Replacing materials in product design isn’t just a swap—it’s a complex challenge. A new material may look promising on paper, but it can behave very differently under real-world conditions. How do you ensure your design still performs—or performs even better?

In this webinar, we’ll walk through how to approach material substitution more systematically using Ansys Granta for material selection and Ansys Discovery for design exploration and simulation. The goal is to help you assess possible replacements and understand how design changes might be needed to accommodate them.

Topics we’ll cover:

  • Using Ansys Granta to identify alternative materials based on technical requirements
  • Evaluate trade-offs among mechanical performance, environmental impact, and cost
  • Running simulations in Ansys Discovery to see how a new material affects performance (e.g., structural or fluid behavior)
  • Exploring design changes to make a new material work, or to optimize for cost, weight, or durability