随着一年的结束和假期的临近，新产品的介绍和企业新闻陷入了停顿，使像我这样的编辑们拼命地寻找新闻来涵盖和与读者分享。
So it was with great delight that I came across a blog post, written by Gilles Eggenspieler, a senior product line manager at ANSYS. It appears that Santa has been having some sleigh problems. His legendary mode of transportation–used to distribute toys and gifts globally–had broken down during delivery.
设计更好的雪橇
幸运的是，他不得不比ANSYS的员工不得不考虑，他们决定将其模拟和3D建模软件努力，以建造圣诞老人更好的雪橇。
圣诞老人有两个关键要求：
* The sleigh needs to be more deer-energy efficient
*雪橇需要保护圣诞老人免受恶劣环境
Eggenspieler recruited three of his colleagues–Brian Bueno, Simon Pereira and Robin Steed–to assist with the redesign. Their first task was to study the current design. “One thing that was obviously clear to us was that Santa did not have any protection from the wind,” says Eggenspieler, “but using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation results also showed that the sleigh drag was very high.”
在研究现有圣诞老人的雪橇设计,team set up the task of designing a new one. Brian Bueno took the lead using ANSYS SpaceClaim software to design the new sleigh. Then Eggenspieler conducted the CFD simulation, and Robin Steed used his visualization skills to prepare the post-processed results, which were very promising.
Apparently Santa was thrilled with the result, especially when he was told that if he gets delayed, he can safely switch the sleigh to supersonic speed. The team even added a stealth mode so Santa could be incognito, if necessary.
建造了雪橇，测试表明CFD模拟预测雪橇性能很好。截至今天，雪橇成功通过（超级秘密）FAA认证，鲁道夫（Rudolph）刚刚获得了此新设备的认证。您可以阅读博客文章，圣诞老人将ANSYS投入了新雪橇设计的测试here。
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