Simulations in Ansys

Primo Drear, FS UL

Basic steps in building numerical

simulation
Analysis are performed in following steps

Building of geometry(Pre Processing)

Setting of physical parameters
Choosing numerical method (Pre Processing)
Meshing and discretization (Pre Processing)
Solving
Interpreting results (Post Processing)

Ansys software
Using Workbench
Meshing

Material properties

Project window

Results

Geometry

Example I: Structural Mechanics

Simple 1-D stress-strain relation:

- Example of dynamic differential equation for beam:

4
4 + A =

- Example of Hamilton principle (basis for FEM):

Example I: Structural Mechanics

Static structural example: Applying torque on a key.
Boundary Conditions (BC)
Cartesian Coordinate System
Degrees of Freedom

I.

Step: Importing geometry

Example I: Structural Mechanics

II. Step: Modeling of Finite Element mesh

Mesh topology is important!

Example I: Structural Mechanics

Setting Analysis
Material properties
Boundary Conditions
Initial Conditions

Results (post processing)

-Napetosti
-Deformacije
-Specifine deformacije

Interpretating results
What does our result mean?
How close is numerical result to real experimental
measurement?
Numerical error.
Can we do it wothout simulations?
Interpretating and validating a result is important!

Example II: Computational fluid

dynamics (CFD)
Water flow through pipe junction
Inlet speed: 5 m/s
Outlet: relative pressure: 0 Pa

inlet
outlet
Program is using discretisized functions derived from
Navier- Stokes equations.

Finite Difference Method

Finite Volume Method
Metoda Element Method

Example II: Computational fluid

dynamics (CFD)
Importing Geometry
Using Ansys Workbench

Example II: Computational fluid

dynamics (CFD)
Meshing
Taking into account mesh topology near wall

Using inflation layers near wall.

Example II: Computational fluid

dynamics (CFD)
Setting parameters and boundary conditions
- Ansys CFX

Static flow

Example II: Computational fluid

dynamics (CFD)
Interpretating results (CFX-post)

Results:
Velocity
Streamlines
Pressure