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DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

SUBJECT NAME & CODE

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

MVJ19ME634

EXPERIMENTATION LEARNING ON

“THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A PLATE”

SUBMITTED BY
CHANDAN GOWDA B N

(1MJ20ME401)

Under The Guidance of,

Dr. SUNIL SHANKAR WADDAR
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering,
MVJ College of Engineering,
Bengaluru – 560067.
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CHAPTER -1
INTRODUCTION
Ansys is an American company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. It develops and
markets CAE/Multiphysics engineering simulation software for product design, testing and operation and
offers its products and services to customers worldwide. Ansys was founded in 1970 by John Swanson,
who sold his interest in the company to venture capitalists in 1993. Ansys went public on NASDAQ in
1996. In the 2000s, the company acquired numerous other engineering design companies, obtaining
additional technology for fluid dynamics, electronics design, and physics analysis. Ansys became a
component of the NASDAQ-100 index on December 23, 2019.
The idea for Ansys was first conceived by John Swanson while working at the Westinghouse
Astro nuclear Laboratory in the 1960s. At the time, engineers performed finite element analysis (FEA) by
hand. Westinghouse rejected Swanson's idea to automate FEA by developing general purpose engineering
software, so Swanson left the company in 1969 to develop the software on his own. He founded Ansys
under the name Swanson Analysis Systems Inc. (SASI) the next year, working out of his farmhouse
in Pittsburgh. Swanson developed the initial Ansys software on punch-cards and used a mainframe
computer that was rented by the hour. Westinghouse hired Swanson as a consultant, under the condition
that any code he developed for Westinghouse could also be included in the Ansys product line.
Westinghouse also became the first Ansys user

1.1 Introduction to Finite Element Method: -

The finite element method has been a powerful tool for the numerical solution of a wide range of
engineering problems. Application ranges from deformation and stress analysis of automotive, aircraft,
building, defence, missile, and bridge structures to the field analysis of dynamics, stability, fracture
mechanics, heat flux, fluid flow, magnetic flux, seepage and other flow problems. With the advances in
computer technology and CAD systems Complex problems can be modelled with relative ease. Several
alternate configurations can be tried out on a computer before the first prototype is built. The basics in
engineering field are must to idealize the given structure for the required behaviour. The proven
knowledge in the typical problem area, modelling techniques, data transfer and integration, computational
aspects of the finite element method is essential.

1.2 Merits of FEM: -

The systematic generality of finite procedure makes it a powerful and versatile tool for a wide
range of problems. Thus flexible, general-purpose computer programs can be developed and can be
applied to various problems with little or no modification. FEM can be easily interpreted in physical
terms and it has a strong mathematical base. Hence, finite element method can be easily applied to any
problem with a proper knowledge of the physical system under consideration and can be solved to a
greater accuracy by the application of proper mathematical tool. Non-homogeneous continuum can also
be dealt with by merely assigning different properties to different elements. It is even possible to
vary the properties within an element according to the polynomial applied.

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CHAPTER-2
THERMAL ANALYSIS OF A PLATE.
1 SESSION EDITOR
/NOPR ! Suppress printing of UNDO process
/PMACRO ! Echo following commands to log
FINISH ! Make sure we are at BEGIN level
/CLEAR,NOSTART ! Clear model since no SAVE found
! WE SUGGEST YOU REMOVE THIS LINE AND THE FOLLOWING STARTUP LINES
/input,menust,tmp,''
/GRA,POWER
/GST,ON
/PLO,INFO,3
/GRO,CURL,ON
/CPLANE,1
/REPLOT,RESIZE
WPSTYLE,,,,,,,,0
!*
/NOPR
KEYW,PR_SET,1
KEYW,PR_STRUC,0
KEYW,PR_THERM,1
KEYW,PR_FLUID,0
KEYW,PR_ELMAG,0
KEYW,MAGNOD,0
KEYW,MAGEDG,0
KEYW,MAGHFE,0
KEYW,MAGELC,0
KEYW,PR_MULTI,0
/GO
!*
!*
/PREP7
!*
ET,1,PLANE55
!*
!*
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,
MPTEMP,1,0
MPDATA,EX,1,,2E5
MPDATA,PRXY,1,,0.3
MPTEMP,,,,,,,,
MPTEMP,1,0
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MPDATA,KXX,1,,1.50
RECTNG,,0.5,,0.7,
RECTNG,,0.5,,0.7,
SMRT,6
SMRT,2
MSHAPE,0,2D
MSHKEY,0
!*
CM,_Y,AREA
ASEL, , , , 1
CM,_Y1,AREA
CHKMSH,'AREA'
CMSEL,S,_Y
!*
AMESH,_Y1
!*
CMDELE,_Y
CMDELE,_Y1
CMDELE,_Y2
!*
FINISH
/SOL
FLST,2,2,4,ORDE,2
FITEM,2,1
FITEM,2,3
!*
/GO
DL,P51X, ,TEMP,120,0
FLST,2,1,4,ORDE,1
FITEM,2,4
/GO
!*
SFL,P51X,CONV, , , ,
FLST,2,1,4,ORDE,1
FITEM,2,2
/GO
!*
SFL,P51X,CONV,55, ,24,
/STATUS,SOLU
SOLVE
FINISH
! Start of report captures.
~eui,'package require ansys'
~eui,'ansys::report::setdirectory "file_report"'

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/REPLOT,RESIZE
/PLOPTS,MINM,OFF
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture {file Image 1} '
~eui,'ansys::report::finished'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/DIST, 1 ,1.082226,1
/REP,FAST
/DIST, 1 ,1.082226,1
/REP,FAST
/POST1
FINISH
/SOL
/STATUS,SOLU
SOLVE
FINISH
/POST1
!*
/EFACET,1
PLNSOL, TF,X, 0
!*
PLESOL, HEAT,, 0
!*
!*
PRNSOL,TEMP
/DIST, 1 ,1.082226,1
/REP,FAST
/DIST, 1 ,0.924021,1
/REP,FAST
!*
/EFACET,1
PLNSOL, TEMP,, 0
! Start of report captures.
~eui,'package require ansys'
~eui,'ansys::report::setdirectory "file_report"'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/PLOPTS,MINM,OFF
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file Animation 1} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
!*
PLNS,TEMP,

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ANDATA,0.5, ,0,0,0,1,0,1
!*
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture {file Image 2} '
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file0 Animation 1} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*
ANCNTR,10,0.5
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture CG '
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file0 Animation 2} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*
ANCNTR,10,0.5
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file Animation 3} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*
ANCNTR,10,0.2
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file Animation 4} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*
ANCNTR,10,0
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/CWD,'C:\Users\obili\Desktop\cg'
!*
!*
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture {file Image 4} '
/GO
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture {file Image 5} '
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file0 Animation 5} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*

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ANCNTR,5,0.1
/REPLOT,RESIZE
~eui,'ansys::report::animcapture {file Animation 6} 100'
/REPLOT,RESIZE
/REPLOT,RESIZE
PLNSOL,TEMP
!*
ANCNTR,5,0.7
/REPLOT,RESIZE
!/
~eui,'ansys::report::imagecapture {file0 Image 6} '
FINISH
/POST26
FINISH
/AUX12
VTYPE,0, ,
MPRINT,0
WRITE,
!*
)/GOP ! Resume printing after UNDO process
)! We suggest a save at this point

2 ANIMATED RESULTS: -

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