ANSYS FEA Tutorial for Wrench Analysis in 40 Characters

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CAE Project Assignment Part 2: ANSYS Instructions Outline

Based heavily on the ANSYS outline by Michael Paisner

Introduction ANSYS Instruction Conventions I. Start Ansys II. Import the Part III. Mesh the Part IV. Apply Boundary Conditions V. Apply Loads VI. Print Image VII. Solve VIII. Print Image IX. Graph Stresses for a Cross Section of the Wrench X. Print Image XI. Exit the Program
Introduction
Part 2 of the CAE project is to do a Finite Element Analysis of your wrench using Ansys. You must have completed Part 1 of the CAE project and exported the wrench before you can begin on this second part of the project!
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ANSYS Instruction Conventions
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The following conventions are used in the Ansys Instructions: CAPITALS Menu Headings Bold Italics Menu Choices Enter text or a carriage return
Underlined Mouse button to be clicked in the ANSYS GRAPHICS window Examples: UTILITY MENU -> File means go to the menu labeled UTILITY MENU and select the menu choice File. ANSYS INPUT -> aplot <CR> means go to the ANSYS INPUT window, enter the text aplot followed by a carriage return. When entering text, you must move the cursor over the window where the text is to be entered.
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I. Start ANSYS
You must have completed Part 1 of the CAE project and exported the wrench before you can begin on this second part of the project! Using the same computer account which was used to draw the wrench, log in at any of the HP computers in the Mechanical Engineering cluster (except for hpme12) and open up ANSYS by going to the Xterm window and typing: /data/ansys52/bin/xansys52 <CR>. The XANSYS52 menu window will appear. Pick a location for this menu by clicking once with the left mouse button. Choose: XANSYS52 -> Interactive INTERACTIVE ->
"Memory requested (megabytes)" "for total workspace" Type in 8 "for database" Type in 4 INTERACTIVE -> Run The ANSYS_5.2_OUTPUT window will appear. Type a <CR> when you are prompted to in this window. The ANSYS program will now begin. Note: The UTILITY MENU is located at the top of the screen. The MAIN MENU is located on the left side of the screen. Text should be entered in the ANSYS INPUT window at the top left corner of the screen unless noted otherwise.
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II. Import the Part

UTILITY MENU -> File FILE -> Import IMPORT IGES FILE -> highlight {your-iges-file}.igs IMPORT IGES FILE -> OK VERIFY ->Yes Wait while the program transfers the file to the Ansys database. The part will be transferred as surface acreas. ANSYS INPUT -> aplot <CR> This will display the surface areas as a wireframe as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
ANSYS INPUT -> /prep7 <CR> This opens the preprocessor. ANSYS INPUT -> et,1,82 <CR> This defines element type 82 and assigns it to reference 1. Element type 82 is the plane stress quadratic displacement 8-noded element.
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III. Mesh the Part

Meshing the part means it breaks the part into smaller pieces so that the program can analyze the stresses within the part. Breaking the part into many, small pieces (a fine mesh) will give more accurate results, but will use up more time and memory. Using fewer, larger pieces (a rough mesh) will run more quickly and use less memory, but will give less accurate results. MAIN MENU -> Preprocessor PREPROCESSOR -> Material Props MATERIAL PROPS -> Isotropic ISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES -> OK ISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES -> In the box for "Young's Modulus", type 10e6. ISOTROPIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES -> OK PREPROCESSOR -> Mesh MESH -> Areas MESH AREAS -> Pick All. The part will turn light blue. MESH AREAS -> OK Wait for the program to mesh the part - this may take several seconds. You may get warnings at this point. If you get warnings, click OK to them. The part will now appear broken down into smaller pieces similar to Figure 3.
Figure 3
Close the MESH window.

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IV. Apply Boundary Conditions

This section tells the program what boundary conditions exist for the movement of the wrench.
PREPROCESSOR -> Loads LOADS -> Apply APPLY -> Displacements DISPLACEMENTS -> On Nodes (There are three choices labeled On Nodes. Choose the top most one). ANSYS GRAPHICS WINDOW-> With the left mouse button, select two nodes in the wrench jaws where the jaws will contact the part to be twisted. Figure 4 shows the nodes.
Figure 4
APPLY U,ROT ON NODE ->OK APPLY U,ROT ON NODES -> "DOFs to be constrained" highlight All DOF APPLY U,ROT ON NODES -> "Displacement Value" type 0 APPLY U,ROT ON NODES -> OK The figure should now look like Figure 5 with arrows marking the points which are limited to zero displacement.
Figure 5
Close DISPLACEMENT window.

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V. Apply Loads
This section tells the program what loads are being applied to the part.
APPLY -> Force/Moment FORCE/MOMENT -> On Nodes ANSYS GRAPHICS WINDOW-> With the left mouse button, select a node at the end of the handle as shown in Figure 6.
Figure 6
APPLY F/M ON NODES -> For "Direction of Force/ Moment" choose FY

APPLY F/M ON NODES -> For "Force/Moment value" enter the load in pounds. If you chose the contact nodes such that the handle load must point down, then enter a negative load. APPLY F/M ON NODES -> OK. An arrow should appear on the handle as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7
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VI. Print Image

UTILITY MENU -> PlotCtrls PLOTCTRLS -> Capture Image Click once with the left mouse button to set the window. FILE -> Print IMAGE HARD COPY -> Click next to the Print to: option to turn it on. Click in the text field just below Print to: Type: print -P dogweed IMAGE HARD COPY -> OK FILE -> Close To close the capture image window.
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VII. Solve
ANSYS INPUT -> /solu <CR> ANSYS INPUT -> solve <CR> Wait while the program solves the problem. After the program reaches a solution: INFORMATION: SOLUTION IS DONE! -> Close MAIN MENU -> General Postproc
GENERAL POSTPROC -> Plot Results PLOT RESULTS -> Nodal Solu Directions are shown here to get contour plot of sigma xx. It should be obvious how to get a contour plot of some other relevant stress component. CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> Highlight Stress CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> Highlight X-direction SX CONTOUR NODAL SOLUTION DATA -> OK This displays the results data as contoured stress lines across the model. You should now have a color representation of the stress of your part similar to Figure 8.
Figure 8
Close PLOT RESULTS window.

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VIII. Print Image

UTILITY MENU -> PlotCtrls
PLOTCTRLS -> Capture Image Click once with the left mouse button to set the window. FILE -> Print IMAGE HARD COPY -> Click next to the Print to: option to turn it on. Click in the text field just below Print to: Type: print -P dogwood IMAGE HARD COPY -> OK FILE -> Close To close the capture image window.
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IX. Graph Stresses for a Cross Section of the Wrench

MAIN MENU -> General Postproc GENERAL POSTPROC -> Path Operations PATH OPERATIONS -> Define Path DEFINE PATH ->Pick 2 points with the left mouse button on the figure as shown in Figure 9.
Figure 9
DEFINE PATH -> OK PATH OPERATIONS -> Map Onto Path MAP RESULT ITEMS ONTO PATH -> Highlight Stress MAP RESULT ITEMS ONTO PATH -> Highlight X-direction SX or whichever stress component is relevant.
MAP RESULT ITEMS ONTO PATH -> OK PATH OPERATIONS -> Plot Path Items PATH PLOT OF PATH ITEMS -> Highlight SX PATH PLOT OF PATH ITEMS -> OK A graph of the stresses along the chosen path will appear as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10
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X. Print Image
UTILITY MENU -> PlotCtrls PLOTCTRLS -> Capture Image Click once with the left mouse button to set the window. FILE -> Print IMAGE HARD COPY -> Click next to the Print to: option to turn it on. Click in the text field just below Print to: Type: print -P dogwood IMAGE HARD COPY -> OK FILE -> Close To close the capture image window.[
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XI. Exit the Program

UTILITY MENU -> File FILE -> Exit EXIT FROM ANSYS-> Choose the option Quit - No Save! EXIT FROM ANSYS-> OK
ANSYS_5.2_OUPUT -> <CR> XANSYS52 -> Quit

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CAE Project Assignment Part 2: ANSYS Instructions Outline

ANSYS Instruction Conventions

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II. Import the Part

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III. Mesh the Part

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Close the MESH window.

IV. Apply Boundary Conditions

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Close DISPLACEMENT window.

APPLY F/M ON NODES -> For "Direction of Force/ Moment" choose FY

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VI. Print Image

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Close PLOT RESULTS window.

VIII. Print Image

IX. Graph Stresses for a Cross Section of the Wrench

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XI. Exit the Program

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ANSYS_5.2_OUPUT -> <CR> XANSYS52 -> Quit

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