Experiment No.
1
Objective:
Introduction to ANSYS Workbench user interface & Static Structural.
Theory:
Introduction to Ansys Workbench user interface
Background of Ansys
Ansys has been founded in 1970 and incorporated in 1994. Ansys predominantly offers
engineering simulation software and ancillary services. The solutions provided by the
company are used in a wide range of industries including aerospace, defense, automotive,
biomedical and other industrial sectors. Leveraging the power of today's Desktop, Ansys
provides a common platform for product development, from design concept to final-stage
testing and validation.
The company's product portfolio consists of simulation platform offerings that are used in
diverse multi-physics fields like heat transfer, fluid mechanics, statics, solid mechanics, etc.
However, Ansys is best known for finite element analysis (FEA), which has gained
popularity as a modelling and simulation tool over the years (and especially since the
introduction of powerful computers) in solving a gamut of complex engineering problems
Ansys Software
Treatment of engineering problems basically contains three main parts: create a model, solve
the problem and analyze the results. Ansys, like many other FEA programs, is also divided
into three main parts namely the processors which are called pre-processor, solution
processor and post-processor.
The Ansys pre-processor allows users to build geometry, define materials and generate
element mesh. The Ansys processor allows users to solve problems by applying loads and
obtaining solutions. The Ansys post-processor allows visualization and listing of results in a
tabular form or as printouts.
Ansys Tools
3D Design
Rapidly explore ideas, iterate and innovate with Ansys Discovery 3D design software. With
the easy-to-use tools, you can build and optimize lighter and smarter products.
Electronics
Ansys software can uniquely simulate electromagnetic performance across component,
circuit and system design, and can evaluate temperature, vibration and other critical
mechanical effects.
Embedded Software
Ansys provides a model-based embedded software development and simulation environment
with a built-in automatic code generator to accelerate embedded software development
projects.
Fluids
Ansys CFD goes beyond qualitative results to deliver accurate quantitative predictions of
fluid interactions and trade-offs.
Materials
Ansys software ensures accurate, consistent, traceable materials information every time and
provides the tools you need to support design, research and teaching.
Optical
Ansys optical simulation software uniquely simulates a system’s optical performance and
evaluates the final illumination effect.
Structures
With the finite element analysis (FEA) solvers available in the suite, you can customize and
automate solutions for your structural mechanics problems and parameterize them to analyze
multiple design scenarios.
Static Structural Analysis
A static structural analysis determines the displacements, stresses, strains, and forces in
structures or components caused by loads that do not induce significant inertia and damping
effects. Steady loading and response conditions are assumed; that is, the loads and the
structure’s response are assumed to vary slowly with respect to time. A static structural load
can be performed using the ANSYS, Samcef, or ABAQUS solver. The types of loading that
can be applied in a static analysis include:
Externally applied forces and pressures
● Steady-state inertial forces (such as gravity or rotational velocity)
● Imposed (nonzero) displacements
● Temperatures (for thermal strain)
In other words, these features are used more static loading conditions which does not change
over the time and location.
This solution sequence is used for most model runs and is a linear approximation of a standard
static analysis. This solution sequence is used for:
● Linear Static Analysis
● Linear Steady State Heat Transfer
● Inertia Relief
The images below show an example of static structural.
Experiment No. 2
Objective:
Analysis of Plate with Hole to analyze Stress Concentration and maximum normal stress
Procedure:
● First, define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in design moduler by using 2D sketch.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions, which is given in problem statement by using
static structural element.
● Now choose the different solutions which is required to solve the problem.
● Following are the solutions.
Total deformation:
Directional deformation:
Equivalent stress:
Normal stress:
Conclusions:
Experiment No. 3
Objective:
Determine Maximum deflection and bending stress of Cantilever Beam Subjected to Point
Load.
Procedure:
● Define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in design modeler by using beam elements.
● Use face split tool to split the face into two faces.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions, which is given in problem statement by using static
structural element.
● Apply fixed support to one side.
● Apply displacement to other side.
● Apply a force of 5000 N to center of upper face.
● Now choose the different solutions which is required to solve the problem.
● Following are the solutions.
Directional Deformation:
Equivalent stress:
Final Wireframe:
Conclusions:
Experiment No. 4
Objective:
Static Structural Analysis of Plane Truss to find stress in each member.
Procedure:
● First, define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in design modeler by using beam elements.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions, which is given in problem statement by using
static structural element.
● Now choose the different solutions which is required to solve the problem.
● Following are the solutions.
Direct stress:
Total deformation:
Directional deformation:
Conclusion:
Experiment No. 5
Objective:
Critical Buckling load analysis of column, Euler’s column formula.
Procedure:
● First of all define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in space claim by using Sketch.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions, which is given in problem statement by using static
structural element.
● Now choose the different solutions which is required to solve the problem.
● Following are the solutions.
Static structure Total deformation:
Eigenvalue buckling deformation:
Eigenvalue buckling deformation 2:
Conclusions:
Experiment No. 6
Objective:
To determine maximum deflection and bending stress in a simply supported beam with a
Distributed Load
Procedure:
● Define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in design modeler by using beam elements.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions, which is given in problem statement by using static
structural element.
● Apply fixed support to one side.
● Apply displacement to other side.
● Apply distributed force of 5000 N to upper face.
● Now choose the different solutions which is required to solve the problem.
● Following are the solutions.
Directional Deformation:
Equivalent stress:
Final Wireframe:
Conclusions:
Experiment No. 7
Objective:
Analysis of building frame and find sway.
Procedure:
● First, define the materials and its properties in engineering data.
● Make the structure in design moduler by using 2D sketch.
● Ansys automatically import the design in model module for analysis.
● Change the require materials
● Apply the different conditions which is given in problem statement by using
static structural element.
Directional deformation 1:
Directional deformation 2:
Equivalent stress:
Conclusions:
