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it is theresponsibility
oftheuserto ensure
thata consistent
.r"roR'ANr
,Note.that
setofunitsarusdfor
problem;
the
thusmakinganyconversions
wherenecessaryl
Beginby giving exampre
a title In the'utilitymenubar'serect
the'F e menuandthe,change
:e
Title,
submenu.
Slect'OK'
whendone.
aregoingto solvewill bedeEned
bya number
ofvariables.
Thesemaybeentered
I9l.^""b.':1
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oyon ot two apDroaches
I Thequickest
wayis to enterthemin theANsys inputwindowMoveyour
mouseto therower
halfofthewindowandthenleftclick flen tlpe in ea"l oiifre
folti-*tg
lnes.
facl oneis
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completed
by hittingEnre! or Rerurn.All lengths
aregiveni; ;nr.
length = 2 0 OO
dep! h = 1 0 0
nldt h= 5 0
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setup a paramet.icdescription
ofyour
2 Altenatively,thesevadablesmy be entered
in the ,utility menubar,/?aramaters,/,scarar

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upaoialog
boxinwhicLth"r" par.-J*, *" t" entered
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'r'uJL
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StartthePrepTpreprocessor
by seiectmg
'preprocesso/
in the ,ANSYSMain Menu.
,Create,
Fromthe'Preprocesso/
menu,seiect
(ullderthe '-Modeline_'
tide)
fhen select
Keypointsfrornrhis'CreaLe
menu
SelectIn ActiveCS...'on the ,Ke,?oints'menuThispermitsyou to defioekeypoiotsir tbe
acdveCoordinate
Sysrem.
.Inthewindowthatappears,enterkeypointnumber'l'intheappropdatebox,andenterthex.y,z
coordinates:
0,0,0in theirappropnare
ooxes.
l'{IcFAFpiy' ro acceprwha;ioL!havetyped.
. Enlerthe-second
kelpointby ryping'2,and1e[gth,0,0
in thetheirappropriate
boxes.
. Clickon OK ro indicarethar1ouarefinishedenrering
kelpoints.
car now iist the enleredkeypointsto makesureyou havedonethis stepcorlectly, by selecting
Y,or-r
'Utility menuba 'List',4(e)?oints'.Therearetwo optionshere;selectingeitler onewill give you th*e
coordinates
ofthe ke]?ointsyou haveentered(theseare0,0 and20OO,O
sincelength=2obo).'
To plot thsekeypointsin thegraphicswindo.w,
therearetwo methods:
,ANSYSinputwindo,r|
1. Enterthefollowingtwo commands
/pnum, kp/ 1
kpLot

Thefirstofthesecommands
turnsthekypoint
numbering
on (assuming
thatit'snotalready
on
andthesecond
commard
plotsthekeypoints.
2. In the'Utilitymenubax',select'Plotctrls,
menu,then'Numbering...'
Clickonthebuttonbeside
numbers'
sothatit changes
'Keypoint
colour,andsays'On'beside
it. Clickon'OK'andthebox
will closeandthekeypoinls
u,illbeplottedwiththeknumbers.
(forthisexampl,
thefirstone
maybehiddenin thetriadsymbol
at 0,0,0.)To replotat anyiime,select'Utilitymenu
ba/,rylot'/replot'.
You mustnowconnectthetwo keypointstogetherto form a line
. li$t closethe lastmenuthat.wereusedto createthekeypoiotsby doubleclicking
in theupper
left-handcornerofthe menu.Thiswill returnyouto thetreate menu,.
. Selectthe 'Lines'item (under'-Lilles-,)in thisE]enu.
. Select'StraightLine'.
. Usethemouseto piakthet\ro ke)?ointsin thegraphics
willdow.Theywill bemarkedby a small
yeiiowboxwhenpicked.Click on ,OK'in the 'CreateStraightLioe,windowwhenyou hive
pickedthetwo keypoints
. Now closethe 'Lines'and'Create'menusasearlierdescribed.
o
It is nownecessary
to createsomeelements,a/n
thisline.Thisis called,Meshtrg'.ANSYSfirstneedsto
knowwhatkindofelmentsto usefor our problem:
.
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Select'Element
Type'inthe ?reprocessoimenu.
Select'AddEdit/De1ete.
.'
Clickonthe'Add...'button
in the,Element
Tyoes,window
S e l e c t ' Be a rn ','2 D e l a sti c'a n d cl i ckon' OK,youshouldsee,TypetBEAM3,inth e,El em ent
Typeswindow.
Clickon Optioos. '
In the'BEAM3elementtypeoptions,window,
clickon thetop button(K6), andselect,Include
Output'.
Clickon OK'
,.
Clickon'Close'inthe,Element
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YoLlneedto speci4'geometricpropertiesfor your elements
. Select'RealConslants...'jn
the ?reprocessoimenu.
. C l i c ko n Ad d ..'
. Select'Type1 BEAM3, andclickon 'OK'.
.Inthe'RealConstantsforBEAM3,window,enterthefouowinggeometricproperties(using
paramerers
rharwereenrered
arthebeginring
ofour example).
AREA:

XSECT

IZZ.
inertiaz
HEIGHT: depth

. Clickon 'OK
. Clickon 'Ciose,
in the'RealConstants'
window.
Yourhenneedro sirecify
marerial
propenies:
.
.
.
.

Select'Material
Props,inthe'preprocessor'
menu.
Select'Isotropic
.,under,-ConstantJ
Click'OK'in the'Isotropic
Materialproperties,
windowto selectmaterial
numberi.
In the\rindowthatappears,
thereareminyproperties
thatmaybespecfiea.Theonesof
concem
are:
!X:
200000
NUXY:0,3

. Setthesepropefties
andclickon,OK,.
. Closethe'Material
Props,menu.
tas]
be&Ie,I119_shi!g
is to tellANSYShowbigtheelements
shouldbe.Let,smaketheelement
Jhe -s19P
length2Ocm
to beginwith;
.
.
.
.

Select'Shape
& Size'underlMeshing_,inthe 'preprocessor,
menu.
'-{.n
In the Shape-&5ize'-rhenu.select GiobalEtemSize .
S- c.,,&a
d
Givea'SIZE of2OOandclickon OK
Closethe 'Shaoe*-Si-zdmenu.
Y.zr- o"t{Now you canteli AliSyS to meshthe beam:

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. Selecr'Mesh'under -Meshing-in the preprocessoi

menu
. Selecr'Lines'
in rhe'Mesh'menu.
. Usethemouseto pick the linein thegraphics
window.It wilj be surrounded
by a yellowbox
whenpicked.
. Clickon'OK in rhe,Mesh
LinesBor
. Closethe Mesh,menu
Plot your elements
by
.
.
.
.
.

Select'Numbering,
in the ,plotctrls,Menu.
Turnoff Keypo:nr
numbering
sothartheplordoesno, become
conirsins
LllcKor tne ttem & Arrrjbnumbering
box.andselecrflemertnumber!
Clickon 'OK,
Fromthe'Plot'menu,select,Elements
andyouwill thenseethe eiements
plottedin multiple
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. Select\lumbedng'from the ,plotctrls,menu,andtum on node

numbedng.
].ou will seethatthe
plot becomes
veryclutteredwith numoers.
. To seethenodesandnodenumbersplottedby themselves,
select,Nodes'fromthe ,p1ot,
menu
andyouwill beableto seehow thenodesarenumbered.
Noticethattheyarenot necessa.lly
numbered
fromleft to right.
Savethemodelat thistime,soifyou makesomemistakes
lateron, youwili be ableto comebackto
l1nspomt;
. Select'UtilityMenuBarTFile'/,Save
as ..
. At thetop.of thewindowthat appears,.
youwlll seex.db,preceeded
by a directoryname.Change
I
,modeli,so
the to whatevernameyou want,say
thatthebox now contains,modell.db,
preceeded-by
a fuli directoryname.(The.dbis important,somakesureyou includeit.)
. Clickon'OK'.
You havenow definedyourmodel.It is now timeto applytheload(s)andconstraint(s)
andsolvethe
the resultingsystemofquations.

SolutionPhase:AssigningLoadsand Solving
closerhe'Preprocessor'
menuandopenup th'solutionmenu(Iiom the same,ANSySMain

Menu,).

First.you.must
teli ANSYShow you wantit to solvethisproblemSelect,NewAnalysis,
andensure
tl9!
c)ick'OK,;
you
i.e.
going
are
do
a
static
anatysis
on
thi
!;
beam
llgj9.il fgl-aTdr,and
asapposed
to ri djiianiic -anaiysiir,
Toi example.
Now youmustapplysomeloadsandconsfaints:
.
.
.
.
.
.

'Appiyunder'-LoadsSelect
rirlr
We will stadwith constraints,
so select,Displacemellt
>'
Select'OnNodes,
Use.themouseto pickthe nodeat 0,0in thegraphics
window.
Clickon 'OK'in the'ApptyU,ROT,window.
Choosewhatdegleesoffreedomareto beconstrained.
In this case,youhavea calti]evered
beam,soall DOI,Sareconstrained
at thisend
. Select'AllDOI' andclick on,OK'.(you will see,some
trianglesin thegraphics
window
indicaring
theconrraints.
The rotationconrraintis markediriorange.an"dtle displacernenr
constraints
arein b1ue.
You maynot be ableto seetherotationco-nstraint
because
ofthe angleof
Let'sgeta betterlook at the situationbeforewe applya load:
. fLrrnoffrhenoden"rnbering
(Urilitymen._r
oar'plorCrrs,'Numberins
r
. P ot th_e
elemenrs
r''Utililymenubar/ pior|tiemenls,)
. we wttlrotatethepictureto an isometricview:
Select'Utilitymenuba ,plotctrlsy?an,
Zoom,
that appears,
youhavemany.controls.
Try
experimenting
with
them.By
l::l:i
-,ti,]n",*"09w
lurnng on
the dynamicmode(clickon thebuttonbeside,D;,namic
Mode,sothat-itturnsyeilowj
you canusethe mouseto dragthe image,translating
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Rotate'\rindowopenandmoveit to an empq
o'ntt ,"r""rr, J,
,t ifyou. ,".""n in
alreadycluttered
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"io,"
-"u
. You mayind that the triad symbol
ar the origin(in thegraphicslvindow)ls confirsingthe
picture
canturn it oq or moveit to ano'tleitocati"on.'Seiect:-''*"
_Y,ou
. 'Urility
menubdr'/plorCrrls,Window
Corrrolstt indowOprjon"..
. Click.onthebuttonby ',TRIAD,
to adjusrthe tocatlonoftr;a iy?,oot.tt, d"fuultlo"ution
is at the origin,but it canbemovedto anotherlocation
on the slreen(notetliat it will then
not markthe locationofthe axes,but onlytheirdirection;
or tumeaof.
.

tV
theorher
parameters
in the,Wiadow
Optiors,
box.Clickon,Apply,
l^11
i1L1!,"
ro
"a;usting
haveyour changes
take effectwithoutclosing
thewiadow.CLickon OX,wt

It's timeto applythe loadl

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you aredone.

Ifyou stillhavethe'Applvmenuooen.selecr'Force4\,lomenr
>..(Ifyou don.rhaveApply.open,
irsunder'-Loadsin rhe'solution'
menu.)Choose,Oo
Nodes,
Pick the nodeat the endofthe beamwith the mouse
Click on 'OK in_the AppiyF,A4e/indow.
m Ine nextwudow to aDDear

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tffi: T ii:J:t"*

atthetopandselect
FY Thisindicate
thatwewillbeapptyins
thetoad

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below
o Click on 'OK'.
Thefor_ce
wilJappearin rhegraphicswinoowasa reo arrow.
Lloseall open'Apply'menus.

NowtellANSYSto findthesolution
In the 'Solution,menuundeithe '-Sblve:,ti e, select,Cuirent
LS, Thisindicates
that we desire
rhesolutionunderrhecurrenrLoad Srep(LS
).

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Postprocessing:
ViewingtheResults
You will now wantto view the results.To do thisyou

musteoterthe post_processor:

. Closethe,Solution'menu
. Select'General
postprocessor,
tom the,ANSySMainMenu,
l:
: 1 :appears.
1 . **l , t land
{ . r : L ecrrn g B yL o a d S te p .,under - ReadResults_,.SeiectLoadSteplinthew i ndo.r v
thal
clickon OK
Plotyourresults:
R .r,t: i n rte ,C e n e ra
p lo sr pr ocessor
m en.r
: l : : - , luetormed
:j
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the displaceflent
scalingIn otherwords,the displace.nents
in thefigurelook 12.! timeslargerthan
theylgaily are.You canadjustthe displacement
scalingby selecting'Utility Menu
Ba//'PlotCtrls7'SMeTDisplacement
Scaling...'.
Youprobably
wantro knowLheacrualdi>piacements
ofrhebeam
.
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Closethe 'PlotResults'menu.
Select'ListResults'on therceneral?ostprocessor'
meflu._
.( \
Select'SortNodes...'
Set'ORDER'to 'AscendirgOrder'
LeaveN{JMB' blank.
In theleftmostofthe listsbeside'Item,Comp'
select,geometry,.
In the ght list selectl.{odeloc X'.
Clickon 'OK'.

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. Select
postprocesso/
{iomthe'ceneral
'Ngd4_:&ELon...'
menu.
. Choose-66F
SoEii6n'and'Atl DOFs'fromrh; Lstsin the'ListNodalSolurionwindow.
. Ciickon 'OK.

How dotheselumberscompare
with expected
analltical
results?

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Thenodalresults
will bedisplayed.
Node2 will bedisplayed
afteri & 3-I i. Thisis dueto thewaythat
ANSYSnumbers
thenodes.
Node2 is atrheendofthebeam(atx=2000).
Ifvou hadnot sodedthe
nodes
beforedispiaying
thenodalsolulion,
rheresufts
wouldhivebeendisolaved
in orderofnodefrom
I - 11,whichdoesnorcorrespond
ro rheactualphysical
locationofrhenodis.
Look now at
. SelectElementSolution...'
postprocesso/
from the ,General
meru

. Select
T{odalforcedata'and,Al1forces,
ftomthe.lists
disDlaved.
. Clickon'OK'.
. Foreachofthe10elements,
theforcdmoment
valus
at eachofthetwo nodes
perelement
will
bedisplayed.
Youprobably
wantsomeinformation
aboutstresses
in thebeam:
. Closethe'ListResults'menu
ifit is stillopen.
. Select
postprocessor'
Table'fromthe'General
'Element
menu.
.
.
r
.
.
.

Select'Define
Table..'
Clickon'Add...
In tbe'Lab box,type'axiall , 'In the'Selection'
box,tlpe,li1,
Clickon,Apply,.
Similarly,definetwo moreitemsl
. Labt'bendingi';
Selection:
on,Apply')
'1s,3,(click
,is,6,(ciickon,OK,)
. Lab:'bendingj';
Setection:
. Closethe ElementTableDara,window(clickon'Ciose')
. SelectLi"rtlen fable.. in rhe ElemenL
Table'menu.
. In theboxthatappears,
selecrAXIAII, BENDINGI,andBENDIT{GJ.andclickon,OK
A list ofstresses
will appear.The axialstresses
(AXJALI)arezerothroughout,aswe wouldexpect.
The othertwo (BENDNGI & BENDINGI) referto thebendingstresses=at
eachendofeacheliment.
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postprocessing,
menu.
Seiecttine ElemRes.'
Inlhe win_dowrhat appears,setLabI to BENDINGI andLabJ to
BENDINGJ.
Ciicko!'OK'.

PrintingandPlottingft6srr.fts
Textandgraphic
results
maybesavedfromANSys in a varietyofways.Browsethis
section
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q r.a g o n a t or perpeD di c ul ar a r r a n g e m e u t s
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advaltages pf hollow constructioD have beeD

Tbe- welgbt-savllg
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rorDerry had to be taken by the sub_frarne al.o!e.
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atrd torsloD.
The buildlng
of tb; wj.ngs aua fu!-iage
of al-rcrart
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StaticAnalvsis of a corner Bracket

ProblemSPeciflcaton
Descriptlon
PrOblem
sieps
BuildGeornetrv
DefineMaterialStePs
GeneratelvleshStePs
APplvLoadssteos
ObtainSolutionstePs
ReviewResultsStegs
ProblemSPecification
ANSYS
ANSYS/Structural
ANSYSiN4echanical'
ANSYSProd!cts: ANSYS/Multiphysics'
Aoolicable
ANSYS/ED
LrnearPlus.
easy
Levelof DitficLrltv:
60 to 90 nlnules
Requ'red
Trme
lnteracr've
qtgglplllg structural
Tvoe:linearstatic..--^
Analvsis
ElementTvPeslJsed l'LANEbl
andfillets
prifitives BooreanlDerat'ons
ANSys Feat-.es'Denonslrarcosoridmoderlg including rist'ngot reactionforces examination
of
an'j-si'elsoisprais:
taoeredoressureroao,oerormeosnap"e
structuralenergyerror
ProblemDescriPtlon
below The upper
of thecornerang|e,bl1:l:t--shown
Thisis a simple,singleloadstep,strucluGlstaticanalysiscircumterence,
pfessure
loadis
tnd a tapered

ariinOiti iitire
ti.li;;;;;i;i;;r"";.itiaineci {weroeo)
the
istodemonstrate
oftheproblem
h;le Theobjective
rrgN-nant;in
ofthelower
tothebottom
applied
ofunits'sused
system
TheUSdustonary
procedure
ii.iicatnnsvsanatysis

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figure'The bracketis madeof A36steel
of the cornerbracketare shownin the accompanying
Thedimensions
or

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ratio '27
30E6psiandPorsson's

Apptuach and AssumPtions

Slncethebracketistniri1thezdirectiont1/2inchthickness)compa'ed
oraneskessforlh:sanarysls
AssJ-ne
p'""'li" tJadicts orly rntne'r-y plane thisis a val:dassumotron
me
y
to iLsx and dimensions ''nc"
"no
mesnit withnodesand
the2-Dmodelard automat'cal'y
to generate
is to usesolldmodellng
Ourapproach
drrectly
elements
)
and
ir ANsYs is to createtne nodes
ilrlrii.- innoti'"r atternatrve
Sunmary of stePs
solv'nqthe probrem01
andthe stepsbelowas a gu'del'ne-in
Usethe Informatoni'1the problemdescnplion
fo'step 1
link
the
Inleraclve#p-;ylriep iJri.,t'only "r'oo.ing
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BulldGeomotry
1. Definerectanoles.
plotcontrols
2. Chanae
andreplot
3. Chanqe
workino
olaneto polarandcreatefirstcircle.
planandcreatesecond
4. l\roveworkino
circle.
5. Adda.eas.
6. Createlinefillet.
7. Create
filletarea.
8. Addareastooether.
9. Createfirstoinhole.
10. Moveworkino
olaneandcreatesecond
oinhole.
pinholesfrombracket
tl. Subtract
'12,Savethedatabase
asnodsl.db.
Dgflnetaalorl.lB
'13,Definematerial
ofoperties.
G9n9rat6
Mosh
14. Setoreferences.
15. Define
element
tvpesandootions.
l. Definerealconstants.
17. l\4esh
thearea.
18, Savethedatabese
a9nsr.db.
ApplyLoadE
'|9, Aoplvdisolacement
constraints.
20. Apolvpressure
load.
ObtalnSolutlon
21. 99]ve,
R.vl9wR9!ult!
postorocessor
22. Entertheqeneral
Endreadinthresults.
23. Plotthedeformed
shaoe.
24. PlotthevonMiseseouivalent
stress.
25. Listthereaction
solution.
26. ExittheANSYSproqram.

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lnteractive Step-bv-Step Solution

BuildGoometry
of oreprocessinq.
Thisis thebeginning
'1. DellneJectangles.
to createthemodel
Thereareseveralways
sornemoreconvelienl
withtnANSYS,
oeometrv
thatthe
ihanoth6rs.Tnefirststepis to recognize
easilywith
canbeconstructed
bracket
primitives.
of rectangles
andcircles
combinations
andthen
wheretheoriginwillbelocated
Decide
to
andcirclepllllillgE felative
definetherectangle
ot theoriginis arbitrary.
thatorigin.Thelocation
holehasbeen
left-hand
ThecentefoftheuDoer
the
to
knowwhere
does
not
need
ANSYS
chosen.
a rectangle
originis. Simplybeginbydefinlng
InANSYS,
thisoriginis
relative
to thatloction.
calledlheglobalo gln.
'1. l\4ain
Menu:Paeprocoagor
-l\4odeling-Croato
-Areas-Rectanglo
By DimsnslonB
2. EnterXl = 0 (Nof6iPresstheTabkey
X2= 6,Y1= -1,Y2=1
6nties),
between
'D
3, Applyto createthefirstrectangle
3'
4 . E n t exrl =4 ,X 2 =6 ,Y 1 =-1 ,Y 2 =--)
rectangle
and
the
second
OKto
create
5.
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2. changeplotcontrolsand .eplot.
whichare
Theareaplotshowsbothrectangles,
areas,in the samecolor.To moreclearly
betweenarcas,tum on areanurnbers
dislinguish
The'PlotNumbengControls"
dialog
andcolorc.
controlshowitemsare
boxon the UtilityIVlenu
dispayedin the GraphicsW ndow.Bydefault,a
performeduponexecution
"replot"is automatically
o'thedialogbox Thereplor
operalion
wilrrepeat
the la$ plohingoperatioltharoccu-ed(il this
case an areaplo9
1. Utility
lMenu:Plotctrl
Numbering
2. Turnon afeanumbefsn
3. OK to changecontrols,closethedialogbox,
andreplott

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Beforegoingto the nextstep,savewhathasbeen

doneso far.Anv inoutdatais storedon the
AlvsyS dafabasein memory.To savethat
dalabaseto a file.usethe saveooeration.
availableas a toolon the Toolbar.lf youdefined
thejobnarneas bracketin the launchef,lhe save
lt
opefationwillsavethe databaseas bracket.db.
saveso thal if a
is important
to do an occasional
mistakeis made the modelcanbe restoredffom
Lsilg
thelasrsavedstale.Thelrode is resto'ed
the resurneooefation.alsoavailable
on the
Toolbar.(Saveand resumeafe alsofo!nd on the
underFile.)
UtiityN4enu,
4. Toolbar:SAVE_DB

-'d b3. Changeworkingplaneto polarandcreate

first clrcle,
is to
Thenextstepin the modelconstrucUon
createthe halfcircleat eachendofthe bracket.
Wellactually
createa fullcifcleon eachendand
witha
thencombinethe circlesand rectangles
in step5.).To
Boolean"add"operation(discussed
cfeatethe circles,we'lluseanddisplaythe
workno p ane.We couldhaveshowntheworking
planeas we cfeatedthe rectangles
but itwas not
necessary.
Beforewe beginhowever,let'sfifst"zoomout
withinthe GfaphicsWindowso we canseemore
of our circlesas we createthem.Thisis done
dialogbox a
usingthe "Pan-Zoom-Rotate"
graphicscontrolboxyou'lluseoftenin
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1. Utilitylt4enu:PlotCtrls
Pan,Zoom, Rotate
2 . Clickon smaI dotonceto zoomout ,r
3 . Closedialogbox J
Utility
Menu:WorkPlane
DisplayWorkingPlane(loggleon)

Noticetheworkingplaneoriginis immediately
plottedin the GraphicsWindow lt is indicated
by
theWX and\r'y'Y
symbos; rightnowcoincdentwith
theglobalorigin
X andY symbols.
Nextwell
changetheWP typeto polar,changethesnap
increment,
anddisplay
thegrid.
5. Utility
l\4enu:
WorkPlane
WP Settlngs
6. Clickon Polar ,)
7. Clickon GridandTrlad,,
forsnapncrementr)
8. Enter.'1
9. OK to definesettingsandcloselhe d alog
box
''

Pr6processor
10. Mainl\,4enu:
-lvlodeling-Create
-Areas-Circle
SolidGircle
NOTE: Be sure to read promptbefore
plcklng.')
pointat WP X=0 WP Y=0(in
1 1, Pickcenter
GraphicsWindowshownbelow)
12. l\,,tove
mouseto dius of 1 and c ick left
bltton to createcircle

8E!E!!t!fiJ

r13* r *- r;
'13.OKto closepicklng
menu )
14. Toolbar:SAVE_DB

rrll
i!!., i
r
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-.1
'

the cursorfor
NOTE:Whileyouafe positionlng
picking,
WP X andY valuesare
the"dynamic"
dialogbox.
intheSolidCircularArea
displayed
to pickingthesevalues
Also,as an alternative
alongwiththe radiuscan betypedintothe dlalog

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4. Moveworklngplaneand crcatesecond
circle.
To cfeatethecircleat lhe otherend of the bracket
in the samemannef,we needto firsl movethe
workingplaneto theoriginof the circle.The
simpiestwayto do thiswithoutenterlngnumber
offsetsis to movethe WP to an averagekeypoint
al the bottom
locationby pickingthe keypoints
corneas
ofthe lowef,rightrectangle.
1. Utility
Menu:WorkPlane
Otfsot wP to
KeYPolnts
2. Pickkeypointat lower/eftcornerof
rectangle
3. Pickkeypointat lowefrightof rectangle

menu
{. OKtoclosepicking

Menur Preprocesaor
5. l\,4ain
-l\4odeling-croate
-Afeas-circle
Solidclrcle
6. PickcentefpointatWPX=0,WP Y=0
mouseto radiusof 1 andclickleft
7. l\,,love
buttonto cfeatecircle

menu
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9. Toolbar: SAVE_DB
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5. Add areas.

piecesof the modelare

Nowthattheappropriate
defined(rectangles
and circles)we needto add
one
so themodelbecomes
themtogether
piece.Thisis donewiththeEoolean
continuous
for areas.
addoperation
1. MainMenu:Preprocessor
-Modeling-Ope.ate
-Booleans-Add
Areas
2. PickAllforallareasio beadded-)

3. Toobar: SAVE_DB

-4{ L6. createllnefillet,

1. Utility
lVenuPlotctrls
Numbering
ng -t
2- Turnonlinenumber
controls,
closethed a ogbox
3. Okto change
')i
lY
rePlot
andautomatica

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4. Utilty[4enu]WorkPlane
DisplayWorkingPlanefloggleofl

5. IVlain
l\,4enu:
Preprocessor
-lr/lodeling-Create
Fillet
-Lines-Line
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7. OK to finishpickinglines(in pickingmenu)
Enter.4as thedius -)
OK to-createlinefilletand closethe dialog
box n

10. Utilitylvlenu:Plot
Lines

4F7. Createfillet arEa.

1. Utility
l\4enur
Plototrls

Pan,Zoom,Rotate

2. ClickonZoombutton)
clickleftbutton,
3. l\4ove
mouseto fllletregion,

outandclickagain
movemouse

MainMenu: Preproc$Eor
Crato
-Areas-Arbltrary
Bv Lines
5.

ei*tines@!

OKto createareaandclosethepcking
menu
7 , Clickon Fitbutton
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B. ClosethePan,zoom Rotated alogbo\ '

9. Utility[4enu:Plot
Areas

10. Toolbar:SAVE_DB

-.*l lr
8. Add areastogether.

menu: Preprocessor
1. l\,,lain
-Modeling-Operate
-Booleans-Add
Areas
2. PickAllforallareasto beadded

-tL!l
-i:ilrl

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3. Toobar: SAVE_DB
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Createfirst pin holo.

L Utility
Menu:WorkPlane
DisplayWorking Planeffoggleor)

2. Malnll/lenu:Preprocessor

-Modeling-Create
-Areas-circle
Solidcircle
3 . PlckcenterpointatWP X=0,WP Y=0(in
craphicsW ndow)
in the
Movemouseto Gdiusof.4 (shown
pickingmenu)and cllckleftbutionto create
c!rcle
menu
5. OK to closepicking
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10. Moveworking planeand createsecondpin

hole,
'1. Utility
MenuiWorkPlane
OffsetWP to
GlobalOrigin
2. Malnlvlenu:Preprocessor
-Modeling-Create
-Areas-Circle
SolidCircle
3. Pickcenterpointat WP X=0,WP Y=0(in
GphicsWindow)
4. Movemouseto radiusof .4 (shownin the
pickingmenu)andclickleftmousebltton to
createcifcle
5. OK to closepicking
menu
6. Utilityl\4enu:WorkPlane
DlsplayWorking Planeffoggleo,?
7. Utilityl\4enurPlot
Rsplot

Fromthisareaplot,it appears
thatthe
upper,
pinholeareais notthere However,
left-hand
it is
there(asindicated
bythepreserce
of itslrnes),
it
justcan'tbeseeninthefinaldisplay
of thescreen.
Thatis because
thebracket
afeais dfawnontop
of it. Aneasywayto seeallareasis to plotthe
linesinstead.
8. Utilityl\,,lenur
Plot
Lines

9. Toolbar:SAVE DB

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1'1.Subtractpin holesfrcm bracket.

Prcprocessor
1. Mainl\,,lenu:
-Modeling-Operate
-Booleans-Subtract
Areas
2. Pickbracketas baseareafromwhichto
subttact
menu)
3. Apply(inpicking
Pickbothplnholesas areasto be
subtracted

holesandclosepicking
5. OKto subtract
menu

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as modeldb.
12. Savethe database
to a named
thedatabase
At thispoint,we'llsave
the modelbefore
file - a namethatrepresents
to go backandremesh,
meshing.lf we decide
we'lineedto resumethlsdatabasefile We'llsave
it as model.db.
1. Utilitylvlenu:File
SaveAa
2. Entetnodel.dbfot lhe databasefile name

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3. OK to saveand closedialogbox -),

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DeIineMaterials
I 3. Defino llatclialprgpcllleg.
Forthisanalyslsthereis onlyone materialfor the
bracket,436 Steel,withgivenvaluesforYoung's
modulus
ofelastrcrty
andPoisson
s rato.
1. MainMenu:Preprocessor
MaterlalProps
-Consianllsotropic
2. OK sincewe arcdefining
rnaterial
1n
3. Entef30e6for EX -n
4. Tabor clickon NUXYfieldandenter 27 -))
5. OK to definematerialpropertysetandclose
the dialogbox -))

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Mesh
14. Set pIqEI9!!gg.
L l\,,lain
MenurPaeferences
2 . Turnon svucturalfiltering
rt
3. OK to applyfilleringand closethe dialog
box n

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15. Define9]9Es!][!ypgsandqg!!g!!.
youneedto selectfroma library
Inanyanalysis,
ones
typesanddefinetheappropriate
of element
your
analysis.
for
type'
we'lluseonlyoneelement
Forthisanalysis,
structural,
PLANE82.
whichrsa 2-D,quadratic,
elementThechoiceof a
hioher-order
hereallowsusto havea
element
hioher-order
elements
co;rsermeshthanwithlower_order
Also,
accuracy
solution
whilestillmaintaining
generated
will
be
elements
thaoed
sometrianale
if
beInaccurate
inthemesithatwouldotheMise
(PLANE42)
wereused
elements
lower-order
We'llneedto specrtplanestresswlththickness
(Thethickness
willbe
asanoDtion
forPLANEE2.
step.)
in
the
next
constant
a
real
defined
as
1. lvlainMenurPrProcaaor
ElementTyPe
Add/EdlUDeloto
typen
Addanelement
solidfamilyof elementst)
Structural
quad(PLANE82)
the
4. Choose 8-noded
-)
typeandclos
OKto applytheelment
thedialogbox -)'
arto bedefined',)
forPLANE82
6. Options
option
planestresswiththickness
7. Choose
forelement
behavior-)t
andclosethe
options
8, OKto specify
dialogbox -)
options
typedialogbox -)D
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Forthisanalysis,
sincetheassumption
is ptane
gtress
wlththickness,
thethickness
is enterd
as
a realconstant
forPLANE62.
To findoutmore
information
aboutPLANE82,
we'lldemonstrate
usingtheANSYSHelpSysteminthisstep.
t. MainMenutProprocossor
RgalConliant!
Adda realconstant
set .,
OKforPLANES2
-,
Helpto gethelpon PLANES2
")
Holdleftmougebuttondownto scroll
through
element
description
-D
File> Exltto exittheHelpSystem.D
7. Enter,S
forTHK.''
OKto dfinetherealconstant
andclose
thedlalogbox -r'
Closetherealconstant
dilogbox -l'

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Sotld

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17. Meshthe area.

Onenicefeatureof theANSYSprogramis that
youcanautomatically
meshthe modelwithout
specityirgary meshsizecont'ols Thrsrs usilg
whatis calleda defasrtDesh. lfyou'renotsufe
howto detefminethe meshdensity,letANSYStry
it firstlMeshingthis modelwitha defaultmesh
however,generates
moreelemenisthanare
allowedin theANSYS/EDprogramlnsteadwe'll
specifya globalelementslzeto controloverall
meshdensrty.
1. MainMenurPreprocessor
MeshTool
2. SetGlobalSizecontrol
')
3. Typein 0 5
''
4. OK +'
5. ChooseAreal\4eshing-))
6. Clickon lvlesh-)
7. PickAll for the areato be meshed(in
picking
menu)
L Ciosethe MeshTool ,)

clnr

q t h r . r +r
$

NoterThemeshyouseeonyourscfeenmayvary
slightly
fromthemeshshownhere.Asa resultot
youmayseeslighty
different
results
dLring
thrs.
postprocessing.
Fora discussion
of results
seeChapter
2 of theANSySModelirg
accuracy,
andMeshino
Guide

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18, Sav6thg databaseas |,gsh.db.
Hereagain,we'llsavethedatabaseto a named
file thistimemosh.db.
1. Utility
[Ienu: Flle
Saveas
2. Entermesh.dbfor databasefile name -,
3. OK to savefile andclosedialogbox -"

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Apply Loads" the beginningof the solutlon

pnase
A new,staticanalysisis thedefault,so we willnot
needto specifyanalysistypefor thisproblern
Also,thereare no anavsisoptiorsfor this
pro0tem.
19. Applydisplacement
constraints.
Displacement
constraints
can be applieddirecflyto
ltnes
1. MainMenu: Sotution
-Loads-Apply
-Structural-Displacement
On Lines
2. Prckthefo!r linesaroundleft-handhole
( L in en u m b ers
10,9,11 12)

OK (inpicking
menu)
Clickon All DOF
')
Enter0 for zefodisplacement
') dialoq
OKto applyconstraints
andclose
box ')
7. Utility
MenuiPlot
Lines
3.
4.
5.
6.

8. Toolbar:SAVE DB
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20. Applypressureload.
Nowapplythe taperedpressureloadto the
pinhoe. ('Tapered"
bottomfighFhand
hefe
meansvarying
lineary) Notethatwhena circleis
crealedin ANSYS,fouf inesdefinethe perimetef.
Therefore,
applythe pressureto twolinesmaking
upthelowerhaf of thecircleSincethepressure
tapersfroma maxmumvalue(500ps) at the
bottomof thec rcleto a minimumvalue(50 psi)at
the sides,applypressurein hvoseparatesteps,
withreversetaperingva uesfor each ine
TheANSYSconvention
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pressure/rfo the
a poslllyeloadvaluerepresents
surface(compressive).
1. l\,4ain
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Solution
-Loads-Apply
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On Lines
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ObtainSolution
2t. Solve.
1. Mainirenu:Solltlon
LS
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2. Review
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inthestatus
window,
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File
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solution
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of thisoneloadstepproblem
are
storedinthedatabase
andontheresults
fil,
(orJobrame.RTH
Jobnam6.RSI
forthermal,
Jobnamg.Rl\4G
formagnetic,
andJobDame.RFL
forfluidanalyses).
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canactually
contain
onlyonestof results
at anygiventime,
soina multiple
loadstepor multiple
substep
analysis,
onlythefihalsolutlon
is storedinthe
database.
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results
file.

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Menu:PlotCtrls
Animate
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NOTErThevaluesshownare repfesentative
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Therearemanyotheroptions
available
fof
reviewng resultsin the generalpostprocesso.
Youll see sone of theseoemonst.aied
,n otner
tutorials.
Youhavefinishedthe analysls.Exitthe
prcgramin the nextstep

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26. Exit the ANSYSprogram.
WhenexitingtheANSYSprogram,youcan save
thegeometryand loadsportionsof the database
(default)savegeometry.loaos,ald solJtioroara
(oneset of resultsonly),savegeometry,
loads,
sol!tiondata,and postprocessing
data(i.e save
everythin9),
or savenothlng.
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here,butyoushouldbe slre to useoneofthe
othersaveopttonsif youwantto keeplhe ANSyS
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Createa block(50by 100by 2000)
Definea solidbrick element
Entermaterialproperties
asE=200000andv=0.3
Seedthemeshas20 by 1 by I
Meshthe volumeby mappedmeshing
Apply the boundaryconditionsby fixing the back facein all DOF'S
Apply the load asF,,of-2500 at the 4 keypointson the oppositeface
Solvethe cunent load step
Look at the results; First the deformedshapealld notethe deflection
Secondcontourthe stressin the x direction andnotethe
maximumvalue
ANY COMMENTS???
FEA Analvsisusinea urooer FE model:
Createa straightline by 2 keypoints
Define a bean element
Definethe associated
realconstants
by enterareaas50*100
momentof areaas(50*100**3y12
depthas 100
Seedthemeshas l0 eloments
alongtheline
Meshthe line
Apply the boundaryconditionsby fixing oneendpointofthe line in all DOF's
Apply theloadasF, of-10000 at theotherendpointofthe line
Solvethe cunent load step
Look at the results: First the deformedshapeandnotethe deflection
Secondlook up thestessdata
To perform the last operation,you needto use:
Elementtable>Deflnetable>Add
UnderLab box,enterbendingsandtypels,3underselection
CloseElementtabledatawindow
List elemtable andclick on bendings
Note the results
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