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Mechanism using ANSYS Solutions
Achuth Rao, Ph.D.
Product Line Manager
Product Management Group
ANSYS Inc.
Solution Brands and Products
Structural Fluids Explicit
ANSYS/AUTODYN
ANSYS/Mechanical CFX/FLUENT
ANSYS/Multiphysics
Electromagnetics Meshing Optimization
ANSYS/EMAG ANSYS/DesignXplorer
ICEM CFD
Geometry and CAD integration
Benefits
• Support for all major CAD
systems and file formats
• Bi‐Directional Associativity
• Parameter data types
supported:
– Geometry
– CAD Parameters
– Material Properties
– Attributes (Loads; Constraints etc.)
Workflow: Dynamic Drop Test Analysis
Benefits
• Integrated dynamics solver capability
• Reduces total solution time through
CAD: CATIA R17
meshing; pre‐processing; solution and
post‐processing
• Accurate physical representation as
compared to rigid multi‐body solvers
ANSYS Workbench
• Flexibility can be introduced when
needed either based on component ANSYS DesignModeler
mode synthesis or full nonlinear
analysis
ANSYS Simulation
• CAD associativity allows for easy
parametric updated to design
ANSYS Flexible Multi‐body Dynamics
Benefits
• Automatic connections setup
• Implicit structural solution
• Multi‐step transient analysis
• FE based rigid body analysis
• Nonlinear contact with friction
• Geometry based loading and
processing of dynamics data
• Rigid to flexible part conversion
• Component Mode Synthesis (CMS)
techniques for model reduction and
flexibility
Connectors and FE Representation
Geometry representation FE Mesh Representation
• Connectors and contact behavior defined on geometry
• Equivalent FE representation though mass and connectors
Nonlinear Contact Modeling with Friction
• Rigid‐rigid contact model between
tire and runway
• Nonlinear frictional contact with
between tires and runway
Contact Mesh • Tire Representation:
– Tire stiffness and damping modeling
using springs and dampers below
runway
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Landing Gear without Rotation and Contact
• Rotation of tires and contact with payment ignored
• Tire model approximated with a spring‐damper system
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Reaction vs Strut Stroke
Landing Gear with Rotation and Friction
• Rotation of wheel at approach speed of 150 mph
• Friction behavior with contact
• Tire model approximated with a spring‐damper system
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Dynamic Drop Test Analysis
Reaction vs Strut Stroke
FMBD Solution Strategies & Benefits
Traditional Techniques
FE Based Approach Savings
Benefits
• Easy model reduction and CAD: CATIA R17
simplification for static analysis
• CAD associativity allows for
easy parametric updated to ANSYS Workbench
design ANSYS DesignModeler
• Advanced unified meshing tools
from ANSYS, ICEM CFD, CFX and ANSYS Simulation
FLUENT
• Integrated design optimization ANSYS DesignXplorer
& topological optimization
solutions
Static Analysis: Cylinder & Lug Design
• Automatic connections and
contact definition
• Geometry and FE based pre‐
processing and post‐processing
• Nonlinear geometry and contact
capability
• Ability to run design changes
through parametric model
updates
Automatic contact and connections
Connections
and Contact
Definition
Meshing and Pre‐processing
Mesh Metrics
Static Analysis: Dynamic Braking & Turning
Turning Loads
Displacement Results Equivalent Stress Results
Parameter Manager & Design Optimization
• Parameter Manager
across all applications:
– Design of experiments
– Design for six sigma and
robust design
• Input and output
parameters from CAD;
material properties;
boundary conditions and
results and derived
results variables
Geometry Updates and Design Parameters
• CATIA model update within ANSYS DesignModeler through
parametric design
• Model updates can be transferred back to CAD system through
bidirectional associativity
Automatic Mesh Updates with Design Parameters
Post‐processing through design iterations
Reduced stresses levels
Equivalent Stress
Displacement Results Equivalent Stress Results
Topological Optimization
Upper and Lower Torsion Links
Minimization of Structural Compliance
ANSYS System Simulation Capabilities
• ANSYS Workbench provides an
integrated solution environment for
CAD geometry, meshing, CFD,
implicit/explicit structural dynamics Landing Gear Acoustics Simulation
and optimization using FLUENT
• Capabilities for system simulation of aircraft landing gear
– Structural dynamics simulation of landing gear
– Thermal analysis of landing gear brake assembly
– Brake squeal analysis of landing gear brake dynamics
– CFD analysis for landing gear noise simulation …