Customer Training Material

Workshop 4B

Contact with Friction

ANSYS Mechanical
Structural Nonlinearities

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Goal
Create contact pairs between three parts (piston,
cylinder and seal).
Run 2 load step analysis to simulate assembly of
the three parts together. Piston
Post Process force along axis to assembly parts. O-ring

Model Description
2D Axisymmetric
Piston is constrained from movement.
Cylinder is displaced to simulate assembly
Materials:
Cylinder
Steel for Piston and Cylinder
Elastomer for O-Ring
1st load reconciles interference between piston
and inside diameter of O-ring
2nd load step slides cylinder onto piston-O-ring
subassembly.

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Steps to Follow:
Restore Archive browse for file W4b_oring.wbpz

Save as
File name: WS4b-oring
Save as type: Workbench Project Files (*.wbpj)

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Highlight the Engineering Data Cells double

click to open and verify the predefined material
properties
Verify that the units are in Metric(Tonne,mm,)
system. If not, fix this by clicking on
Utility Menu>Units>Metric(Tonne, mm,..)

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The project Schematic should look like the

picture to the right.
Highlight the Engineering Data Cell and open by
clicking on the Right Mouse Button (RMB)=>Edit to
verify the predefined material properties
elastomer and Structural Steel
Verify that the units are in Metric(Tonne,mm,)
system. If not, fix this by clicking on
Utility Menu=>Units=>Metric(Tonne, mm,)

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Return to the project schematic page

Double click (or RMB=>Edit) on the Model Cell to open a Mechanical

Session

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Once inside the Mechanical application, verify the working unit system
Unit > Metric (mm,kg,N,s,mV,mA)
The piston-cylinder assembly is already set up as a 2D axisymmetric
model with the necessary boundary conditions and loads. It remains to
define the contact pairs between the parts, set up the solution control
analysis settings, run the solution and post process the results.
Expand each folder in the project tree to become familiar with the model
and to confirm material assignments for each part, boundary conditions,
loads and Analysis Settings.

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Note: Auto contact detection did not create adequate contact relationships
for this model. There is only one bonded contact pair created by default and
it is insufficient for representing the assembly.

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Redefine the O-ring To Piston contact region as follows:

Revise Target definition to

include the three surfaces of
the O-ring groove as shown.
Change Type to Frictional
Friction Coefficient = 0.05
Switch behavior to
Asymmetric target
Formulation = Augmented
Lagrange
Normal Stiffness = 0.1
Updated stiffness each
iteration
Pinball Radius = 2mm

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Insert an additional manual contact region between O-ring and Cylinder

wall by highlighting Contact branch and RMB>Insert>Manual Contact.
Defined this new region with specifications below. Contact

Target

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Confirm the Analysis Settings

Large deflection is turned On
There are two load steps with different Auto Time Stepping specifications

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Confirm the displacement load of 10mm is applied to the

cylinder at load step 2.

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Execute the solve.

After many iterations and a few bisections, the solution converges.

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Review the Total Deformation results.

Change the contour bar to clarify the deformation of the O-ring geometry
Animate the result

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Highlight Solution Branch and RMB>Insert>Contact Tool

Insert and post process contact status, pressure, frictional stress and penetration

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