ANSYS Workshop 2 Structural Analysis

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Agenda

Learning Objectives: Analysis

Creating a free-free end condition with the help of Joints

Applying UDL as a Pressure B.C.

Applying Force B.C.

How to apply Distributed Pressure B.C. (not in the presentation slide)

How to save the video animation (not in the presentation slide)

Selecting Analysis System

Double click Static Structural

Importing Geometry

Right click Geometry Cell and Browse to Design File

Importing Geometry

Entering Mechanical Environment

Double click Model or right click and select Edit

Creating Joints

Click Connections in Project Tree

Creating Joints

Click Body-Ground

Creating Joints

Select General

Creating Joints

Creating Joints

Click Rotations and select Free X

Creating Joints

Click on the Z axis vector

Creating Joints

Creating Joints

Select this face and click Apply

Creating Joints

Creating Joints

Repeat the same procedure for creating a Body- Ground connection on the other face

Applying UDL As a Pressure B.C.

Right click and select Pressure

Applying UDL As a Pressure B.C.

Click Y-axis vector

Applying UDL As a Pressure B.C.

1. Click face selection filter 2. Click and select all 3 faces (using Ctrl key)

3. Click Apply

Applying UDL As a Pressure B.C.

Insert a value of -3 kPa in Y Component

Applying Force B.C.

Right click Static Structural and select Force

Applying UDL As a Pressure B.C.

Click Define By and select Component

Applying Force B.C.

Click X axis vector

Applying Force B.C.

Select the edge between the faces shown (notice the colour of faces to identify the correct edge or refer the problem statement) You should select the edge selection filter first

Applying Force B.C.

Insert a value of -700 in Y Component

Applying Force B.C.

Applying Moment B.C.

1. Right click Static Structural and select Moment

2. Click X axis vector

Applying Moment B.C.

Select the edge shown using the edge selection filter

Applying Moment B.C.

Type in 630 in X Component

All B.C. applied

Adding Directional Deformation

Right click Solution and select Directional Deformation

Then click X axis in the triad

Adding Directional Deformation

Zoom in to this edge

Adding Directional Deformation

Using edge selection filter, select this edge

Then click Apply

1. Change the Orientation to Y axis

2. Then right click Solution and select Solve

Solving

References

ANSYS Workbench Verification Manual

ANSYS Mechanical Help

ANSYS Workbench Documentation

Problem taken from

Mechanics Of Materials (In SI Units)

by Beer, Johnston & Dewolf 4th Edition

Online Resources

Following links are a good source for practice

http://www.ansys.com/Resource+Library

http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/tutorials/ansys/

https://confluence.cornell.edu/display/SIMULATION/ANSYS+Learning+Modules

http://www.caeai.com/fea-webinars.php

http://www.sdcpublications.com/Textbooks/ANSYS-Workbench-Tutorial-Release-13/ISBN/978-1-58503-671-4/

Assignment

Practice_5 problem 9.47