MAE 656 - Advanced Computer Aided Design
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Introduction to Ansys Workbench
Main Screen
Components:
Top menu Toolbox Messages Progress Project Properties
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Top Menu File
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Top Menu View
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Top Menu Tools
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Top Menu Units
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Toolbox Analysis Systems
We have already predefined systems:
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Toolbox Component Systems
We have the individual components of the systems:
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Toolbox Custom Systems
We have predefined some systems with some interactions between them. It is also possible to define new custom-systems.
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Project Schematic
It is possible to solve different problems with shared data. It is also possible to use results from one problem as input data to another one (i.e. fluid-structure interaction)
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Static Structural System
We will work with the Static Structural system. It is composed by: Engineering data: Definition of material properties Geometry: Def. of the problem geometry Model: Def. of the mesh Setup: Def. of the boundary conditions Results: Contains the different results requied to the solver.
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Static Structural System
Defined in a new workbench window Solved with Design Modeler
Solved with Mechanical module
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Static Structural System
System properly defined and has no errors System already defined but that has to be updated because there has been modifications in upper levels
The system is yet to be defined
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Engineering Data
We can drag and drop properties
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Engineering Data Sources
or, right click
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Engineering Data - Charts & Tables
table chart
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Engineering Data - Exercise
Create a custom material for Aluminum Alloy type 5052-O. The parameters that have to be defined are those of: Density Thermal expansion Isotropic elasticity Yield and ultimate strength (defined as multilinear isotropic hardening) Yield and ultimate strength as failure variables to be used in an elastic material. The numerical value of each parameter can be obtained from http://www.makeitfrom.com/
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Design Modeler Import Geometry
It is possible to import the geometry from other codes such as Catia, Rhinoceros, Solid Works, etc.
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Design Modeler New Geometry
If instead of importing the geometry from another code or from another problem defined in the same workbench we decide to create a new geometry, clicking on NEW GEOMETRY will launch the desing modeler.
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Design Modeler Units
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Design Modeler Main Window
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Design Modeler Selection
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Design Modeler View Toolbar
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Design Modeler View Toolbar
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Design Modeler Tree Outline
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Design Modeler Parts
There are four different types of parts. Each one can be used in a type of simulation: BARS, 2D, 3D and SHELLS.
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Design Modeler More info.
More information about how to work with design modeler can be found in the Ansys Training Lectures: DM-13.0 01 Planes and Sketches.pdf DM-13.0 02 3D Operations.pdf
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Design Modeler Exercises
1. 2. Import geometry Cylinder_Surface.igs to design modeler Create structural frame defined in Assignment 01.
1. 2. Defining points manually Using point data Frame Nodes.txt In this second case, the roof beams have a cross section: 5 x 10 x 0.1 cm
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Design Modeler Exercises
3. Create the triangular plate defined in the following figure to be solved as a 2D structure. 4. Create the triangular plate to be used as a 3D structure
Thickness = 5mm
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