Lab Session 1

Problem Statement:

To statically analyze the displacement and stresses of equilateral triangular truss using ANSYS
MECHANICAL APDL.

Given Data:
Area of Triangle = 500 mm^2
V (poison Ratio) = 0.3
E= 200*10^3

To Find:
Displacement =?
Stresses =?
Reactions =?
Procedure:
Pre-processor:
 Open APDL and Select Preferences
 Select Structural
 Got to Preprocessor and select Element type and select Add/Delete
 Select Link and 3D finit stn 180.

 Go to Real constant and select the Link

 Give Area of 500mm2

 Go to Material properties and select modeling then select Linear

 Select isentropic and give the value of PRXY (poison ratio) of 0.3 and value of E (Young
modulus) is 200e3
 Go to modeling and select the Nodes Inactive CS
 For 1st node give location of 0,0,0 and for 2nd 1000, 0,0 and for 3rd 500, 866.025 ,0
 Go to Elements and select Auto numbered and select Truss Nodes
 Select nodes and apply and Geometry will be

 Go to Loads and select define loads

 Select nodes 1 and select displacement to be applied, select all DOF and again select
node 2 and select all options except all DOF and UX.
  Select Force/Moment and apply Force of -200N onto node 3
 Select FX an apply force of 200

Solution:
 Select solution from Current LS
 Solve

General Postprocessor:
 Select general post processing
 Select plots then select Contour Plots
 Select nodal solution and select stresses on X,Y,Z or see deformed shape and also Nodal
solutions and results will be
Displacement:

Deformed Shape:

Element Solution:

Nodal Solution: -
Reaction Solution: -

Stresses:
 Lab Session 2
Problem Statement:

To statically analyze the shear force and bending moment of simple supported beam
using ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL.

Given:
 Poison ratio = V = 0.3
 Young Modulus = E = 200e3
 Force = 2000 kg
 Rotation at z ≠ 0
 Displacement along x ≠ 0
 No of Divisions = 20
 B = 50
 H = 50

To Find:
 Bending Moment =?
 Shear Forces =?
Procedure:
Pre-processor:

 Open APDL and Select Preferences and Select Structural

 Got to Preprocessor and select Element type and select Add/Delete

 Select beam and select 2 node188

 Go to Material properties and select modeling then select Linear

 Select isentropic and give the value of PRXY (poison ratio) of 0.3 and value of E (Young
modulus) is 200e3

 Go to sections and select beam

 Then select common sections an give values of B =50 and H =50
 Go to modeling and select Inactive CS
 For 1st key point give location of 0,0 and for 2nd 2000, 0 and for 3rd 4000,0

 Go to modeling and select key points

 Then select Lines and Straight Lines

 Go to Meshing and select mesh Tool

 Give the No. of Divisions 2
 Go to Loads and select define loads
 Then Select Structures and then select key points
 Select Displacement on the Point 1 and select all options except ROTZ

 For the point 2 select all options except UX

 Select Force/Moment and apply Force of -19860 N on y direction

Solution:
 Select solution from Current LS and Solve

General Postprocessor:
 Select general post processing
 Select deformed shapes

Displacement:

Deformed Shape:
Reaction Solution: -
 Lab Session 3
Problem Statement:
To statically analyze the deflection and stresses of rectangular plate with circular hole
using ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL

Given:
E = 2e^5
Thickness= 12.5 cm
V = 0.3
Pressure= 50Pa

To Find:
Deflection =?
Stresses=?
Procedure:
Pre processor
 Open APDL and Select Preferences and Select Structural

 Got to Preprocessor and select Element type and select Add/Delete

 Select beam and select 2 node188 and in options select plain stress w/ thickness

 Go to Material properties and select modeling then select Linear

 Select isentropic and give the value of PRXY (poison ratio) of 0.27 and value of E
(Young modulus) is 210e9 and give thickness 1 in real constant.
  Go to Modeling and select area and select rectangle by 2 corners
 Give values of H=40 and W =60

 Now create Circles inside the geometry.

 Draw Select circle than solid circle
 Give dimensions of 15, 20, 5 and for the other circle 45,20,5
 Radius is 5
 Than select key points Select corners
 Go to create select Boolean and subtract area
 Now perform meshing using mesh tool,

 The applied loads and constraints are

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Solution:
 Solve from current LS

General Post Process:

 Select plot results and select deformed shape
 After that select contour plots and plot the results
 Then plot the contour plots to find stress and deflection
Deformed Shape:
Displacement:

Stresses:
Reaction Solution:
 Lab Session 4
Problem Statement:
To statically analyses the deflection and stresses of corner bracket with circular
hole using ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL

Given:
Thickness= 12.5
E= 2e^5
V= 0.3

To Find:
Deflection=?

Stresses=?
Procedure:
Pre processor
 Open APDL and Select Preferences and Select Structural

 Got to Preprocessor and select Element type and select Add/Delete

 Select beam and select 2 node188 and in options select plain stress w/ thickness

 Go to Material properties and select modeling then select Linear

 Select isentropic and give the value of PRXY (poison ratio) of 0.3 and value of E (Young
modulus) is 200e3
  Go to Modeling and select area and select rectangle by 2 corners
 Give values of H=25 and W =75 x=0 y=0
 Again give values of x=50 y= -50 w=25 and h =50

 Now create Circles inside the geometry.

 Draw Select circle than solid circle
 Give dimensions of 10,15,9 and for the other circle 90,15,9.
 Now select wok area
 Than select key points
 Select corner
  Again make solid circle and give value of radius 5

 Now go to create line then line fillet and select plot line
 The radius of fillet = 5
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 Go to Loads and select define loads
 Apply pressure of 100 and on other circle do the process same

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 Go to operate option then select Boolean
 Select the area of rectangle and click on ok he circles will be removed
 Go to mesh tool and perform meshing. Give element size edge length value 5
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General Post Process:
 Select plot results and select deformed shape
 After that select contour plots and plot the results
 Then plot the contour plots to find stress and deflection
Deformed+ Undeformed edge:

Displacement:
Stresses:

Iteration Summary:
 Lab Session 4

Problem Statement:

To statically analyze the maximum shear stress, maximum bending stress and
von-misses stress of I SECTION BEAM using ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL.

Given:
E = 2e^5
V = 0.3
Force =…….
To Find:
 Stresses=?
 Bending=?
Procedure:
Preprocessor
 Open APDL and Select Preferences
 Select Structural

 Got to Preprocessor and select Element type and select Add/Delete

 Select beam and select 2 node188
 In element type go to options and set shear stress output K4 to transverse only
 Go to sections and select beam
 Then select common sections and select I beam in sub type and give values

 Go to modeling and select Inactive CS

 For 1st key point give location of 0,0 and for 2nd 100, 0, 0 and for 3rd 300, 0, 0

 Go to modeling and select key points

 Then select Lines and Straight Lines

 Go to Meshing and select mesh Tool

 Perform meshing
 Go to Loads and select define loads
 Then Select Structures and then select key points
 Select Displacement on the Point 1 and select all DOF
 Select Force/Moment and apply Force of -15000N on y direction on key point 2 (centre) 

Solution:
 Select solution from Current LS and solve
General Postprocessor:
 Select general post processing
 Select deformed shapes
 Go to plots and select contour plots
 Select nodal solution and find stresses

Deformed Shape:

Displacement:

Iteration Summary:
 Lab Session 6
Problem Statement:

To statically analyze the stresses and reaction forces of three stepped bar of corner
bracket with circular hole using ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL.

To find:
Reactions =?
Displacements =?
Stresses =?

Procedure:
Pre-processor
 Open APDL
 Select preference and select Structural
 Select Pre Processor and Select Element type
 Add/Delete and Select Link
 Select 3D finit stn 180

 Select Real Constant and give 3 real constant separately

 Select material properties and Select Linear
 Select Isentropic and given values of poison ratio 0.3 and E values 50, 60 ,70 e9
respectively 

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 Go to modeling and select create
 Select nodes in active CS and give values of nodes 1,2,3,4 is 0, 100, 200 ,300, 400

 Go to elements and select auto numbered and Select thru nodes

 Define load and select structural and apply the displacement on node 1 and 4 which are fixed
selecting the option all DOF
 Apply force on node 2 and 3 which are 180 KN and 350 KN
 Geometry will be
Solution
 Go to solution and select solve

General Postprocessor:
 Select general post processing
 Select plots then select Contour Plots
 Select nodal solution and select stresses on X,Y,Z or see deformed shape and also Nodal
solutions and results will be

Displacement: -
Deformed Shape:

Iteration Summary:
 Lab Session 7

To thermally analyze the cylindrical fin for convection process using ANSYS
MECHANICAL APDL

Given:
 Temperature = T = 250 0C
 Radius = 0.5
 Height =13
 KXX =500

To Find:
Temperature variation =?
Procedure:
Pre processor

 Open APDL
 Select preference and select Thermal

 Select Pre Processor and Select Element type

 Add/Delete and Select Solid and Select Tet 10 node 87

 Select material properties and Select Thermal

 Select Conductivity and given values of KXX = 500
 Go to modeling and select create
 Select volume then Cylinder and then Solid Cylinder and give R=0.5 and H=13 and
geometry will be

 Go to meshing and select mesh tool and perform meshing and element edge size is 0.2

 Now apply load and Select define and select Thermal

 Select Temperature
 Select On Areas and give value of T is 250 0C
 Select Convection On areas and select Ok
 Give value of 25 for Vali Film Coefficient

Solution:
 Now go to solution and solve from current LS

General Post pro

 Now select general post pro and select plot result
 Select contour plots and select Nodal solution
 Select thermal flux
 See results on axis x and y
Element Solution:

Temperature Variation:

Iteration Summary:
 Lab Session 8
Problem Statement:

To harmonically analyze the cantilever beam for concentrated loading using ANSYS
MECHANICAL APDL.

Given:
E = 2e^11
V =0.3
Density =7800kg/m^3
Frequency 0 – 100 Hz

To Find:

Harmonics of cantilever Beam =?

Procedure:
Preprocessor:
 Open APDL
 Select preference and select Structural

 Select Pre Processor and Select Element type

 Add/Delete and Select Beam and Select 2 nod 188

 Select material properties and Select Linear

 Select Isentropic and given values of poison ratio 0.3 and E 200e9
 Also select density in material models and give value of 8000
 Go to Sections and select beam
 Select common section and give H = 0.5 and B = 0.5

 Go to modeling and select create

 Select keypoints in active CS and give value of two key points, for 1 is 0 and for 2nd is 10

 Go to lines and select Straight lines

 Go to meshing and select mesh tool and perform meshing
 Give element edge length 0.1

 Go to load and select Analysis type

 Select Harmonic
 Select displacement and select All DOF

 Now select Structural and select key points

 Select Displacement on key point 1
 Now give value of force Fy of -120 on key point 2

 Now select load step and Select time/frequency and Select frequency 0 to 130 and sub
steps =100
Solution:
 Now solution and solve from current LS

Time Hist Post Pro:

 Go to Time Hist Postpro
 Select add then DOF and select Y component and Plot graph

General Post Processing:

 Select General Post processing and Select result summary
 Select Real Result and select next set

 Select Plot Results and select Deformed Shape.

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Deformed Shape:
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 Lab Session 9

Problem Statement:

To thermally analyze the rectangular block neglecting convection process using

ANSYS MECHANICAL APDL

Given:
E = 2e^11
V =0.3

To find
Temperature Variation=?
 Procedure
Pre processor
 Open APDL
 Select preference and select Thermal

 Select Pre Processor and Select Element type

 Add/Delete and Select Solid
 Select Quad 4 node 55

 In element type select option and select plain stress thickness

 Select real constant and give thickness value 15

 Select material properties and Select Thermal

 Select Conductivity and given values of KXX = 500
 Go to modeling and select create
 Select volume then Rectangle and then select area by 2 corners and give value of X=0 Y=0
W=50 H=100
 Go to meshing and select mesh tool and perform meshing
 Now apply load
 Select define and select Thermal and select Temperature
 Select On lines and give value of T1=T2 =300oC and T3= T4 = 200OC
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Solution
 Now go to solution and solve from current LS

General Post processing

 Now select general post pro and select plot result
 Select contour plots and select Nodal solution

Nodal Solution:
Temperature Variation:

Iteration Summary:
 Lab Session 10
Problem Statement:
To analyze the flow of fluid (water) through hollow circular pipe
using ANSYS WORKBENCH.

Given:
Flow velocity = 5 m/s

To Find:
Type of flow =?

Procedure:

 Draw the 3d diagram of pipe as figured above on solid works or AutoCAD and then import
to Ansys Workbench in stp. Or igs. file format.
 Fill the profile using fill function in ansys design modeller.
 Mesh the figure using fine relevance options and then mesh the pipe.
 Create named selections i.e.: inlet, outlet and wall.
 Enter setup and then using double precision methods change the desired properties, iterations
and then initialize and run calculations.
 Interpret the results and assess the flow in pipe.
Preprocessing:

 Open workbench > select: CFD fluent > rename the project and save

Geometry creation:

 Open design modler > create geometry

 Create> sketch (xy plane)

 Sketching > circles> D1=10cm D2=20cm

 Select>generate

 Select> extrude> depth=1m>generate

 Select> tools > fill > select inner surface of pipe> apply > generate

 Rename the generated part>fluid

Meshing:

 Open fluent mesher

 Select generate mesh > mesh will be generated

 Create named selections:

Open fluent:

 Select models > energy > on3

 Select laminar flow

 Select materials > fluids > create new > fluent database > water > copy

 Select cell zone conditions> fluid > change to water

 Select boundary conditions> inlet > velocity> enter 1

 Make sure outlet is set to pressure outlet

 Select solution > method > select the following

 Select initialization> standard > compute from: inlet > initialize

 Select run calculation > number of iteration = 100 > calculate

 Solution is converged
Post processing:

 Open CFD post

 Create > plane > from plane tool

 Select contour > selct velocity > select created plane > compute and display
 Select vector > select velocity> display
 Select contour> pressure > plane > compute
 Lab Session 11
Problem Statement:
To determine the structural analysis of a I section beam using

ANSYS WORKBENCH

Procedure:
Preprocessing:

 Open workbench > select: Static structural > rename the project and save
Engineering data:

 Select engineering data > engineering data source > general > structural steel >add

Geometry creation:

 Open design modler > create geometry

 Create> sketch (xy plane)

 Select: concept > cross section > I beam

 Enter the dimensions and generate

 Select: extrude > sketch > apply > depth=500 > generate
Solution:

 Open model

 Select geometry > solid > material: steel

 Select static structural > insert > fixed support > apply

 Select static structural > insert > force > select center point > apply > value:6kN

 Select solution > insert > total deformation & von misses stresses

 Solve
Post processing:

 Select total deformation to observe minimum and maximum deformation.

 Select equivalent von misses stress:

 Lab Session 12
Problem Statement:

To analyze the flow of fluid (water) through venturi meter using ANSYS
WORKBENCH.

Given data:

Flow velocity= 25 m/s

To find =?

Flow characteristics=?

Procedure:

 Draw the 3d diagram of venturi meter as figured above on solid works or AutoCAD and then
import to Ansys Workbench in stp. Or igs. file format.

 Fill the profile using fill function in ansys design modeller.

 Mesh the figure using fine relevance options and then mesh the pipe.

 Create named selections i.e.: inlet, outlet and wall.

 Enter setup and then using double precision methods change the desired properties, iterations
and then initialize and run calculations.

 Interpret the results and assess the flow in pipe.

Preprocessing:

 Open workbench > select: CFD fluent > rename the project and save

Geometry creation:

 Use any modeling software to create the 3D geometry. In this case Creo Parametric.

 Open design modeler > import the geometry

 Select> tools > fill > select inner surface of venturi> apply > generate

 Rename the generated part>fluid

 Meshing:

 Open fluent mesher

 Select generate mesh > mesh will be generated

 Create named selections by selecting surface>right click>create named selection:

Setup:

Fluent General setup:

 Open Fluent.

 Select models > energy > on3

 Select K-epsilon turbulence model with standard wall function.

Materials and cell zone conditions:

 Select materials > fluids > create new > fluent database > water > copy

 Select cell zone conditions> fluid > change to water

Boundary conditions:

 Select boundary conditions> inlet > velocity> enter 3 m/s

  Make sure outlet is set to pressure outlet

Solution method and initialization:

 Select solution > method > select the following

 Select initialization> standard > compute from: inlet > initialize

Calculations:

 Select run calculation > number of iteration = 100 > calculate

 Solution is converged

Post processing:

 Graphics>contours>new>Select: pressure

 Select: inlet, outlet, interior fluid

 Select compute> save/display

 Similarly create velocity contour.
 Select contour> create> plane > velocity or pressure> compute