Serious FEA with Ansys: Master Ansys Workbench Practically

September 13, 2017 by Cyprien

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1

Module 1- Ansys Workbench Interface & Analysis Workflow

1- Introduction to Ansys Workbench

2- Inside Ansys Workbench Environment

3- Exercise: Workbench Environment

4- Fundamental FEA Notions

5 – Your First FEA Analysis

6- Your First FEA Analysis (Hands-on)

7- Strain Gauge & Results Comparison

8- Engineering Data

9- Material Tensile Test

11- Geometry & Simplification

12- Practical Simplification Examples

13- The Mechanical Interface

14- Exercise: The Mechanical Interface

10- Assigning Material Properties

2

Module 2- Ansys Workbench Meshing Tools & Tactics

1- Meshing Basics

2- Mesh Global Settings

3- Mesh Size Functions

4- Mesh Metrics

5- Mesh Tools

6- Virtual Topology

7- Tetra, Hexa and Multizone Meshing

Exercise 1: Helicoidal Screw

Exercise 2: Globe Valve

Exercise 3: Bolted Flange

11- Judging your mesh

3

Module 3 – Contacts Tools in Ansys WB

1- Coordinate Systems

2- Named Selection

3- Introduction to contacts

4- Contact Example

5- Contact Status Tool 1

6- Contact Status Tool 2

7- Automatic Contacts

8- Solving Contact Issues

9- No Separation Contact

4

Module 4 – Boundary Conditions in Ansys

1- Introduction to Boundary Conditions

2- Pressure & Hydrostatic Pressure

3- Force and Remote Force

4- Moments and Bearing Forces

5- Acceleration & Gravity

6- Rotational Velocity

7- Fixed Support and Displacements

8- Remote Displacements & Frictionless Support

9- Cylindrical & Elastic Support

10 – BC Exercise: The Lifting Device

5

Module 5 – Analysis and Results

1- Analysis Settings

2- Weak spring Settings

3- Inertial Relief

4- Results and Post-processing: Stress types

5 – Results and Post-processing: Stress states

6- Material Failure Criteria

7- Results Post-processing (1)

8- Results Post-processing (2)

9- Results Post-processing (3)

6

Module 6 – Real Project Application

7 – Post-processing the results

8- Results Validation

1- Project Introduction

2- Experimental Data Acquisition

3- Assumptions and BCs

4- Geometry Simplification

5- FEA Model Building

6- Solving the Model

9 – Conclusion

7

Module 7: Understanding the Physics

1- Key FEA Concepts

2 – Overview about Stress

3- Stress States

4- Failure Criteria

5 – Free Body Diagram

6- FBD and Stress Exercices

7- Failure Modes

8 – Failure Modes Exercise

9- Analysis Types

10- Analysis Types Exercise

11- Analysis Types 2

12- Analysis Types 2 Exercises

13- Brake Pedal Part 1

14- Brake Pedal Part 2

15 – Brake Pedal Part 3

16 – Brake Pedal Exercice

17 – Brake Pedal Exercice Correction