Metal Plasticity

Metal plasticity Goal and Desciption

Goal
Introduce a nonlinear metal plasticity material to the same large deflection model from the first workshop regarding the non-linear effects and compare/contrast results.

Model Description 3D large deflection of spring plate

Spring plate Ductile steel Loads and Boundary Conditions: Fixed support 3 Mpa Pressure load at opposite end

Metal Plasticity
Steps to Follow:
Start an ANSYS Workbench session. Browse for and open Spring_ws02A.wbdb Workbench Projects file.
This project contains a Design Modeler (DM) geometry file Spring_ws02A.agdb and a Simulation (S) file Spring_ws02A.dsdb.

Highlight the Model, Small Deflection-Linear Matl (Spring_ws02A.dsdb) file and open a Simulation Session.

Metal Plasticity Non Linear Material

Highlight the Small Deflection- Linear Matl Branch and duplicate this Branch with RMB=> Duplicate.

Change the new branch name to Large Deflection-Non Linear Matl

Add metal plasticity:
Highlight Geometry Solid branch Activate Nonlinear Material Effects (YES) Click on Structural Steel Select Edit Structural Steel

Metal Plasticity Non Linear Material

From the Engineering Data Tab
Select Add/Remove Properties

From Add or Remove Properties Dialogue

Activate Bilinear Isotropic Hardening Plasticity [OK]

Metal Plasticity - Non Linear Material

Click on the ICON to the right of Bilinear Isotropic Hardening

Define Yield Strength of 250Mpa and a Tangent Modulus of 10,000Mpa. Select Close Curve

Metal Plasticity Analysis Setting

In Details of Analysis Settings Branch and set up the following solution control specifications:
Number of Steps* = 2 For Current Step = 1
Auto Time Stepping = On
Initial Substeps = 1 Minimum Substeps = 1 Maximum Substeps =1

Weak Springs = Off Large Deflection = On

For Current Step = 2

Auto Time Stepping = On
Initial Substeps = 10 Minimum Substeps = 5 Maximum Substeps =100

Weak Springs = Off Large Deflection = On * Note: This will be run as a two step solution. Load step 1: zero pressure load. This null solution enables graphing force vs. deflection curve starting from zero. Load Step 2: Pressure = 3Mpa

Metal Plasticity - Load

Define Pressure over two load steps

Metal Plasticity Solution Setup

Highlight Solution Branch and insert the following additional items for post processing:
Equivalent Plastic Strain Force Reaction
Location Method = Boundary Condition Boundary Condition = Fixed Support

Execute Solve

Metal Plasticity - Solution

This last solution run can take up to two minutes depending on machine.
Review the Solution Convergence History as before. It now takes 45 iterations in nine substeps, including one bisection.

Metal Plasticity - Solution

Review the displacement, stress and strain results and compare with the linear run. Note: Total Deformation is considerably large due to the onset of localized yielding near the support.

Metal Plasticity - Force vs Deformation

Plot Force vs Deformation:

From Utility Menu, Insert New Chart & Table

In the details of Chart insert 2 objects into Outline Selection:
Total Deformation Force Reaction Change X Axis to Total Deformation (Max) Define X and Y axis labels as Deformation and Force respectively Output Quantites, Omit all but:
Total Deformation (Max) Force Reaction (Total)

Metal Plasticity - Force vs Deformation

Force vs Deformation (contd):