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In this tutorial, you will: Set up the model in HyperMesh. Analyze the baseline model. Set up the optimization. Post-process the optimization results.
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Set Up the Model in HyperMesh. Step 1: Launch HyperMesh and Set the User Profile.
1. Launch HyperMesh through the start menu. The User Profiles dialog will appear by default. 2. Choose the OptiStruct user profile by selecting the radio button beside it. 3. Click OK. This loads the user profile. It includes the appropriate template, macro menu, and import reader, paring down the functionality of HyperMesh to what is relevant for generating models in Bulk Data Format for RADIOSS and OptiStruct.
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2. From the Analysis page, enter the constraints panel.. 3. Select nodes and corresponding dofs, and click on create to create constraints as shown below.
4. Click Return.
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4. Click magnitude=, enter 100.0, and press ENTER. 5. Set the switch below to y-axis. 6. Click create. An arrow, pointing up, should appear at the node on the screen. 7. Similarly, to create the force at the bottom of the opening, click on the node at the bottom of the opening (B) of the c-clip. 8. Click magnitude=, type -100.0, and press ENTER. 9. Verify that the y-axis is selected. 10. Click create.. An arrow, pointing down, should appear at the node on the screen. 11. To provide a separation between the arrows, select uniform size=, type 7, and press ENTER. 12. Click return to go back to the Analysis page.
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Tutorial 13: TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION Design Concept for a Structural C-clip. Step 8: Run the Analysis.
A linear static analysis of this c-clip is performed prior to the definition of the optimization process. An analysis identifies the responses of the structure before optimization to ensure that constraints defined for the optimization are reasonable. 1. From the Analysis page enter the RADIOSS panel. 2. Click save as following the input file: field. 3. Select the directory where you would like to write the OptiStruct model file and enter the name for the model, cclip.fem, in the File name: field. .fem is the recommended extension for Bulk Data Format input decks. 4. Click Save. Note the name and location of the cclip.fem file displays in the input file: field. 5. Set the export options: toggle to all. 6. Click the run options: switch and select analysis. 7. Set the memory options: toggle to memory default. 8. Set the options: field to blank. 9. Click Radioss. Upon successful completion of the analysis, the message ANALYSIS COMPLETED will appear in the command window.
5. Verify if the values are equivalent to those in the image above. 6. From File pull-down menu, click on Exit to quit HyperView. 7. Back in HyperMesh, click return to exit the panel.
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5. Click props and choose prop_shell from the list of props; click select. 6. Choose type: PSHELL. 7. Verify that the base thickness is 0.0. A value of 0.0 implies that the thickness at a specific element can go to zero, and therefore becomes a void. 8. Click Create. 9. Click return to go back to the optimization panel.
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. 10. Select dof2 and create the response. 11. Click return to go back to the optimization panel.
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cclip_complete.HM.comp.cmf HyperMesh command file used to organize elements into components based on their density result values. This file is only used with OptiStruct topology optimization runs. cclip_complete.out OptiStruct output file containing specific information on the file setup, the setup of the optimization problem, estimates for the amount of RAM and disk space required for the run, information for each optimization iteration, and compute time information. Review this file for warnings and errors that are flagged from processing the cclip_complete.fem file. Shape file for the final iteration. It contains the material density, void size parameters and void orientation angle for each element in the analysis. This file may be used to restart a run. HyperGraph file containing data for the objective function, percent constraint violations, and constraint for each iteration. OSSmooth file with a default density threshold of 0.3. The user may edit the parameters in the file to obtain the desired results. Contains the iteration history of the objective, constraints, and the design variables. It can be used to plot curves in HyperGraph, HyperView, and MotionView. Contains information about the CPU time used for the complete run and also the break up of the CPU time for reading the input deck, assembly, analysis, convergence, etc.
cclip_complete.sh
cclip_complete.hgdata
cclip_complete.oss
cclip_complete_hist.mvw
cclip_complete.stat
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Tutorial 13: TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION Design Concept for a Structural C-clip. Post-process the Optimization Results
OptiStruct provides element density information for all iterations, and also gives displacement and von Mises stress results (linear static analysis) for the starting and last iterations. This section describes how to view those results in HyperView.
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Select Design under the load case section and the last iteration listed. From Results pull down menu, click on Plot > Iso. In the panel area at the bottom of the GUI, choose Element Densities as the Result type. Set the Current Value: to 0.3. Click on Top view orientation to set the correct view. Click Apply.
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9. Move the slider below Current value: to change the density threshold. You will see the iso value in the graphics window update interactively when you scroll to a new value. Use this tool to get a better look at the material layout and the load paths from OptiStruct.
Step 17: Compare Static Contour of Original to the Optimized Material Layout.
1. In HyperView, click on the Next Page arrow toolbar button to go to page 2. This will bring up the cclip_complete_s1.h3d file, which contains the static subcase results for the first and last iteration steps. 2. Divide this page into two vertical windows using the Page Layout toolbar icon 3. 4. 5. 6. .
Click on the Top view orientation to set the correct view . From the Results pull-down menu, select Plot > Contour. Choose Displacement as the Result type, and set the pull-down menu below Displacement to Y. Click Apply.
7. Click on the Deformed toolbar button . 8. On the Deformed shape panel, change the scale value to 100, the unperformed shape to edges, and click Apply. 9. From Edit pull-down menu, click on Copy > Window, and then click on the empty window. 10. Again, from the Edit pull down menu, click Paste > Window. 11. Switch the animation mode to Linear Static . 12. With the second window selected, choose Iteration 28.
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. 13. From Edit pull down menu, click Copy > Page. 14. From the Edit pull down menu again, click Paste > Page. This will create a 3rd page on this report. 15. 16. 17. 18. Now click on the first window and click on the Contour button . Change the result type to Element Stresses (2D & 3D) (t). For Averaging method:, select Simple and click Apply. Click with the right button on the first window; choose Apply Style To, then Current Page, and select Contour.
. These stress results can be used only as reference to help understanding how far from the limits the design is. Remember that topologic optimization will show you a concept shape and the stress results should be validated during the next design phases.
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