Predict Electronics Reliability Before Failure Happens.
Ansys Sherlock is a physics-based electronics reliability tool designed to predict the life of electronic hardware at component, board and system levels during early design. It helps identify failure risks associated with thermal, mechanical and manufacturing stresses.
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Failure Physics For High-Performance Electronics.
1. Electronics reliability prediction
Forecast the failure rate of complete board assemblies under specified thermal and mechanical profiles.
2. PCB reliability analysis
Translate ECAD files directly into precise 3D FEA representations containing full trace layouts.
3. Component life prediction
Determine failure risk metrics for individual packages, solder joints, and localized silicon features.
4. Thermal cycling analysis
Model coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) mismatch risks during extreme environment cycling.
5. Mechanical reliability
Examine mechanical stress induced during assembly, transport, and real-world system mounting.
6. Drop test analysis
Simulate high-strain impact events to predict solder joint cracking and board failure zones.
7. ECAD-to-FEA workflow
Accelerate finite element modeling times from days to minutes through parsed layout translation.
8. Failure prediction
Synthesize structural mechanics and historical reliability data into actionable survival plots.
9. Time-to-failure analysis
Examine the statistical probability of component failures across a prolonged operational lifespan.
10. Electronics lifetime assessment
Confirm product lifetime specifications meet safety and warranty milestones in high-consequence domains.
Built for Your Engineering Challenges.
Product Design
Explore design alternatives before committing to prototypes.
Thermal Management
Identify heat-flow and temperature problems early.
Fluid Systems
Investigate pressure drop, flow distribution and fluid performance.
Structural Performance
Understand deformation, stress and vibration during design.
Lightweight Design
Improve strength-to-weight performance using topology optimization.
Design Optimization
Compare multiple concepts quickly and make better engineering decisions.
Ensuring Hardware Lifetime and Compliance.
Automotive & EV
Predict reliability of ECUs, battery electronics, controllers and automotive PCBs.
Aerospace & Defense
Evaluate electronics reliability under vibration, temperature cycling and demanding environments.
Energy & Power
Assess reliability of power electronics and control boards exposed to thermal and mechanical stress.
Industrial Equipment
Predict PCB and electronic component lifetime in industrial equipment.
Manufacturing
Identify electronics reliability risks before production and reduce test-fail-retest cycles.
Oil & Gas
Evaluate electronic hardware deployed in harsh industrial environments.
Heavy Machinery
Improve reliability of electronic control systems exposed to vibration and temperature changes.
Transportation
Predict lifetime of onboard electronics and control systems under real operating conditions.
Scale Reliability with Integrated Physics Workflows.
Kaizenat supports Sherlock licensing, electronics reliability workflows, PCB analysis, training and integration with Mechanical, Icepak and other Ansys simulation tools.
Expert licensing setups, CAD-coupling, and custom team onboarding.
Understand
Detailed mapping of product design bottlenecks and thermal/structural objectives.
Implement
License configuration and CAD solver synchronization for fluent workspace launch.
Enable
Team onboarding with hands-on workflows, customized webinars and support.
Optimize
Scale design exploration with multiphysics models and detailed solvers.
Ready to Prevent Field Failures in Complex Systems?
Talk to Kaizenat's electronics simulation specialists to configure and deploy physics-based PCB reliability workflows with Ansys Sherlock.