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SPACECRAFT FAIRING
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Problem Description
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Create a new database called fairing.db and set the model preferences.
Create the model geometry.
Create the mesh seeds for the model.
IsoMesh the model using Quad4 topology.
Check the free edges, equivalence the model, and then check the free
edges again.
Create a new group called FEM that contains only the finite elemental
model. Then post only the FEM group.
Create two material properties, alum_1 and alum_2.
Create two fields, one for temperature and the other for thickness.
Create element properties.
Create a temperature boundary condition.
Create a series of lists containing elements that satisfy these following
requirements: 1) the elements are made up of the alum_1 material, 2) the
elements are greater than 0.98 in thickness, and 3) the elements have a
temperature greater than 230.0 degrees.
Intersect lists a and b to produce a list of elements that satisfy the first two
conditions.
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Create a new database and set the model
preferences.
a. File: New.
b. Enter fairing for the File Name.
c. Click OK.
d. Set the Tolerance to Default.
e. Make sure that the Analysis Code
and Analysis Type are set to
MSC.Nastran and Structural,
respectively.
f. Click OK.
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Create the points and curves that
represent the outline of the fairing.
a. Geometry: Create / Point / XYZ.
b. Enter [30 0 0] under Point
Coordinates List and click Apply.
c. Geometry: Create / Curve / XYZ.
d. Enter <0 120 0> and [50 40 0]
under Vector Coordinates List and
Origin Coordinates List,
respectively.
e. Click Apply.
f. Click on Cycle Show Labels icon.
g. Click on Point Size icon to increase
the point size.
h. Geometry : Create / Curve / Point.
i. Click on Point 1 under Starting
Point List and click on Point 2 for
Ending Point List.
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Create the fairing by revolving
curves 1 and 2 about the fairings
vertical center line.
a. Geometry: Create /
Surface / Revolve.
b. Enter Coord 0.2 for Axis
c. Enter 360 for the Total
Angle.
d. Click on Curve List.
e. Click on Curve 1, then click
on Curve 2.
f. Viewing: Angles.
g. Enter 30 0 0 under Angles.
h. Click Apply.
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Now that the mesh seeds have
been created, mesh the model
using Quad4 topology.
a. Elements: Create / Mesh /
Surface.
b. Select Quad, IsoMesh,
and Quad4.
c. Rectangular pick the
entire model and click
Apply.
d. Remove the display lines
by clicking the on the
Display lines icon.
e. Remove the labels by
clicking the Cycle Show
labels icon.
f. Decrease the point-size
by clicking on the Point
Size icon.
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Mesh the horizontal
(circumferential) edges of each
surface with two-noded bar
elements.
a. Click on Plot/Erase icon.
b. Click on Erase under
FEM.
c. Click OK.
d. Elements: Create / Mesh
/ Curve.
e. Set Topology to Bar2
f. Shift select the 3 curves
(as indicated).
g. Click Apply.
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Create the first material for the
model. Material alum_1 will be
applied to the top(cylindrical)
portion of the fairing.
a. Materials: Create /
Isotropic / Manual Input.
b. Enter alum_1 for the
Material Name.
c. Click on Input
Properties.
d. Select Linear Elastic and
enter 1.05E7, 0.33, and
2.6E-4, for Elastic
Modulus, Poisson Ratio,
and Density, respectively.
e. Click OK.
f. Click Apply.
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Create the second material for
the model. Material alum_2 will
be applied to the bottom
(tapered) portion of the fairing.
a. Materials: Create /
Isotropic / Manual Input.
b. Enter alum_2 for the
Material Name.
c. Click on Input
Properties.
d. Select Linear Elastic and
enter 1.18E7, 0.33, and
2.4E-4, for Elastic
Modulus, Poisson Ratio,
and Density, respectively.
e. Click OK.
f. Click Apply.
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Define a field that represents the
varying thickness.
a. Fields: Create / Spatial /
PCL Function.
b. Enter thickness for the
Field Name.
c. Enter 1.5-Y/160 for the
Scalar Function and click
Apply.
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Define a field that represents the
varying temperature distribution.
a. Fields: Create / Spatial / PCL
Function.
b. Enter temperature for the
Field Name.
c. Enter 200.0-(150.0/160.0)*X
for the Scalar Function and
click Apply.
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Plot the function defined in
the field.
a. Field: Show
b. Select temperature
as the field to show.
c. Click Specify
Range.
d. Enter 50.0 for the
maximum and 10 for
the number of
points.
e. Click OK.
f. Click Apply.
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Create two element properties
which include the material
definitions and varying thickness.
a. Properties: Create / 2D /
Shell.
b. Enter prop_1 for the
Property Set Name.
c. Click on Input Properties.
d. Click on the Select Material
icon.
e. Select alum_1 from the
Select Material list box.
f. Click on the Front view
icon.
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Create the second property set.
a. Properties: Create / 2D / Shell.
b. Enter prop_2 for the Property
Set Name.
c. Click on Input Properties
d. Click on the Select Material
Icon.
e. Select alum_2 from the
Existing Materials.
f. Click on the Select Field Icon
g. Select thickness from the
Existing Fields box.
h. Click OK.
i. Click on Select Members and
select the bottom (tapered)
portion of the fairing by
dragging a box around it(as
indicated on next page).
j. Click Add, then Apply
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Use Lists and groups to filter then
group the quad elements that have the
following
attributes:
Material :
alum_1
Thickness : > 0.98
Temperature : >230.0
a. Tools : List / Create
b. FEM / Element / Attribute
c. Under Attribute, select
Material.
d. Under Existing Materials,
select alum_1.
e. Set the Target List to A and
click Apply.
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The contents of List A
compose of elements that
satisfy the first condition;
they are made up of the
alum_1 material.
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Define List B to include only the
Quad elements that have a
thickness greater than 0.98.
a. Properties: Show.
b. Under Existing
Properties, select
Thickness.
c. Set Display Method to
Scalar Plot.
d. Select Current
Viewport, select FEM
and click Apply.
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Shown above is a fringe plot the model by thickness. Those
elements that are thicker than 0.98 will be included in the next
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After defining the list parameters,
add the elements greater than 0.98
in thickness to list B.
a. Tools: List / Create
b. FEM / Element / Attribute.
c. Under Attribute, select
Fringe Value.
d. Under Fringe Tools, select
default_Fringe.
e. Change the inequality to >
and enter 0.98.
f. Select B for the Target
List.
g. Click on Apply.
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Clear the contents of List B and add the
values obtained from the final classification.
a. Tools: List / Create.
b. FEM / Element / Attribute.
c. Select Fringe Value and
default_Fringe for Attribute and Fringe
Tools respectively.
d. Change the inequality to > and enter
230.0.
e. Select B for the Target List.
f. Click on Clear on the List B form
g. Click Apply on the List Create form.
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Set the entity coloring and labeling to Group mode and
then change the display attributes for each of the two
new groups.
a. Display: Entity / Color / Label / Render
b. Select Group under Entity Color and Labeling.
c. Select the prop1_group under the Target
Group(s).
d. Select HiddenLine for the Render Style and
select dark blue for the Shade Color.
e. Click Apply.
f. Select the prop2_group for the Target
Group(s).
g. Select Wireframe for the Render Style and
select red for the Shade Color.
h. Click Apply, then, Cancel.
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Post both the prop1_group
and the prop2_group.
a. Group: Post
b. Under Select Groups
to Post, select both
prop1_group and
prop2_group.
c. Click Apply.
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