Analysis of complex interactions between mechanical elements using ansys and simulink

Modelling and computer simulation play an important role in all engineering disciplines. For the coupling of different simulation tools interface are necessary, including both aspects of physics, numerical methods, software engineering, etc. This paper describes the development of the interface between MATLAB (as a topology optimisation tool) and ANSYS (computer aided engineering software used for finite element analysis). The setting of the project application in Workbench (ANSYS toolbox) using APDL programming is described and then the ANSYS results are imported into SIMULINK.