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Submodeling

Crank Shaft

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Perform a submodeling analysis on the crank shaft model below.

The submodel will consist of the region around the pin holes.

Full Model

Submodel

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Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using crankcoarse as the jobname.

2.

Resume the crank-coarse.db1 database file:

Utility Menu > File > Resume from

Or issue:
RESUME,crank-coarse,db1

3.

Enter POST1 and plot the von Mises stress for the coarse model:

Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:

/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV

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Change the jobname to crank-fine:

Utility Menu > File > Change Jobname

Or issue:
FINISH
/FILNAME,crank-fine

5.

Enter the preprocessor and clear the coarse mesh:

Main Menu > Preprocessor > MeshTool

Or issue:
/PREP7
VCLEAR,ALL

6.

Plot the volumes, then do a pairwise intersection of volumes 1, 5, and 4:

Utility Menu > Plot > Volumes

Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Operate > -Booleans- Intersect > -Pairwise- Volumes +
Or issue:
VPLOT

VINP,1,5,4

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Delete volumes 2, 3, and 6 and all entities below volumes 2, 3, and 6:

Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Delete > Volume and Below +
Or issue:
VDELE,2,3,1,1
VDELE,6,,1,1

8.

Plot areas and then delete areas 29 and 30 and all entities below areas 29 and 30:

Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Delete > Area and Below +

Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Pan, Zoom, Rotate

[Fit]
Or issue:
ADELE,29,30,1,1
/AUTO,1
APLOT

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Clear divisions from all lines:

Main Menu > Preprocessor > MeshTool

Or issue:
LESIZE,ALL,,,-1,,1

10. Plot volumes and then specify an element size of 1 on areas 39, 40, 43, and 44:

Utility Menu > Plot > Volumes

Main Menu > Preprocessor > MeshTool

Or issue:
VPLOT
AESIZE,39,1
AESIZE,40,1
AESIZE,43,1
AESIZE,44,1

11. Mesh volumes 7 and 8 using VSWEEP:

Main Menu > Preprocessor > MeshTool

Or issue:
VSWEEP,ALL

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a) Define a local cylindrical coordinate system at X=0, Y=0, Z=17.5 and rotate 90
degrees about the local Y axis (i.e. THZX=90):

Utility Menu > WorkPlane > Local Coordinate Systems > Create Local CS > At Specified Loc +

Enter 0,0,17.5 in the ANSYS Input window followed by [Enter]

[OK]

KCS = Cylindrical 1

THZX = 90

[OK]
Or issue:
LOCAL,11,1,0,0,17.5,,,90

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12. Select the outer surface nodes at a radius of 9 inches:

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b) Select nodes at X=9 and then plot the nodes:

Utility Menu > Select > Entities

Utility Menu > Plot > Nodes

Or issue:
NSEL,S,LOC,X,9
NPLOT

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Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Create > Nodes > Write Node File
Or issue:
NWRITE,crank-fine,node

14. Save the database:

Utility Menu > File > Save as Jobname.db

Or issue:

(or pick the SAVE_DB button in the Toolbar)

SAVE

15. Resume the crank-coarse.db1 database file again:

Utility Menu > File > Resume from

Or issue:
RESUME,crank-coarse,db1

16. Enter the general postprocessor and interpolate DOFs:

Main Menu > General Postprocessor > Submodeling > Interpolate DOF

[OK]
Or issue:
/POST1
CBDOF

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13. Write the nodes to a file called crank-fine.node:

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Utility Menu > File > Resume Jobname.db

Or issue:

(or pick the RESUM_DB button in the Toolbar)

RESUME,crank-fine,db

18. Select everything and then plot volumes:

Utility Menu > Select > Everything

Utility Menu > Plot > Volumes

Or issue:
ALLSEL
VPLOT

19. Enter the solution processor and apply symmetry constraints on areas 40 and 43:

Main Menu > Solution > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Displacement > -Symmetry B.C.- On Areas +
Or issue:
/SOLU
DA,40,SYMM

DA,43,SYMM

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17. Resume the crank-fine.db database file:

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Utility Menu > File > Read Input from

Utility Menu > Plot > Elements

Or issue:
/INPUT,crank-fine,cbdo
EPLOT

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20. Read in the cut boundary constraints from the crank-fine.cbdo file and then plot
elements:

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Utility Menu > File > Save as Jobname.db

Main Menu > Solution > -Solve- Current LS

Or issue:

(or pick the SAVE_DB button in the Toolbar)

SAVE
SOLVE

22. Turn off the display of the local coordinate system and then save the database:

Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Symbols

Select None for Boundary condition symbol

Set CS = Off under Other Symbols

[OK]

Utility Menu > File > Save as Jobname.db

Or issue:
/PBC,ALL,,0
/PSYMB,CS,0
SAVE

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21. Save the database and obtain the submodel solution:

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Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV

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23. Enter the general postprocessor and plot the von Mises stress for the submodel
model:

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Utility Menu > Select > Entities

Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu
Or issue:
NSEL,S,LOC,X,9
ESLN
NSLE
PLNSOL,S,EQV

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24. Plot stresses on the cut boundary and compare with coarse model results (crankcoarse.db1) in Step 25:

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Issue the following commands:

LOCAL,11,1,0,0,17.5,,,90
NSEL,S,LOC,X,8,9
ESLN
NSLE
PLNSOL,S,EQV

26. Exit ANSYS:

Pick the QUIT button in

the Toolbar
Or issue:
FINISH
/EXIT,NOSAVE

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25. Resume the crank-coarse.db1 database file and then:

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