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Training Manual
Introduction to ANSYS
Part 1 Part 1
Training Manual
Introduction to ANSYS - Part 1
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Published Date: February 7, 2006
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1. Introduction 1-1
2. FEA and ANSYS 2-1
A. About the Company 2-2
5. General Analysis Procedure 5-1
A. Preliminary Decisions 5-5
B. Preprocessing 5-8
Create Solid Model 5-8
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B. About ANSYS 2-4
C. What is FEA? 2-10
D. Instructor Example 2-13
E. Workshop 2-14
3. Getting Started 3-1
Create FEA Model 5-10
Define Material 5-12
C. Solution 5-13
Define Loads 5-13
D. Postprocessing 5-15
Review Results 5-15
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B. Starting ANSYS 3-3
C. Product Launcher 3-4
D. ANSYS Workbench 3-9
E. Memory 3-12
F. GUI 3-15
Verification 5-18
6. Creating the Solid Model 6-1
A. What to Model? 6-3
B. Importing Geometry 6-14
IGES Imports 6-14
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F. GUI 3 15
G. The Database and Files 3-37
H. Exiting ANSYS 3-46
I. On-Line Help 3-47
J. Workshop 3-53
4. ANSYS Basics 4-1
IGES Imports 6 14
Connection Products 6-15
Workshops 6-19
C. ANSYS Native Commands 6-20
Definitions 6-21
D. ANSYS Native Geometry Creation 6-24
Working Plane 6 24
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4. ANSYS Basics 4 1
A. Overview 4-2
B. Plotting 4-3
C. Picking 4-10
D. Coordinate Systems 4-16
E. Select Logic 4-21
F Components 4-28
Working Plane 6-24
E. ANSYS Coordinate Systems 6-30
Active Coordinate System 6-30
Global Coordinate System 6-31
Local Coordinate System 6-32
Working Plane Coord. System6-33
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G. Workshop 4-31
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7. Creating the Finite Element Model 7-1
A. Overview 7-2
B. Element Attributes 7-4
C. Multiple Element Attributes 7-29
9. Loading 9-1
A. Define Loads 9-3
B. Nodal Coordinate Systems 9-6
C Displacement Constraints 9-11
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C. Multiple Element Attributes 7 29
D. Workshop 7-36
E. Controlling Mesh Density 7-37
F. Mesh Order Control 7-46
G. Generating the Mesh 7-47
H. Changing a Mesh 7-49
I Mapped Meshing 7-52
C. Displacement Constraints 9 11
D. Concentrated Forces 9-12
E. Verifying Loads 9-16
10. Solution 10-1
A. Solvers 10-2
B D fi iti 10 10
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I. Mapped Meshing 7-52
J. Hex-to-Tex Meshing 7-69
K. Mesh Extrusion 7-77
L. Sweep Meshing 7-82
M. F.E. Imports 7-88
N. Workshops 7-89
B. Definitions 10-10
C. Multiple Loadsteps 10-11
D. Workshops 10-19
11. Structural Analysis 11-1
A Preprocessing 11-3
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8. Defining the Material 8-1
A. Units 8-3
B. ANSYS Defined Materials 8-4
C. Material Model GUI 8-6
D. Listing Defined Materials 8-11
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A. Preprocessing 11-3
B. Solution 11-5
C. Postprocessing 11-17
D. Workshops 11-25
12. Thermal Analysis 12-1
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A. Preprocessing 12-3
B. Solution 12-5
C. Postprocessing 12-15
D. Workshop 12-22
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13. Postprocessing 13-1
A. Query Picking 13-3
B. Results Coordinate System 13-6
C. Path Operations 13-9
Appendix A-1
A. ANSYS Native Geometry Creation A-2
A. Definitions A-3
B. Top-Down Modeling A-6
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C. Path Operations 13 9
D. Error Estimation 13-16
E. Load Case Combinations 13-25
F. Workshops 13-31
G. Results Viewer 13-32
H. Variable Viewer 13-40
I Report Generator 13-43
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C. Workshop A-22
D. Bottom-Up Modeling A-23
E. Workshops A-37
F. Best Modeling Practices A-38
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J. Workshop 13-51
14. Short Topics 14-1
A. Toolbar & Abbreviations 14-3
B Start File 14 9
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B. Start File 14-9
C. APDL 14-10
D. Defining Parameters 14-11
E. Using Parameters 14-15
F. Retrieving Database Information 14-18
G. Batch Mode 14-22
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H. Input Files 14-23
I. Session Editor 14-28
J. Workshops 14-30
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1. Introduction 9. Loading
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3. Getting Started
10. Solution
11. Structural Analysis
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5. General Analysis Procedure
12. Thermal Analysis
13. Postprocessing
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6. Creating the Solid Model
7. Creating the Finite Element Model
14. Short Topics
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