 4, 2024

ANSYS Fluent really helps in efficiently validating the thermal performance of the products we design with utmost productivity. The efficient use of this tool for CFD has reduced the number of iterations of product prototypes which are physically produced.

Telecommunication

ANSYS Fluent is highly benefical for companies in analyzing heat transfer and fluid flow

Aug 7, 2024

ANSYS Fluent is Strong Support and Support Documentatiton, Scalability and Performance Powerfull, and then High Accuracy. Its advanced solver algorithms and wide range of physical models.