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A Dropped Object Test Using Ansys LS - DYNA - Final
A Dropped Object Test Using Ansys LS - DYNA - Final
ACT(ApplicationCustomizationToolkit)isafullfeaturedscriptinginterfacetocustomizeapplications
in workbench. ACT provides the internal mechanisms that allow users to customize an Ansys
workbenchapplicationwithoutcompilingexternalcodeorlinkingwithexistinglibraries.
ACT will allow you to add custom features to the mechanical interface that are specific to your
industryorevenoneparticularmodel.TheseapplicationsarecalledextensionsbyANSYS.
Among different ACT Extensions, the Workbench LSDYNA is an ACT extension which provides an
interactiveaccesstoLSDYNAwiththefullaccesstoAnsysworkbenchtools.Allprepostandpost
processing are set up inside the workbench environment. The main advantages for Workbench LS
DYNAuserarelistedbelow:
EasytolearnandusemechanicalGUI
BidirectionalaccesstoallCAD
Powerfulexplicitsmartmeshing
OneclickupdateformodifiedCAD
Parameteroptimization
Oneclickreportgeneration
NoK.filemodificationrequired
TheWorkbenchLSDYNAisavailabletoalluserswithanAnsysLSDYNA,AnsysLSDYNAPCand/or
AnsysLSDYNAprepostlicense.ItisanACTExtension,availablefromtheAnsyscustomerportal.The
extension is less than 2 MB and can be installed in less than 5 minutes. Currently, Workbench LS
DYNA is available for 64 bit windows 7 and XP. Workbench LSDYNA is going to be developed for
Linuxbytheendofayear.WorkbenchLSDYNAisnowavailabletodownloadfromAnsyscustomer
portalasillustratedinFigure1.
Downlo
oad Workb
bench LSD
DYNA Exteension
Figure1:A
Ansysextensionlibrary
Start W
Workbench
h LSDYNA
A Extensiion
InAnsys14.5workbeench,Exten
nsionisadd edintothep
pulldownmenu.ClickonnExtensionand
ebexandinsstallWorkbeenchLSDYNA
A
theninsttallextensiontobrowsetothefileLLSDYNA.We
Extensio
on
Figure2:InstallWorkbe
enchLSDYNAe
extension
Figure3:M
ManageLSDYN
NAextension
Create
e a Workb
bench LSD
DYNA pro
oject
Therearretwowaysttocreatethe
eproject:
Draganddro
opWorkbenchLSDYNA systemtoPrrojectSchem
matic
O
OrdoubleclickonWorkbenchLSDYYNAsystem
Figure4:W
WorkbenchLSDYNAextensio
on
Inthefo
ollowingexam
mpleacylind
derisdroppeedontoaplaate.Theoverrallaimofsuuchananalyssisisto
verifythecapabilityofthestructtureagainstaadroppedobjectwithsp
pecificimpacctenergy.
Itisesseentialtokno
owifthestructurecanwiithstandthe impact(with
haspecificeenergy)withoutany
criticalchangesinth
heshapeandstrengthof thestructurre.
Ametho
odofsettingadynamicanalysisinWoorkbenchLSDYNAExten
nsionisdemoonstratedin the
followingg.Theresulttsafterwardssarecomparredwitham
moretradition
nalstaticanaalysis.
InEngineeeringData,chooseano
onlinearmat erial(structu
uralsteelNL))
Figure5:N
Nonlinearmate
erial(structuralsteelNL)
Insertth
hegeometryfileintotheDesignModdeler,consisttingofaPlateandacylinndricaldropp
ped
object.
Overviiew of the
e Extensio
on Toolba
ar
Thepreandpostpro
ocessorstoolbaroftheeextensionare
eexplainedin
nthefollowiingfigure:
Preprocesssingtoolbar::
Part:
Sectionpropertties(elementtformulation
ns)
Hou
urglassContrrol
DeffineAirbag( notavailableeinV14.5)
Constraints:
Includemoreco
ontactdefiniitionsandco
onstraints
Postprocesssing:
ASC
CIIoutputplo
ot
Thetoolbarrwillbecompletedwith moreoption
nsin
future.
Figure6:A
AvailablepreandposttoolbarforWorkbencchLSDYNAexttension
Complettethedefinittionofthege
eometryintthesamewayofthestaticanalysis:
LSD
DYNAExten
nsionAnalyssisSetting
Ste
epcontrol:
me
Endtim
Memorymana
agement:
Memo
oryallocationn
NumberofCPU
ampingConttrol:
Da
Specifyyglobaldam
mping
Ho
ourglasscontrol:
Specifyyglobalhou rglasscontro
ol
Ou
utputcontro
ol:
Stress
Strain
Plasticcstrain
Figure7:A
AnalysissettinggforWorkbencchLSDYNAexttension
Modell Setup on
n the plate
e and the dropped object
Initialco
ondition(righ
htclickoniniitialconditioontoinsertvvelocityandsscopeittocyylinder)
X
Xcomponen
nt:0m/s
YYcomponen
nt:18,01m/ss
ZZcomponen
nt:0m/s
Figure8:Initiaalconditionforthedroppedoobject
RightclicckonAnalysissettingtoapplyfixedssupportboundarycondittiontothefoouredgesofthe
plate.Lisstofthebou
undaryconditionsinWorrkbenchLSD
DYNAExtensionis:
drotation
Fixed
Elastticsupport
Availabblein
Nodalforce
V14.5
ment
Nodaldisplacem
Tem
mperature
Convvection
Notava
ailable
Heattflux
inV14..5
Radiiation
Figure9:A
AvailableboundaryconditionsinWorkbenc hLSDYNAexte
ension
Post processing
g of Work
kbench LS DYNA Ex
xtension
Savetheeproject.ClicckonSolveandruntheesimulation.
Solver O
Output
Solveroutputunderthesolution
nInformationnconsistsofthefollowin
nginformatioon:
LSDYNAverrsionnumberandyoursyysteminform
mation
Initializationdetails
W
WarningMeessages
ErrorMessagges
TTimestepsizzeandotherrcycledetail s
TTiminginformation
Figure10:Solveroutput
RightclicckonSolutiionandinse
ertDeformaation,TotaalandDirectional
Figure11:DeformationrresultsinLSDY
YNAextension
Figure12:Directionalde
eformationoftthedroppedobbject
Figure13:Totaldeformaationofthedro
oppedobjectanndtheplate
eformationofthedroppedobbject
Figure14:Directionalde
Figure15:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplate(top
pside)
Figure16:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplate(bo
ottomside)
Figure17:Equivalenttottalstrainofthe
edroppedobjeectandtheplatte(Topside)
Workb
bench LSDYNA Toolbar
olbarwiththhefollowingfeature
Moreoveer,intheposstprocessinggpart,LSDYYNAhasacusstomizedtoo
InLSDYNAp
posttoolbarr,ClickonASSCIIandthen
nGlobaldata
a
C
ClickonTabu
ularDataintthedetailsoofGlobaldataa
C
Clickonthedifferentop
ptions(Figuree18)intheTTabularData
atoaddaneewline
Asanexxample,kinem
maticenergyy,internalennergyandtotalenergyarreillustrateddinFigurre19.
Figure18:LSDYNAtoolb
bar
Figuree19:KineticEne
ergy(gray),IntternalEnergy(ggreen)andTota
alEnergy(red)
kbench L
LSDYNA Results w
with the Static Reesults forr the
Compare Work
Dropp
ped Objecct and th
he Plate
The calcculated results by Workkbench LSDYYNA can be
e directly compared wit h the corresponding
static structure resu
ults. The dro
opped objecct is defined by a remotte displacem
ment (11.5 mm
m in Y
n).Thedisplaacementoftthedroppedobjectistun
nedtogenerratethesam
mekineticene
ergy(~50
direction
kJ) as th
he dynamic (Workbench
h LSDYNA) analysis. It means thatt the work ddone to defform the
structuree(whichisp
presentedby thestraine nergy)inthe
estaticanalyysisshouldb eequaltoth
hekinetic
energy in the dynam
mic (Workbe
ench LSDYNA
A) analysis. However, th
his is a conseervative app
proach as
duringaanimpactan
nalysisbothsstructuralanndkineticen
nergiesarep
present.TheestrainEnergyofthe
statican
nalysisispressentedinFiggure20.
Boundarryconditionandtheposttprocessing resultsaresshownbelow
w.
Figure21toFigure2
24presentth
hemaximum
mequivalentstressreducesform404 MPato359MPa
quivalentstrraindecreaseesfrom0.03
3to0.01inthestaticanddthedynamic
andthemaximumeq
(WorkbeenchLSDYNA
A)analysesrrespectively..
Figurre20:Strainennergyofthestaticanalysis
Figure21:Boundaryconditionofthesttaticmodel
Figure22:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel(topside)
Figure23:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel(bottomsidee)
Figure24:Equivalentstrrainofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel
Bycomp
paringthecaalculatedresultsofWorkkbenchLSDYYNAandthe
estaticstruccturalanalyses,Ansys
usercan
nclearlyfindoutthathowtheresulttsareoptimiizedonthen
nonconservvativewayco
onfirming
thecodeecomplianceeandmeettheindustryddemands.