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The steps illustrated in this demonstration are the second part of a series
covering the stress analysis of a thin-walled pressure vessel. Click here to
view the list of tutorials in this series.
This section covers the reorganisation of surfaces in the model to make it a
snap to mesh. Just as an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, time
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spent on geometry-management can dramatically cut the effort in creaing FE
data.
Log on to the Technical Discussion Forum for a background on this problem,
and to access the related IGES and HM files.
Steps In This Demonstration
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blue button at the bottom right of this window
Use the controls at the bottom to pause, rewind or skip forwards
If you have any questions, email edusupport-student@india.altair.com
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You will need access to HyperWorks 9.0. Some of the functions described in
this tutorial are not available in earlier versions. You should also have access
to the Student Guides - you may want to refer to them later both for theory
and for advanced use of the software.
Instructions For Use
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The geometry has been imported from the IGES file, and, as most CAD
models do, contains more than we need for our FE model. In the next section
we'll discuss the types of elements we can use, but regardless of that, we
want to simplify our geometry: starting with the geometry shown on the left,
we want to end this session with the geometry shown on the right.
The Problem Statement
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Thin-walled components require some care - you often have to zoom / pan
frequently to ensure that you're actually selecting what you want to. it's easy
to select a wrong surface by mistake!
In this session, we create a new collector, and copy to this collector the
surfaces that will form the basis for the FE mesh. Should we pick the inner or
outer surfaces, or (perhaps?) a mid-surface? As we'll see in the next session,
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the question is not critical for this model, given its dimensions and
mechanics.
After copying the surfaces we want, we trim them along one of the two planes
of symmetry, delete the surfaces we don't need, and save the file.
Steps In This Session
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We are resuming from the previous session, where we saved the HM file - note that the name of the file
is shown in the title bar of the window.
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Expand the list of materials.
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Expand the list of components.
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Select the Tool panels
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Select mask.
Many commands can be invoked from the keyboard. For instance, F5 brings up the "mask" menu. If
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shortcuts.
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Select the surfaces that make up the saddle ...
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... and mask them
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Click on return when this is done.
Note that we've left some surfaces visible - the ones closest to the vessel's shell.
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To create a component, right-click in the Model Browser
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Select Create
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Select component
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Select a color
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Pull down the list of Properties
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Select none - note that we haven't created any properties yet. We'll do this in the next session, when
we create our FE mesh.
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Select the Geometry menu
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Select Surfaces
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Select the outer surface of the dished end
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Select the outer surface of the vessel's shell
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The highlight shows that only half of the shell has been selected - the CAD geometry probably has
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Right-click on the surface to "un-select" it.
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Note that the destination surface is set to the component just created.
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Click on copy
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The original cyan surfaces and the orange copied surfaces are both visible. Click on this icon to hide
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Copy these 3 surfaces too to the orange collector
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And click on copy
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Fit the view - you can press "f" on your keyboard to do this
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The next step is to trim the surfaces - to do this, select the Geom panels
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Select nodes
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Select on line
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Select this line
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Select the number of nodes field
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And this one
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With the number of nodes set to 1, click on create
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You could also have created 3 nodes on the line - the middle one would have been at the midpoint of
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There are often several ways to achieve the same end result. Pick whichever you find the easiest!
Click on return to close this page.
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Select trim with surfs / plane
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Click on this button to select the surfaces to be trimmed
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Select displayed - this means hidden surfaces (either those that have been masked or those that are in
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This icon lets you change the trimming-plane
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A plane is defined by its normal. In this case, the XZ plane is one of the planes of symmetry, so select
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Click on this icon to select the Base Point - that is, the point through which the trimming-plane passes.
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Click on trim
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Click on return
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Select the Geometry menu
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Click on delete entity
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Fit the view
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Click on return to close this panel
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Zoom in to the area where the small surfaces (from the saddle) meet the shell and select surface edit
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With the option still set to trim with surfs / planes, click on this button to select the surfaces to be
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Select the outer surface of the vessel's shell
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Click on this button to select the trimming surfaces
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Select the surfaces of the saddle that meet the shell - remember that these were also copied to the
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Once they've been selected, click on trim
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Select the Tool page
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Click on mask
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Click on mask
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Click on return - note that these surfaces have been masked, not deleted
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Fit the view
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Select the Geometry menu
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Select Delete
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Select Surfaces
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Since the saddle supports the shell, and the saddle is not a part of the analysis, we don't need elements
in this area. This is why we trimmed the surfaces of the vessel's shell. We can now delete these
surfaces within this area.
Select this surface.
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And this one too
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Click on delete entity
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Click on return
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Select the File menu
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Select Save As to save the file under a new name - this is one way to "checkpoint" a file, so that you
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