Case Study: Cranfield University accelerates student mastery of blast and ballistic weapons simulation with ANSYS AUTODYN

Cranfield University - Customer Case Study

Cranfield University’s Defence College of Management and Technology (DCMT) within the UK Defence Academy trains armed forces personnel in defence-related technology and research, where understanding weapons effects is a core teaching and research challenge. To complement experimental work and demonstrate highly dynamic phenomena like blast and ballistic events, Cranfield University has relied on ANSYS AUTODYN for over 15 years to support classroom and research simulations.

ANSYS delivered AUTODYN as a user-friendly numerical simulation toolset that lets students with little or no prior experience model blast, ballistic and armour interactions, vehicle mine loading, projectile formation and related dynamic responses. The result—reported by Cranfield University—is a very rapid learning curve and the ability for students to conduct useful studies within a short time; ANSYS AUTODYN has therefore measurably enhanced both teaching and research activities over a sustained 15+ year period.

Cranfield University

M J Iremonger

Director of Research, Engineering Systems Department