Abstract <p>We investigated the possibility of accelerating the numerical simulation of transient processes in ANSYS software when calculating superelastic dampers based on shape memory alloys. The work compares two approaches to three-dimensional modeling of dampers: the superelasticity model and the thermomechanical model, demonstrating their satisfactory agreement. It is noted that simulating slender structures, typical of superelastic dampers, in a three-dimensional formulation requires significant computational time. As a solution, the use of beam finite elements with a thermomechanical model is proposed. It is shown that this approach provides reliable results while substantially reducing computation time and is optimally suited for analyzing typical beam-like damper configurations.</p>