How does engineering simulation software work?

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I know this is a very broad/challenging question, however any responses would be helpful for my understanding.

So let say I want to model the shrinkage of a 3D object on cooling, how would computer simulations go about this? I have heard of software like ANSYS being used for such modelling, but how does it actually work under the hood?

Thank you!

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It probably doesn’t answer the specifics of your question, but generally all these engineering softwares do is use mathematics, based on the input parameters and show the results.

The main benefit is it will avoid any human errors of doing hand calculations (provided the input is correct), and it can display the results in an easier format to understand.

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