Van Oord cutting foundation design time with Ansys software April 16, 2021, by Nadja Skopljak Van Oord is using Ansys software to speed up the design of wind turbine foundations for the offshore wind industry. Van Oord’s engineers are using Ansys Cloud and Ansys Mechanical to optimize new product design, minimize project risk, streamline supplier negotiations and slash product development timelines. Source: Van Oord. The aim is to help engineers in their development of wind turbine foundations, as well as aid with the increase of product quality and delivery of new innovations to market faster. According to Ansys, leveraging Mechanical and Ansys Cloud empowers Van Oord to rapidly run 5x more design iterations on Cloud to predict the performance of advanced foundations and enhance the fabrication processes while reducing project risks and speeding supply chain negotiations.