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150 ANSYS Workbench Mechanical: Tips and Tricks
150 ANSYS Workbench Mechanical: Tips and Tricks
Mechanical
tips and tricks
by Claudiu D.
ISBN 978-973-0-16372-8
A) Index of topics.....................................................................page 7
B) Foreword............................................................................ page 13
After having finished reading it, keep it close to you, because you will
surely need it.
Even though a few tutorials are used to illustrate some examples, it is not
a tutorial manual. We have already posted many tutorials on
expertfea.com/tutorials.html and we will post more.
Browse for wedge.x_t. Right click Coordinate System, Insert, Coordinate System.
These are the default properties for the Neoprene Rubber in ANSYS.
Brwose for wedge.x_t. Assign the material to a part to perform a simple FEA.
For a proper orientation of the Coordinate System, select it and at origin; Define
By, Geometry Selection; Geometry, select the outer cylindrical face, Apply.
At the bottom we get these messages, showing that Neoprene Rubber is missing
some data. Go to Engineering Data.
Having Neoprene Rubber selected, double click Density from Toolbox and insert
950 as value.
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Having Neoprene Rubber selected, double click Isotropic Elasticity from
Toolbox, Linear Elastic and insert 0.08 MPa and 0.499 as seen.
Now the question marks have disappeared and we can successfully re-run the
FEA.
Browse for gripper.x_t. Select the needed joint, than on the Joint Configure
toolbar, click Configure.
This triad appears allowing manipulation (translation and rotation about each
axis); the only degree of freedom is highlighted in green, so drag the green
curved line to rotate the joint.
When you are satisfied with the result, click Set, or Revert to the initial position.
This is the analysis result; after an engineering evaluation, if you are sure, click
Convert redundant to free.
You can export the mechanism analysis table as TXT or XLS file.
Tools, Options.
In this case, we want these 2 parts to act as being the same body; Connections,
Body-Body, Fixed.
For Reference, select a surface from the jaw, green here, Apply.
This is the resulting rigid joint between the 2 bodies; they will act as one body.
For this scenario, we have inserted these boundary conditions (Contacts, Joints
and a force),we solved and obtain this stress plot.
Click Solution Information, Solution Output and choose to show these plots. This
behavior is normal, impact occured.
With selection filter on Vertex/ Node, select 2 points, then press Construction
Geometry when you are in Model (C4) branch.
Right click the needede Coordinate System, Create Section Plane will make a
section on its XY plane.
Further on, you can temper with Coordinate System's axes if you would like to
change the orientation of the XY plane, thus change you section orientation.
When having parts at the size of 1mm and lower, ANSYS Workbench will put by
default many contacts, because the parts are too crowded and they reach the
contact limits imposed in the software. With Body Views activated, carefully
check and delete the unneeded contacts.
Here is a fast draft creation method. Right click Fracture, Insert, Crack.
With selection mode on Mesh (right of x,y,z button), click a node in the middle
of the fillet (round), Create Coordinate System (observe the green point).
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With selection on Geometry (right of x,y,z button), select the whole body,
Scope, geometry, Apply.
Select Coordinate System, Principal Axis, Axis X, Define By Hit Point Normal.
Further on, after the loads and restraints are applied as needed, you can ask for
results in the crack region: Solution, Tools, Fracture Tool.
Right click Fracture Tool and insert crack specific results: SIFS, J-Integral, VCCT.
Solve the FEA and investigate the results. Read ANSYS' Help for more details.
In the most upper toolbar, press the Information button, near the Worksheet
button; in the toolbar underneath, Select Mesh instead of Select Geometry.
Click on any element to see its properties in the left side Selection information
table. Also works for shell or line elements.
Body Sizing feature will reveal extra options: Curvature Normal Angle, Growth
rate, Local Min Size.
ΔL = 0.531 mm (FEA) => FEA aproximates very well the hand calculation!
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