ANSYSAqwa in

Workbench

PaulSchofield ANSYSHouston

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 Overview

Introduction
ANSYSWorkbenchoverview
Dataintegratedapplications
DesignModeler
Aqwa
Loadmapping
Demonstration

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 Introduction

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 CorePrograms ThehistoricalPerspective

AGS
ANSYS
Mechanical

LINE WAVE

ANSYS ASAS
LIBRIUM FER NAUT DRIFT
(FE model)

EXCEL

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 AQWAHydrodynamicSimulationProcedure

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 AQWAWorkbenchApplication

HydrodynamicDiffractionandHydrodynamicTime
WorkbenchProject
ResponserepresentanANSYSWorkbench
implementationoftheANSYSAQWAhydrodynamic
WorkbenchProject
ANSYS ANSYS
software
CADImport Hydrodynamic Hydrodynamic

DesignModeler
Diffraction
ANSYS TimeResponse
ProvidesacommonlookandfeelacrosstheANSYS ANSYS
ANSYS
CADImport
productsuite ANSYS
Hydrodynamic Hydrodynamic
DesignModeler
Diffraction TimeResponse
Mechanical
Providesforfutureinteroperabilitywithother
physicalmodelsintheANSYSproductsuite,e.g.,
Vesselparticulars Fluent/CFX
Parameter

ANSYSMechanicalandANSYSCFD
Variation

Environmentalconditions

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 Multiphysics Simulation

Geometry
AQWA CFX/Fluent Mechanical
modelling

Hydro-Structural Design in Workbench

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 ANSYSWorkbench

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 LaunchingANSYSWorkbench
TherearetwomethodsoflaunchingWorkbench:
FromtheWindowsstartmenu:

FromtheCADsystem

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 TheWorkbenchEnvironment
FormostsituationstheWorkbenchGUIisdividedinto2primarysections.

The Toolbox The Project Schematic

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 TheProjectSchematic
TheWorkbenchprojectschematicisagraphicalrepresentationoftheworkflowdefininga
systemorgroupofsystems.
Fromthetoolboxaselectioncanbedraggedanddroppedontotheschematic(ordouble
clicked).

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 ...TheProjectSchematic
Bydroppingapplicationsand/orsystemsintovariouslocationsintheschematic,
anoverallanalysisprojectisdefined.
IntheexamplebelowaHydrodynamicTimeResponse systemisdraggedand
droppedontoaHydrodynamicDiffraction system.

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 ...TheProjectSchematic
AschematiccanalsobeconstructedbyRMBandchoosingtoTransferDataTo
NeworTransferDataFromNew.
Theseselectionswillvarydependingonwhichcellinaparticularsystemyou
highlight.

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 Parameterisation

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 WorkbenchFileManagement
FromtheWorkbenchViewmenuactivatethe
Filesoptiontodisplayawindowcontainingfile
detailsandlocations.

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 WorkbenchFileManagement
Workbenchcreatesaprojectfileandaseriesofsubdirectoriestomanageall
associatedfiles.
Whenaprojectissavedaprojectfileiscreated(.wbpj).
Aprojectdirectorywillbecreatedusingtheprojectname.Inthisexamplethefile
iscalledCylinder.wbpjsothedirectorycreatedisCylinder_files.
ThesubdirectoriescreatedaredependentontheWorkbenchapplicationsusedin
theproject.

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 WorkbenchFileManagement
DirectoryStructure:
dpn:thisisthedesignpointdirectory.Thisessentiallyisthestateofallparametersforaparticular
analysis.Inthecaseofasingleanalysistherewillbeonlyonedp0directory.
AQWn:containssubdirectoriesforeachapplicationintheanalysis.Intheexamplebelowthe
AQWdirectorywillcontainthedatabase,andotherassociatedfilesfromtheAQWAHD
application.AQW1directorywillcontaintheresultsofthetimeresponseanalysis.TheAnalysis
subdirectorywouldcontainthefilesassociatedwiththatparticularsolution.
user_files:containsexternaluserdefinedfilesthatmaybeassociatedwithaproject.Theuserisfree
tousethisdirectoryasdesired.

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 ...WorkbenchFileManagement
Archive:quicklygeneratesasinglecompressed
filecontainingallpertinentfiles.

Fileiszipformat(.wbpz)andcanbeopened
usingtheRestoreArchive...utilityinWB2.

Severaloptionsareavailablewhenarchiving
systemsasshownhere.

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 LaunchingApplications
DataintegratedapplicationssuchasAqwa andDesignModeler can
belauncheddirectlyfromtheprojectpagewithadoubleclick.

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 ModellinginANSYSDesignModeler
ImportmanynativeCADformats
IGES
Parasolid

DirectCADlinks (Bidirectionalassociativityandconnectivity)
AutodeskInventor
CATIAV4&V5
SolidEdge
SolidWorks
UGNX
Pro/ENGINEER
SpaceClaim

Anyarbitraryshape
Geometrydefinitionwithparametricdimensioning
Geometrycleanupandsimplification

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 ModellinginAQWA

Diffractingornondiffractingpanels
Morisonelements
TUBE
STUB
DISC
Pointmasses
Mixedmodels
Connectionpoints
Additionalhydrostaticstiffness,damping
andaddedmass
Windandcurrentforcecoefficients

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 ModellinginAQWA

Moorings
Linearsprings
Elasticcatenaries
Intermediatebuoys
Clumpweights
Pulleys&winches
Fenders
Articulations
Stiffnessmatrix

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 ModellinginAQWA

Waves WaveSpectra
Regular/irregular PiersonMoskowitz
Timehistory JONSWAP
Gaussian
Current Userdefined
Uniform Crossswell
Profile
Multiplesimultaneous
Wind spectra
Uniform
Spectra Interactionbetweenspectra
fromdifferentdirections
Timehistory

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 Surface&PressurePlots

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 Animation

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 Graphing

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 Reports

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 LoadMapping

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 LoadTransfer/Mapping

CalculationandtransferofhydrodynamicloadstoANSYSforstructural
analysis

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 Pre14ANSYSLoadTransferRequirements

ANSYS DM
Geometry

Hydrodynamic Structural Mesh

Mesh

ANSTOASAS

AQWAWB Solve
Structural Data

Hyd Database
/TITLE, CASE 1001 'H = 2.0 T = 62.8 D = 0.0 P = 0.0'
! COMPONENT ANSY
SFEDELE,ALL,ALL,PRES

Pressure and FDELE,ALL

LSCLEAR,INER
SFE, 2409, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, -1.9740E+02, -1.9576E+02, 0.0000E+00
Control Data Acceleration SFE, 2411, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, -2.0081E+02, -1.9777E+02

AQWA WAVE Data

SFE, 2412,
SFE, 2416,
SFE, 41361,
2,PRES,0, -1.9558E+02, -1.9503E+02,
2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00,
2,PRES,0, -3.9148E+02, -3.8728E+02,
0.0000E+00,
-2.8120E+01,
-3.8728E+02,
0.0000E+00
0.0000E+00
-3.9161E+02
SFE, 41362, 2,PRES,0, -3.9092E+02, -3.8734E+02, -3.8728E+02, -3.9148E+02
SFE, 41363, 2,PRES,0, -3.9490E+02, -3.9511E+02, -3.8924E+02, -3.9014E+02
SFE, 41364, 2,PRES,0, -3.9014E+02, -3.8543E+02, -3.8734E+02, -3.9092E+02
ACEL, 1.9891E-07, 4.2397E-07, -1.0044E-02
CGLOC, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, 2.5400E+01
DCGOMG, 3.0279E-08, -2.4966E-08, 3.1457E-10

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 14.0LoadMappingProcess
Geometry Modeler

3D Hydrodynamic Panel Global Structural FE Model

Model (Coarse Mesh for Yielding and Buckling Check)

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 ...LoadTransferRequirements
Panelpressuresareextractedfrom
database P1
N1
P5

Nodalvaluesarecomputedfrom P2 P6
N2
weightedaveragingofpressuresof
connectedpanels P3 P7

Finiteelementnodalpressures P4
computedfromweightedaveraging
ofhydrodynamicnodalvalues

N1 N3

N2 N4

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 LoadmappingtoMechanical/APDL

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 TreeItemsForPressureMappingat14.0
*DIM,_aqwaAnalysis,STRING,248
_waveDir = arg1
*DIM,_runCommand,STRING,248
_waveHeight = arg2
_aqwaAnalysis(1) =
_wavePeriod = arg3
'C:\ANSYS\LoadMapping_14.0\LoadMapping_files\dp0\AQW\AQW\AQ\Analysis\Analysis'
_wavePhase = =arg4
_runCommand(1) '"C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v140\aqwa\bin\winx64\AQWA2NEUT"'
*cfopen,run,txt
octype,_idwav,WAVE
*vwrite,_runCommand(1),_aqwaAnalysis(1)
ocdata,8,_waveDir
/SYS,%s %s
octable,_waveHeight,_wavePeriod,_wavePhase
*cfclos
/input,run.txt
ocread,_aqwaAnalysis(1),ahd
_aqwaAnalysis(1) = '%_aqwaAnalysis(1)%_1'
_waveDir = = arg1
_aqwaDensity
_waveHeight
_aqwaGrav =
= arg2
_wavePeriod =
_wavePhase
_matwat = 2000=
_idwat = 2001
_idwav = 2003

! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent

mp,dens,_matwat,_aqwaDensity
_aqwaDensity=

! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent

acel,0,0,_aqwaGrav
_aqwaGrav=

! Set up basic wave information

octype,_idwat,basic,ocean,,_idwav
ocdata,1000.0,_matwat

/PREP7
_maxEtypes = ETYIQR(0,14)
*do,_et,1,_maxEtypes
*if,ETYIQR(_et,1),le,0,cycle
*if,ETYIQR(_et,-2),eq,154,then
keyopt,_et,8,_idwat
*endif
*enddo
/SOLU

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 Solve

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 ThankYou

paul.schofield@ansys.com

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