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Appendix B

Submodeling Technique
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Introduction to ANSYS Mechanical

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Chapter Overview
In this chapter controlling meshing operations is described.
Topics:
A. Submodeling Overview
B. Submodeling Procedure
C. WSBB.1 - Submodeling

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A. Submodeling Overview

Current trends in simulation


show an increased need for the
computation of large models

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… Submodeling Overview

Use reduction or acceleration techniques for faster solutions and design


variations

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… Submodeling Overview

Submodeling is the solution


when only a portion of the model
matters

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… Submodeling Overview

Start from a coarse


solution and increase
accuracy only in selected
areas

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… Submodeling Overview

The coarse model


provides accurate
deformations but
inaccurate stresses

The refined model(s) will


provide accurate stresses

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… Submodeling Overview

From the coarse model to


the submodel through
results mapping

Displacements are
mapped to the
common boundary
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… Submodeling Overview

Solving two models can


be faster than solving a
very detailed one

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… Submodeling Overview

Stress contour – full model

From a solid model to


a solid model

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… Submodeling Overview

Initial geometry Defeatured shell model - deformations

From a shell model


to a solid model

Solid submodel - stresses


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B. Submodeling Procedure
Submodeling is a technique where a coarsely meshed model can be solved followed by a
subsequent solution using only a portion of the coarse model with a more refined mesh.
Submodeling is available for structural and thermal analysis types with solid geometry.
As shown in the example below, and explained shortly, one of the key concepts in
submodeling is the designation of the “cut boundaries” defining the submodel.

Cut Boundaries

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
As the figures below show, the displacements from the coarse model are mapped to the
cut boundary locations on the submodel from the corresponding locations on the full
model.
• Note, if the cut boundaries are too close to the stress concentrations the accuracy of the submodel
can be degraded. A results comparison can be used to verify the cut boundary location (detailed in
an upcoming example).

Full (coarse) Model Submodel

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
Submodeling Example:
• The model shown below is initially solved using a coarse mesh.
• As expected we see stress concentrations in regions containing detailed
geometry along with a coarse mesh.
• Based on these results we choose to create a submodel to explore the region
circled in more detail.

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
Although there are numerous geometry modeling techniques that can be used
to create the submodel, we have chosen to slice a body from the full model
using the DesignModeler application. This new body is our submodel and a
more refined mesh is created in the Mechanical application.

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
The submodel schematic is set up as shown here:

Original Full Model


Since the full model and submodel are comprised
of different geometry, we can’t simply drag and
drop a new structural system on to the existing
one as this would link the geometry. Instead we
create a new stand alone system and drag the full
model solution onto the submodel’s setup cell.

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
After opening the new (submodel) system
open in Mechanical we can see a new
“Submodeling” branch has automatically been
inserted in the tree. If we RMB we can choose
the type of result to import (displacement in
this example).
In the details of the imported load we choose
scope to which the loads are applied. The
scope here is the cut boundaries of the
submodel.
Note, there are numerous mapping options
available when transferring loads not all of
which will apply to submodeling. For a
complete discussion see the section of the
documentation covering “External Data
Import”.

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. . . Submodeling Procedure

RMB to import the load from the full


model. When completed, the import
can be reviewed graphically.

Add any additional boundary


conditions to the submodel to match
those on the full model and solve.

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. . . Submodeling Procedure
To insure that the cut boundary is far enough from
the high stress region a check should be performed
to compare full and submodel results near the cut
boundary.

Full Model

Here an array of probes is used but path plots,


surface plots, etc. are options as well. We simply
want to verify that the results near the cut
boundary are not drastically different between the
full and sub models. If they are, it is usually an
indication that the boundary needs to be moved
further from the high stress region.
Submodel
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Workshop Appendix B
• Workshop Appendix B - Submodelling

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