ANSYS 14 Structural Mechanics Update

2011 ANSYS, Inc.
November 22,
2011
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Improving Your Structural
Mechanics Simulations with
Release 14.0
2011 ANSYS, Inc. November 22,
2011
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Structural Mechanics Themes
MAPDL/WB Integration
Physics coupling
Rotating machines
Composites & Fracture Mechanics
Application Customization
Thin structures modeling
Contact analysis
Performance
Advanced Modeling
Geometry Handling
Listening to your
needs, we have
been able to identify
a number of themes
which form the basis
of our roadmap and
guide our
developments

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What will Release 14.0 bring you?
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Lets now take a closer look at some topics
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Finite Element Information Access within
ANSYS Mechanical
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ANSYS Workbench is
originally a geometry
based tool. Many users
however also need to
control and access the
finite element
information.
Motivation
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Spot Welds
Connections created
internally at the
solution level are
available and can help
understand the results

Reviewing Connections
Weak springs and MPC contacts
as generated by the solver
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Nodes can be grouped
into named selections
based on selection logic,
using locations or other
characteristics or
manual selections
Selections of Nodes
Box Selection Node Picking Lasso Selection
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Applying Loads and Orientations to Nodes
Nodal orientation
allows users to orient
nodes in an arbitrary
coordinate system.
Direct FE loads and
boundary conditions can
be applied to selections
of nodes.
Nodes are oriented in cylindrical system for loads and
boundary condition definitions
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Results on Node Selections
Results are displayed on
elements for which all
nodes are selected.
Nodes named selections
allow to scope on specific
regions of the mesh or
remove undesired areas.

Results with first layer of
quads removed
Results on quads layers only
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Restart and Direct FE Loads
Nodal Forces and Pressures objects can
be added to a restart analysis without
causing the restart points to become
invalid.
Other loads can now be modified
without losing the restart points.

Analysis Settings tabular data:
No restart point is lost
Added after
initial solve
Second Load step
modified for restart
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Linear Dynamics in ANSYS Mechanical
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Workbench and Mechanical enhancements
MSUP Transient
Analysis supported
Joint feature can now
be used in Harmonics,
Random vibration
analysis
Reaction Force &
Moment results is now
supported

Modal Superposition Transient
Joints in Harmonic
Analyses
Reaction Forces in a
Harmonic Analyses
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Physics Coupling

Data Mapping
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Motivation
Exchange files are
frequently used to
transfer quantities from
one simulation to
another.

Efficient mapping of
point cloud data is
required to account for
misalignment, non
matching units or scaling
issues.
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Supported Data Types
New at R14.0
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Increased Accuracy
The smoothness of the
mapped data depends on
the density of the point
cloud.

Several weighting
options are available to
accommodate various
data quality.
Triangulation versus Kriging
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Validating the Mapped Data
Visual tools have
been implemented to
control how well the
data has been
mapped onto the
target structure
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Importing Multiple Files
Multiple files can be
imported for
transient analyses or
to handle different
data to be mapped
on multiple bodies
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Rotating Machines

Studying Rotordynamics in ANSYS Mechanical
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Motivation
ANSYS Mechanical users
need to be able to quickly
create shaft geometries
as well as analyze
dynamic characteristics
of rotating systems
Industrial fan (Venti Oelde)
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Geometry Creation
Geometries can be
imported from a CAD
system or imported
from a simple text
file definition as used
in preliminary design
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Import/Export of Bearing Characteristics
ANSYS provides an
interface that allows
to import bearing
characteristics from
an external file

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Specific Solver Settings
Rotordynamics
analyses require a
number of advanced
controls:
Damping
Solver choice
Coriolis effect

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Campbell Diagrams
Campbell diagrams
are used to identify
critical speeds of a
rotating shaft for a
given range of shaft
velocities
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Composites

Enhanced Analysis Workflow and Advanced
Failure Models for Composites

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Motivation
Efficient workflows
and in-depth analysis
tools are required to
model and
understand complex
composites structures
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Defining Material Properties
Composites material
require specific
definitions including
orthotropic
properties, as well as
some constants for
failure criteria (Tsai-
Wu, Puck, LaRc03/04,
Hashin)
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Manually Defining Layers on Simple Geometries
Users can define
simple layered
sections for a shell
body as well as define
thicknesses and
angles as parameters
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Defining Layers on Complex Geometries
For complex
geometries, the ANSYS
Composite PrepPost
tool is used and layer
definitions are imported
in the assembly model
in ANSYS Mechanical.

Courtesy of
TU Chemnitz
and GHOST
Bikes GmbH
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Investigating Composites Results
ANSYS Mechanical
supports layerwise
display of results.
ANSYS Composite
PrepPost offers
comprehensive
capabilities for global and
plywise failure analysis.
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Advanced Failure Analysis
Crack growth simulation
based on VCCT is
available to simulate
interfacial delamination.

Progressive damage is
suitable for determining
the ultimate strength of
the composite (last-ply
failure analysis)
2D laminar
composite
Initial crack
Start of damage (layer 1)
Progressed damage (layer 1)
Progressed damage (layer 3)
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Customization

ANSYS Design Assessment
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Motivation
Many of you have
expressed the need for:
Computing and
displaying specific
results
Be able to achieve
more complex User
defined results
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What is Design Assessment?
The Design Assessment
system enables the
selection and
combination of
upstream results and
the ability to optionally
further assess results
with customizable
scripts
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Expanded Result Access
Filtering of potentially invalid combinations can be suppressed to
enable greater user control. This allows the user to access results
not typically available in the base analysis.
Modal=No Beam Results
DA + Allow all
Available Results
allows beam results
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Design Assessment for Advanced User Defined
Results
Design Assessment enable
users to extend user defined
results capabilities with:
Expressions using
mathematical operators as
supported by Python
Coordinate systems, Units
Systems
Integration options
Nodal, Element-Nodal &
Elemental result types
Import from external tables
Script used to display scalar element data stored
in an external file
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Thin Structures

Mesh Connections
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Motivation
In order to connect
meshes of different
surface parts so as to
merge nodes at
intersections, users do not
always want or cannot
merge the topologies at
the geometry level.
Mesh based connections
are required.
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Mesh Connections
Mesh connections work
at part level:
As a post mesh
operation
Base part mesh is
stored to allow for quick
changes in connections

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Modal Analyses Shows Proper
Connections of the Various Bodies
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Further Meshing Enhancements
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Virtual Topologies Interactive Editing
Virtual topologies are
handled more
interactively through
direct graphics
interaction rather than
tree objects.
User selects entities then
applies VT operations
Direct access to
operations from
RMB menu
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VT Hard Vertex, Edge and Face Splits
Hard vertices can be
added at any location
on an edge or a face.

Hard vertices can then
be used to create face
splits from virtual
edges.

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Virtual Topologies Applications
Get swept mesh on
non-sweepable
bodies
Improve shell mesh quality
and orthogonality with VT
combinations
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Contact Analysis

Rigid Body Dynamics
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Motivation
Many mechanisms and
assemblies have
components that
operate through
contact.

In order to maintain the
rapid turnaround for
RBD simulations, there
has been a subsequent
focus on improving
speed, accuracy and
reliability of the contact
capability.
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Performance Improvements
Valve: 158 sec elapsed time
(2x speed up)
Piston: 9 sec elapsed
time (7.5x speed up)
The applicability,
robustness and
efficiency of the
contact has been
improved for speed
and accuracy
expect a typical 2-5x
speed-up

Transition and jump
prediction have been greatly
improved
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Contact Analysis

Flexible bodies
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Motivation
While already providing
leading edge
technology, ANSYS
continues to enhance
its ability to robustly
and efficiently solve
complex contact
problems
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Projected Contact
Improved pressure results with
surface projection
The Surface Projection
Based Contact provides
more accurate results
(stresses, pressures,
temperatures) and is
now also available for
bonded MPC contacts
Regular contact Projection based
Smoother temperature results on a
multilayered structure
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Contact accuracy and robustness
Contact stabilization
technique dampens
relative motions
between the contact
and target surfaces
for open contact

New contact
stabilization prevents
rigid motion
Adjust to touch causes
rigid body motion and
leaves a gap
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Performance

Further benefits from GPU boards
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Taking advantage of
the latest hardware
is mandatory to
solve your large
models.
A combination of
relatively new
technologies
provides a
breakthrough means
to reduce the time
to solution

Motivation
+
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Distributed ANSYS Supports GPUs
2.1 MDOF,
Nonlinear
Structural
Analysis using
the Distributed
Sparse Solver
GPU Acceleration can now be used with Distributed ANSYS to
combine the speed of GPU technology and the power of
distributed ANSYS

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Speed-up from GPU technology
Solder Joint Benchmark - 4M
DOF, Creep Strain Analysis
Results Courtesy of MicroConsult Engineering, GmbH
Linux cluster : Each node
contains 12 Intel Xeon 5600-
series cores, 96 GB RAM,
NVIDIA Tesla M2070,
InfiniBand
Mold
PCB
Solder
balls
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Speed-up from multiple nodes with 1 GPU
board per node
Mold
PCB
Solder
balls
Results Courtesy of MicroConsult Engineering, GmbH
1 node @
8 cores, 1
GPU
2 nodes @
4 cores,
2 GPU
8 nodes@
1 core,
8 GPU
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Advanced Modeling

Material Models
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Motivation
ANSYS provides a
comprehensive library
of advanced materials.

Some users however
need even more
advanced models to
include complex
nonlinear phenomena
in their simulations.

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Anisotropic Hyperelasticity plus
Viscoelasticity for strain rate effects
Hyperelasticity coupled with Pore
Pressure element
Shape Memory Alloy enhanced with
superelasticity, Memory effect, New
Yield Function, Differentiated Moduli
(Austenite, Martensite)
Holzapfel Model - Capture the
behavior of fiber-reinforced tissue

Advanced Materials for Biomechanical
Applications
Hydrocephalus analysis
Hyperelastic material with porous media
Stent modeling using shape memory alloys
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Nonlinear materials support for coupled field elements
Coupled field-elements
for strongly coupled
thermo-mechanical
analysis now accounts
for plasticity induced
heat generation along
with friction effects
Friction Stir Welding including heat generation due to
friction and plastic deformation
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Advanced Modeling

Advanced Methods
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Motivation
The solver techniques
available from our
solutions allow to
model complex
phenomena.

In some cases, better or
different techniques are
required to improve the
accuracy or the
convergence of the
models.
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Advanced Nonlinear Methods
User can now perform:
Buckling from a
nonlinear prestressed
state with dead loads
(new subspace
eigensolver)

3D rezoning for very
large deformations for a
wider range of materials
and boundary
conditions.
Hot-Rolling Structural Steel
Analysis with 3-D Rezoning
Buckling of a pre-stressed
stiffened container
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Analyzing Fasteners under Large Deformations
Bolt pretension does not
include large rotation
effects.
With release 14.0, you
can now use Joint Loads:
Lock joint at specific
load step
Apply Pre-Tension or
Pre-Torque load
use iterative PCG
solver for faster runtime

Joint Element - Stress appears
without significant bending
Pre-tension element - Significant
bending stress with large rotation
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Coupled structures/acoustics simulations
Coupled problems are
modeled more
efficiently:
Quadratic tetrahedral
acoustics elements
New acoustics
sources
Absorbing areas
Enhanced PML
formulation
Near and far-field
parameters
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Moisture Diffusion
Moisture induces
hydroscopic stresses and
alters thermal stresses.
Coupled-field elements
allow to incorporate
moisture effects in
thermal, structural and
coupled simulations.

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Advanced Modeling

Explicit Analysis
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Motivation
Explicit formulations
extend the range of
problems a structural
engineer can solve.

Providing handling
capabilities similar to
implicit solutions
provides an easy
transition from implicit
to explicit.
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A Common User Interface
Implicit and explicit
solutions share the
same user interface for
a shortened learning
curve and allow
straightforward data
exchange between
disciplines
Crimping
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New tetrahedral element
The new tetrahedral
element helps quickly
model complex
geometries for low
velocity applications
such as drop tests for
mobile phones or
nuclear equipments
Self Piercing Rivet
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Similarly to implicit
analyses, 2D plain
strain and
axisymmetric
formulations provide
faster computation of
explicit solutions
Fast Solutions Using 2-D Formulations

2D forming
Axisymmetric
bullet model
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Geometry

Advances for Structural Engineers
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Motivation
With every release,
ANSYS improves the
quality of the geometry
tools available in
Workbench in order to
increase the quality of
the geometric data.

Ease of use is also
constantly improved to
provide more efficient
tools.
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Mid Surfacing Improvements
Selection tolerance is
available to handle face
pairs in case of
imperfect offsets.

Body thicknesses can be
displayed on the model.

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Usability Enhancements
Toolbars can be
customized for easy and
direct access to preferred
features and tools.

Hot keys are also
available for frequently
used operations.
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SpaceClaim Direct Modeler
Preview sharing allow
to control topology
sharing before
transferring the model
into Workbench.

Multi-face patch
option increases the
quality of repairs for
missing faces.

Regular patch
Multi-face patch
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Physics Coupling

System Optimization with Rigid Body Dynamics
and Simplorer co-simulation
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Motivation
Most mechanisms and
assemblies are managed
via control systems.
System simulation,
including the details of
the mechanism or
assembly, are needed in
order to improve
modeling accuracy,
fidelity and ultimately
system optimization.

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Linking Mechanical and Simplorer
Inputs and outputs are
defined as pins in the
Mechanical model and
connected to the
schematics of Simplorer
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Simulation Results
Force Applied on Pistons
Rotational Displacement
Rotational Velocity
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Some Examples
Aircraft Landing
Gear
Simplorer schematic of
hydraulic circuit and control
RBD model
Robotic Arm Control
Trace of arm
trajectory
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And there is much more
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check the Release Notes!
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Think also of the Technology Demonstration
Guide
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Questions?
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Appendix
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Customization

Application Customization Toolkit
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Motivation
As a Mechanical User,
you may want to:
Customize menus
Create new loads and
boundary conditions
Create new types of
plots
Reuse APDL scripts
without command
snippets
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What is the Application Customization Toolkit?
The Application
CustomizationToolkit is
a tool that
facilitates customization
of ANSYS Mechanical.

It provides a way to
extend the features
offered by ANSYS
products.
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Toolbar Customization through XML Files
<load internalName="Convection on Blade" caption="Convection on Blade" icon="Convection"
issupport="false" isload="true">
<version>1</version>

<callbacks>
<onsolve>Convection_Blade_Computation</onsolve>
</callbacks>

<details>
<property internalName="Geometry" dataType="string" control="scoping"></property>
<property internalName="Thickness" caption="Thickness" dataType="string"
control="text"></property>
<property internalName="Film Coefficient" caption="Film Coefficient" dataType="string"
control="text"></property>
<property internalName="Ambient Temperature" caption="Ambient Temperature"
dataType="string" control="text"></property>

</details>
</load>
XML definition:
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Python Driven Loads and Boundary Conditions
Python script:

# Get the scoped geometry:
propGeo = result.GetDPropertyFromName("Geometry")
refIds = propGeo.Value

# Get the related mesh and create the component:
for refId in refIds:
meshRegion = mesh.MeshRegion(refId)
elementIds = meshRegion.Elements
eid = aap.mesh.element[elementIds[0]].Id
f.write("*get,ntyp,ELEM,"+eid.ToString()+",ATTR,TYPE\n")
f.write("esel,s,type,,ntyp \n cm,component,ELEM")

# Get properties from the details view:
propThick = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Thickness")
thickness = propThick.Value
propCoef = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Film Coefficient")
film_coefficient = propCoef.Value
propTemp = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Ambient Temperature")
temperature = propTemp.Value

# Insert the parameters for the APDL commands:
f.write("thickness="+thickness.ToString()+"\n")
f.write("film_coefficient="+film_coefficient.ToString()+"\n")
f.write("temperature="+temperature.ToString()+"\n")

# Reuse the legacy APDL macros:
f.write("/input,APDL_script_for_convection.inp\n")
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Writing APDL Commands From the New Definition
! APDL_script_for_convection.inp

! Input parameters:
esel,s,type,,10
cm,component,ELEM
thickness = 1.1
film_coefficient = 120.
temperature = 22.

! Treatment:
/prep7
et,100,152
keyop,100,8,2.
et,1001,131
keyo,1001,3,2
sectype,1001,shell
secdata,thickness,10
secoff,mid
cmsel,s,component
emodif,all,type,1001
emodif,all,secnum,1001
type,100
esurf
fini
alls
/solu
esel,s,type,,100
nsle
sf,all,conv,film_coefficient,temperature
alls
APDL
WB Mechanical
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An Example: ACT driven Submodeling
Users simply select the
coarse models results file,
all APDL commands are
automatically created no
more need for command
blocks!
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Advanced Modeling

Offshore Structures
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Over the period of the design of an offshore structure
from Concept through FEED and Detailed Structural and
Equipment Design there are needs for many different
analyses related to global structural design and integrity
and detailed component level analysis. To ensure delivery
timeliness, and reliability where costs of failure are so high,
there is considerable value in compatibility between the
respective tools. This is delivered by the ongoing
integration of ANSYS AQWA in Workbench and delivery of
enhanced capabilities in Mechanical/MAPDL for offshore
structures analysis.
Importantly, ANSYS Structural Mechanics products now
deliver the ability to conduct both global and detailed
analysis of offshore structures subjected to various wave
and environmental loadings.
Global Offshore Structures
Local joint flexibility analysis
Global hydrodynamics and
structural analyses
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Hydrodynamic Time Response system
enhancements include
Fenders (similar to contact)
Allows connections between 2 structures
or between a structure and a fixed point
Articulations (similar to joints)

Further AQWA Integration in Workbench
for Multi-Body Wave Hydrodynamics
Offloading arm
represented with series
of typical articulations
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Enhanced Environmental Conditions and
Cable Behavior in AQWA
Introduction of multi-directional wave spectra
allows more realistic modelling of real wave
conditions, and is important for the accurate
simulation of moored vessels and offshore
platforms
Almost any combination of wave spectra to
be modelled in the solver modules LIBRIUM,
DRIFT and the Hydrodynamic Time Response
system in Workbench
To meet API standard (RP2SK), non-linear axial
stiffness can be used to define a mooring line
Gaussian formulated wave spectrum now
available in the core solver and the
Hydrodynamic Time Response system

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Diffracted wave loading
Provides simplified pressure loading from
Hydrodynamics Diffraction systems (AQWA)
onto MAPDL system
Harmonic Wave Loading
Regular wave loading now available for harmonic
response analyses
ANSYS FATJACK (for beam joint fatigue of framed
structures) automatically reads the RST file data
for harmonic load cases
ANSYS BEAMCHECK (for member checks on framed
structures) and ANSYS FATJACK now delivered with
Mechanical installation
See Design Assessment for further information

Extended Wave Loading in Mechanical
and links to Regulatory Code Checks
Vessel Loading Transfer from
AQWA to Mechanical
Courtesy of Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam
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Aeroelastic coupling (for wind turbine support
structures)
Sequential
Allowing structural (ANSYS) and aeroelastic (3rd
party) analyses to be run independently
Just use a provided MAPDL macro to write out
input data for the aeroelastic analysis
Fully coupled
Co-simulation of structural and aeroelastic tools
Custom build of MAPDL required, with a macro to
manage the data availability from and to MAPDL
Coupling Mechanical with 3
rd
Party
Aeroelastic Tools for Offshore Wind
Turbine Modeling

Images Courtesy of REpower Systems AG
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Advanced Modeling

Brake Squeal
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Motivation
Brake Squeal is a consistent
customer complaints and is
associated with high warranty
costs.

ANSYS provides the best
solution for such analyses,
including complex Eigen-
Methods to predict onset of
squeal, new state-of-the-art
linear methods and
parametric studies.
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Complex Eigen solve
Animate: Complex
Mode Shape
Contact Status at Pads

ANSYS Solution for Brake Squeal
CAD
Mesh &
Connection
Setup &
solver
Post
Processing
Bi-Directional CAD
Connectivity
Automated Contact
Detection
Provides for sliding
contact with friction
No match mesh needed
Supports higher order
elements Automated Meshing
Flexibility to use Linear
& Non-linear solver
capabilities
Root locus plots
Correlation of modes
List Strain energy per
component per mode
Friction sensitivity study
Physical prototyping time consuming and expensive
Provide more analysis early in the design cycle
Parametric Study by changing friction coefficient
Run set of DOEs
Reuse symmetric modes and just run un-
symmetric part
Significant time reduction

Can Include Squeal and
Contact damping
- Sliding velocity
dependent Friction

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