ANSYS Structural Mechanics Update - v14 - Open Days Feb 2012 PDF

Improving Your Structural
Mechanics Simulations with

Release 14.0
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Structural Mechanics Themes
MAPDL/WB Integration
Physics coupling
Rotating machines
Listening to your
needs, we have
Composites & Fracture Mechanics
been able to identify
Application Customization
a number of themes
Thin structures modeling
which form the basis
Contact analysis
of our roadmap and
Performance guide our
Advanced Modeling developments
Geometry Handling

What will Release 14.0 bring you?

Let’s now take a closer look at some topics

Finite Element Information Access within

ANSYS Mechanical

Motivation
ANSYS Workbench is
originally a geometry
based tool. Many users
however also need to
control and access the
finite element
information.

Reviewing Connections
Spot Welds
Connections created
internally at the
solution level are
available and can help
understand the results
Weak springs and MPC contacts
as generated by the solver
Selections of Nodes
Nodes can be grouped

into named selections
based on selection logic,
using locations or other
characteristics – or
manual selections
Box Selection Node Picking Lasso Selection

Applying Loads and Orientations to Nodes
“Nodal orientation”
allows users to orient
nodes in an arbitrary
coordinate system.
Direct FE loads and
boundary conditions can
be applied to selections
of nodes.
Nodes are oriented in cylindrical system for loads and

boundary condition definitions
Results on Node Selections
Results are displayed on

elements for which all
Results with first layer of nodes are selected.
quads removed
Nodes named selections
allow to scope on specific
regions of the mesh or
remove undesired areas.
Results on quads layers only

Restart and Direct FE Loads
Added after
initial solve
Analysis Settings tabular data:
No restart point is lost
Nodal Forces and Pressures objects can

be added to a restart analysis without
Second Load step causing the restart points to become
modified for restart
invalid.
Other loads can now be modified
without losing the restart points.
Linear Dynamics in ANSYS Mechanical

Dynamics capabilities - review
Mode Superposition Transient was the only major area not in WB:
ANSYS Dynamics
Nonlinear Transient
Modal Harmonic Response
Dynamics
Rigid Body Dynamics Flexible Dynamics Modal Superposition
Linear Transient
Spectrum Harmonic Response
Dynamic
Response Spectrum Random Vibration

Workbench and Mechanical enhancements
→MSUP Transient
Analysis supported
→Joint feature can now
be used in Harmonics,
Modal Superposition Transient
Random vibration
analysis
→Reaction Force &
Moment results is now
supported
Joints in Harmonic Reaction Forces in a

Analyses Harmonic Analyses

Physics Coupling
Data Mapping

Motivation
Exchange files are

frequently used to
transfer quantities from
one simulation to
another.
Efficient mapping of
point cloud data is
required to account for
misalignment, non
matching units or scaling
issues.

Supported Data Types
New at R14.0

Increased Accuracy
The smoothness of the

mapped data depends on
the density of the point
cloud.
Several weighting
Triangulation versus Kriging
options are available to
accommodate various
data quality.

Validating the Mapped Data
Visual tools have

been implemented to
control how well the
data has been
mapped onto the
target structure
Importing Multiple Files
Multiple files can be

imported for
transient analyses or
to handle different
data to be mapped
on multiple bodies

Rotating Machines
Studying Rotordynamics in ANSYS Mechanical

Motivation
ANSYS Mechanical users

need to be able to quickly
create shaft geometries
as well as analyze
dynamic characteristics
of rotating systems
Industrial fan (Venti Oelde)

Geometry Creation
Geometries can be
imported from a CAD
system or imported
from a simple text
file definition as used
in preliminary design

Import/Export of Bearing Characteristics
ANSYS provides an
interface that allows
to import bearing
characteristics from
an external file

Specific Solver Settings
Rotordynamics
analyses require a
number of advanced
controls:
→Damping
→Solver choice
→Coriolis effect

Campbell Diagrams
Campbell diagrams
are used to identify
critical speeds of a
rotating shaft for a
given range of shaft
velocities

Composites
Enhanced Analysis Workflow and Advanced

Failure Models for Composites

Motivation
Efficient workflows
and in-depth analysis
tools are required to
model and
understand complex
composites structures

Defining Material Properties
Composites material
require specific
definitions including
orthotropic
properties, as well as
some constants for
failure criteria (Tsai-
Wu, Puck, LaRc03/04,
Hashin)

Manually Defining Layers on Simple Geometries
Users can define

simple layered
sections for a shell
body as well as define
thicknesses and
angles as parameters

Defining Layers on Complex Geometries
For complex
geometries, the ANSYS
Courtesy of
TU Chemnitz Composite PrepPost
and GHOST
Bikes GmbH tool is used and layer
definitions are imported
in the assembly model
in ANSYS Mechanical.

Investigating Composites Results
ANSYS Mechanical
supports layerwise
display of results.
ANSYS Composite
PrepPost offers
comprehensive
capabilities for global and
plywise failure analysis.
Advanced Failure Analysis
2D laminar Crack growth simulation

composite based on VCCT is
available to simulate
Initial crack
interfacial delamination.
Start of damage (layer 1)

Progressive damage is
suitable for determining
Progressed damage (layer 1)
the ultimate strength of
the composite (last-ply
failure analysis)
Progressed damage (layer 3)

Customization
ANSYS Design Assessment

Motivation
Many of you have

expressed the need for:
→Computing and
displaying specific
results
→Be able to achieve
more complex “User
defined results”

What is Design Assessment?
The Design Assessment

system enables the
selection and
combination of
upstream results and
the ability to optionally
further assess results
with customizable
scripts

Expanded Result Access
DA + “Allow all
Available Results”
allows beam results
Modal=No Beam Results
Filtering of potentially invalid combinations can be suppressed to

enable greater user control. This allows the user to access results
not typically available in the base analysis.
Design Assessment for Advanced “User Defined
Results”
Design Assessment enable

users to extend user defined
results capabilities with:
→Expressions using
mathematical operators as
supported by Python
→Coordinate systems, Units
Systems
→Integration options
→Nodal, Element-Nodal &
Elemental result types
Script used to display scalar element data stored
in an external file →Import from external tables

Customization
Application Customization Toolkit

Motivation
As a Mechanical User,
you may want to:
→ Customize menus
→Create new loads and
boundary conditions
→Create new types of
plots
→Reuse APDL scripts
without command
snippets

What is the Application Customization Toolkit?
The Application
CustomizationToolkit is
a tool that
facilitates customization
of ANSYS Mechanical.
It provides a way to
extend the features
offered by ANSYS
products.

Toolbar Customization through XML Files
XML definition:
<load internalName="Convection on Blade" caption="Convection on Blade" icon="Convection"
issupport="false" isload="true">
<version>1</version>
<callbacks>
<onsolve>Convection_Blade_Computation</onsolve>
</callbacks>
<details>
<property internalName="Geometry" dataType="string" control="scoping"></property>
<property internalName="Thickness" caption="Thickness" dataType="string"
control="text"></property>
<property internalName="Film Coefficient" caption="Film Coefficient" dataType="string"
control="text"></property>
<property internalName="Ambient Temperature" caption="Ambient Temperature"
dataType="string" control="text"></property>
</details>
</load>

Python Driven Loads and Boundary Conditions
Python script:
# Get the scoped geometry:
propGeo = result.GetDPropertyFromName("Geometry")
refIds = propGeo.Value
# Get the related mesh and create the component:

for refId in refIds:
meshRegion = mesh.MeshRegion(refId)
elementIds = meshRegion.Elements
eid = aap.mesh.element[elementIds[0]].Id
f.write("*get,ntyp,ELEM,"+eid.ToString()+",ATTR,TYPE\n")
f.write("esel,s,type,,ntyp \n cm,component,ELEM")
# Get properties from the details view:

propThick = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Thickness")
thickness = propThick.Value
propCoef = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Film Coefficient")
film_coefficient = propCoef.Value
propTemp = load.GetDPropertyFromName("Ambient Temperature")
temperature = propTemp.Value
# Insert the parameters for the APDL commands:

f.write("thickness="+thickness.ToString()+"\n")
f.write("film_coefficient="+film_coefficient.ToString()+"\n")
f.write("temperature="+temperature.ToString()+"\n")
# Reuse the legacy APDL macros:

f.write("/input,APDL_script_for_convection.inp\n")
Writing APDL Commands From the New Definition
! APDL_script_for_convection.inp
! Input parameters:
esel,s,type,,10
cm,component,ELEM
thickness = 1.1
film_coefficient = 120.
temperature = 22.
! Treatment:
/prep7
et,100,152
keyop,100,8,2.
et,1001,131
keyo,1001,3,2
sectype,1001,shell
secdata,thickness,10
secoff,mid
cmsel,s,component
emodif,all,type,1001
emodif,all,secnum,1001
type,100
esurf
fini
alls APDL
/solu
esel,s,type,,100
nsle
sf,all,conv,film_coefficient,temperature
alls
WB Mechanical
An Example: ACT driven Submodeling
Users simply select the

coarse model’s results file,
all APDL commands are
automatically created – no
more need for command
blocks!

Thin Structures
Mesh Connections

Motivation
In order to connect
meshes of different
surface parts so as to
merge nodes at
intersections, users do not
always want or cannot
merge the topologies at
the geometry level.
Mesh based connections
are required.

Mesh Connections
Mesh connections work

at part level:
→As a post mesh
operation
→Base part mesh is
stored to allow for quick
changes in connections

Modal Analyses Shows Proper
Connections of the Various Bodies

Further Meshing Enhancements

Virtual Topologies Interactive Editing
Virtual topologies are

handled more
Direct access to interactively through
operations from direct graphics
RMB menu
interaction rather than
tree objects.
User selects entities then
applies VT operations

VT Hard Vertex, Edge and Face Splits
Hard vertices can be

added at any location
on an edge or a face.
Hard vertices can then

be used to create face
splits from virtual
edges.

Virtual Topologies Applications
Get swept mesh on

non-sweepable
bodies
Improve shell mesh quality

and orthogonality with VT
combinations
Contact Analysis
Rigid Body Dynamics

Motivation
Many mechanisms and

assemblies have
components that
operate through
contact.
In order to maintain the

rapid turnaround for
RBD simulations, there
has been a subsequent
focus on improving
speed, accuracy and
reliability of the contact
capability.
Performance Improvements
The applicability,
Valve: 158 sec elapsed time robustness and
(2x speed up)
efficiency of the
contact has been
improved for speed
Piston: 9 sec elapsed
time (7.5x speed up)
and accuracy –
expect a typical 2-5x
speed-up
Transition and “jump”
prediction have been greatly
improved

Contact Analysis
Flexible bodies

Motivation
While already providing

leading edge
technology, ANSYS
continues to enhance
its ability to robustly
and efficiently solve
complex contact
problems

Projected Contact
Regular contact Projection based
The Surface Projection

Based Contact provides
Smoother temperature results on a
more accurate results
multilayered structure (stresses, pressures,
temperatures) and is
now also available for
bonded MPC contacts
Improved pressure results with

surface projection
Contact accuracy and robustness
“Adjust to touch” causes

rigid body motion and
leaves a gap
Contact stabilization
technique dampens
relative motions
between the contact
and target surfaces
New contact for open contact
stabilization prevents
rigid motion

Performance
Further benefits from GPU boards

Motivation
Taking advantage of
the latest hardware
is mandatory to
solve your large
models.
A combination of
+ relatively new
technologies
provides a
breakthrough means
to reduce the time
to solution

Distributed ANSYS Supports GPUs
2.1 MDOF,
Nonlinear
Structural
Analysis using
the Distributed
Sparse Solver
GPU Acceleration can now be used with Distributed ANSYS to

combine the speed of GPU technology and the power of
distributed ANSYS
Speed-up from GPU technology
Linux cluster : Each node

contains 12 Intel Xeon 5600-
series cores, 96 GB RAM,
NVIDIA Tesla M2070,
InfiniBand
Solder
balls
Results Courtesy of MicroConsult Engineering, GmbH
Mold
PCB
Solder Joint Benchmark - 4M
DOF, Creep Strain Analysis
Speed-up from multiple nodes with 1 GPU
board per node
8 nodes@
2 nodes@ 1 core,
1 nodes @ 4 cores, 8 GPU
1 node @
8 cores, 2 GPU
8 cores no 1 GPU
GPU
Solder
balls
Results Courtesy of MicroConsult Engineering, GmbH
Mold
PCB

Advanced Modeling
Material Models

Motivation
ANSYS provides a
comprehensive library
of advanced materials.
Some users however

need even more
advanced models to
include complex
nonlinear phenomena
in their simulations.

Advanced Materials for Biomechanical
Applications
→Anisotropic Hyperelasticity plus
Viscoelasticity for strain rate effects
→Hyperelasticity coupled with Pore

Pressure element
‘Hydrocephalus’ analysis
Hyperelastic material with porous media
→Shape Memory Alloy enhanced with
superelasticity, Memory effect, New
Yield Function, Differentiated Moduli
(Austenite, Martensite)
→Holzapfel Model - Capture the
behavior of fiber-reinforced tissue
Stent modeling using shape memory alloys
Nonlinear materials support for coupled field elements
Coupled field-elements
for strongly coupled
thermo-mechanical
analysis now accounts
for plasticity induced
heat generation along
with friction effects
Friction Stir Welding including heat generation due to

friction and plastic deformation

Advanced Modeling
Advanced Methods

Motivation
The solver techniques

available from our
solutions allow to
model complex
phenomena.
In some cases, better or

different techniques are
required to improve the
accuracy or the
convergence of the
models.

Advanced Nonlinear Methods
User can now perform:

→Buckling from a
Buckling of a pre-stressed
stiffened container
nonlinear prestressed
state with dead loads
(new subspace
eigensolver)
→3D rezoning for very

large deformations for a
Hot-Rolling Structural Steel wider range of materials
Analysis with 3-D Rezoning
and boundary
conditions.

Analyzing Fasteners under Large Deformations
Bolt pretension does not

include large rotation
effects.
With release 14.0, you
can now use Joint Loads:
Pre-tension element - Significant →Lock joint at specific
bending stress with large rotation
load step
→Apply Pre-Tension or
Pre-Torque load
→use iterative PCG
solver for faster runtime
Joint Element - Stress appears
without significant bending
Coupled structures/acoustics simulations
Coupled problems are

modeled more
efficiently:
→Quadratic tetrahedral
acoustics elements
→New acoustics
sources
→Absorbing areas
→Enhanced PML
formulation
→ Near and far-field
parameters

Moisture Diffusion
Moisture induces
hydroscopic stresses and
alters thermal stresses.
Coupled-field elements
allow to incorporate
moisture effects in
thermal, structural and
coupled simulations.

Advanced Modeling
Explicit Analysis

Motivation
Explicit formulations
extend the range of
problems a structural
engineer can solve.
Providing handling
capabilities similar to
implicit solutions
provides an easy
transition from implicit
to explicit.

A Common User Interface
Implicit and explicit

solutions share the
same user interface for
a shortened learning
Crimping curve and allow
straightforward data
exchange between
disciplines

New tetrahedral element
The new tetrahedral

element helps quickly
model complex
geometries for low
velocity applications
such as drop tests for
mobile phones or
Self Piercing Rivet nuclear equipments

Fast Solutions Using 2-D Formulations
2D forming
Similarly to implicit
analyses, 2D plain
strain and
axisymmetric
Axisymmetric
bullet model
formulations provide
faster computation of
explicit solutions

Advanced Modeling
Offshore Structures

Global Offshore Structures
Global hydrodynamics and
Over the period of the design of an offshore structure – structural analyses
from Concept through FEED and Detailed Structural and
Equipment Design – there are needs for many different
analyses related to global structural design and integrity
and detailed component level analysis. To ensure delivery
timeliness, and reliability where costs of failure are so high,
there is considerable value in compatibility between the
respective tools. This is delivered by the ongoing
integration of ANSYS AQWA in Workbench and delivery of
enhanced capabilities in Mechanical/MAPDL for offshore
structures analysis.
Importantly, ANSYS Structural Mechanics products now
deliver the ability to conduct both global and detailed
analysis of offshore structures subjected to various wave
and environmental loadings.
Local joint flexibility analysis

Further AQWA Integration in Workbench
for Multi-Body Wave Hydrodynamics
• Hydrodynamic Time Response system
enhancements include
– Fenders (similar to contact)
• Allows connections between 2 structures
or between a structure and a fixed point
– Articulations (similar to joints)
Offloading arm
represented with series
of typical articulations
Extended Wave Loading in Mechanical
and links to Regulatory Code Checks
Vessel Loading Transfer from
• Diffracted wave loading AQWA to Mechanical

Courtesy of Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam
– Provides simplified pressure loading from

Hydrodynamics Diffraction systems (AQWA)
onto MAPDL system
• Harmonic Wave Loading
– Regular wave loading now available for harmonic
response analyses
– ANSYS FATJACK (for beam joint fatigue of framed
structures) automatically reads the RST file data
for harmonic load cases
• ANSYS BEAMCHECK (for member checks on framed
structures) and ANSYS FATJACK now delivered with
Mechanical installation
– See Design Assessment for further information

Coupling Mechanical with 3rd Party
Aeroelastic Tools for Offshore Wind
Turbine Modeling
• Aeroelastic coupling (for wind turbine support

structures)
– Sequential
• Allowing structural (ANSYS) and aeroelastic (3rd
party) analyses to be run independently
• Just use a provided MAPDL macro to write out
input data for the aeroelastic analysis
– Fully coupled
• Co-simulation of structural and aeroelastic tools
• Custom build of MAPDL required, with a macro to
manage the data availability from and to MAPDL
Images Courtesy of REpower Systems AG
Physics Coupling
System Optimization with Rigid Body Dynamics

and Simplorer co-simulation

Motivation
Most mechanisms and

assemblies are managed
via control systems.
System simulation,
including the details of
the mechanism or
assembly, are needed in
order to improve
modeling accuracy,
fidelity and ultimately
system optimization.

Linking Mechanical and Simplorer
Inputs and outputs are

defined as “pins” in the
Mechanical model and
connected to the
schematics of Simplorer

Simulation Results
Force Applied on Pistons Rotational Displacement
Rotational Velocity

Some Examples
Aircraft Landing
Gear
Robotic Arm Control
RBD model
Trace of arm
trajectory
Simplorer schematic of
hydraulic circuit and control
And there is much more…

…check the Release Notes!

Think also of the “Technology Demonstration
Guide”

Questions?

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Mechanics Simulations with

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Geometry Meshing Mechanical Fluids Electronics

Structural Fluids Thermal Electromagnetics

Large Displacements Compressible Conduction Quasi static (Low Freq)

Turbulence Eddy current

Steady-State, Transient, Harmonic & Modal

Front End Mid-Range High-End

ANSYS ANSYS ANSYS ANSYS

Linear Structural Linear Structural Linear Structural

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Finite Element Information Access within

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Nodes can be grouped

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Nodes are oriented in cylindrical system for loads and

Results are displayed on

Results on quads layers only

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Nodal Forces and Pressures objects can

Linear Dynamics in ANSYS Mechanical

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Rigid Body Dynamics Flexible Dynamics Modal Superposition

Response Spectrum Random Vibration

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Joints in Harmonic Reaction Forces in a

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Exchange files are

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The smoothness of the

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Visual tools have

Multiple files can be

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Studying Rotordynamics in ANSYS Mechanical

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ANSYS Mechanical users

Industrial fan (Venti Oelde)

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Enhanced Analysis Workflow and Advanced

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Users can define

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2D laminar Crack growth simulation

Start of damage (layer 1)

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ANSYS Design Assessment

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