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• Determine the standard deviation of the von Mises stress
distribution in a steel wheel spinning at 7500 rpm.
• Given: A database file containing an axisymmetric model
with material properties defined.

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1. Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using “axiwheel”
as the jobname.
2. Resume the “axiwheel.db1” database file.
3. Constrain the bottom line in UY direction.
– Main Menu > Soluion > -Loads- Apply > Displacement > On Lines
– Or issue:
/SOLU
DL,1,,UY

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4. Apply a 7500-rpm angular velocity about the Y-axis. Since ANSYS requires
radians/second units, we will use APDL to convert 7500 rpm to rad/sec.
– Type in the Input window (or in the Scalar Parameters dialog):
rpm=7500
pi=3.142
w=2*pi*rpm/60
– Main Menu > Solution > -Loads- Apply > Other > Angular Velocity …
• OMEGY = w, then [OK]
– Or issue:
OMEGA,,W

5. Save the database and solve.

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6. Plot von Mises stress contours in POST1 (general postprocessor).
7. If desired, expand the axisymmetric solution to 270°.
– Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Style > Symmetry Expansion > 2-D Axisymmetric …
• Expansion amount = 3/4 expansion
• [OK]
– Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Pan,Zoom,Rotate…
• [ISO]
– Or issue:
/EXPAND,27,AXIS,,,10
/VIEW,1,1,1,1
/REPLOT

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8. We will use the element table and array parameters to calculate the standard
deviation of von Mises stresses. First load equivalent stresses into the element table:
– Main Menu > General Postproc > Element Table > Define Table …
• [Add…]
– Lab = eseqv
– Item, Comp = Stress, von Mises SEQV
– [OK]
• [Close]
– Or issue:
ETABLE,ESEQV,S,EQV

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9. Plot and list the element table values.
– Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Style > Symmetry Expansion > No Expansion
– Main Menu > General Postproc > Element Table > Plot Elem Table …
• Itlab = ESEQV
• Avglab = Yes - average
• [OK]
– Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Pan,ZOOM,Rotate…
• [Front]
– Main Menu > General Postproc > Element Table > List Elem Table …
• Lab1-9 = ESEQV
• [OK]
– Or issue:
/EXPAND
PLETAB,ESEQV,1
/VIEW,1,1,1,1
/REPLOT
PRETAB

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10. We now need to "upload" the element table values into an array parameter. First
dimension an array with number of rows = number of elements:
– Utility Menu > Parameters > Get Scalar Data …
• Type of data = Model data, For selected set; then [OK]
• Name of parameter = nelem
• Data to be retrieved = Current elem set, Number of elem's
• [OK]
– Utility Menu > Parameters > Array Parameters > Define/Edit …
• [Add…]
– Par = sarray
– Type = Array
– I, J, K = nelem, 1, 1
– [OK]
• [Close]
– Or issue:
*GET,NELEM,ELEM,,COUNT
*DIM,SARRAY,,NELEM

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11. Fill the array with von Mises stress values from the element table.
– Utility Menu > Parameters > Get Array Data …
• Type of data = Results data, Elem table data; then [OK]
• Name of array parameter = sarray(1)
• Elem table item to be retrieved = ESEQV
• Fill array by looping on = Element number
• [OK]
– Or issue:
*VGET,SARRAY(1),ELEM,1,ETAB,ESEQV

12. Verify the values in the array parameter.

– Utility Menu > List > Status > Parameters > Named Parameter …
• Par = SARRAY
• [OK]
– Or issue:
*STAT,SARRAY

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13. Calculate the standard deviation.
– Utility Menu > Parameters > Array Operations > Vector-Scalar Func …
• ParR = sdev
• Par1 = sarray(1)
• Func = Std deviatn STDV
• [OK]
– Utility Menu > Parameters > Scalar Parameters …
• Check the value of SDEV
• [Close]
– Or issue:
*VSCFUN,SDEV,STDV,SARRAY(1)
*STAT,SDEV

14. If time permits, rerun the solution with the addition of a UX=0 constraint on the inner
face of the wheel, calculate the standard deviation, and compare with the previous
value.
15. Exit ANSYS.

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