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Once you know the basics of Finite element method, mastering the software is no big deal.. There are so
many tutorials available to have a basic know how and how each and every problem needs to be
approached...

Ansys, as most of other FEA packages, has two major interfaces: an old one (Classical GUI, now named
“Mechanical APDL”) and a new one (Workbench, also named “Ansys Mechanical”). Mechanical APDL is not so
convenient to use, but is very useful when you want to solve some specific problem which is not ordinary.
Mechanical APDL could be driven via text commands, thus it’s liked by experienced users. Workbench is more
user friendly, and allows the easy usage of the geometry from modern CAD packages, maintaining the
associativity through the whole FEA process. However, Workbench has few limitations; it is not as flexible as
APDL. In APDL you can program everything you can imagine, for instance you can implement your own finite
elements. But for ordinary problems, Workbench is quicker and simpler to use. Workbench is a wise choice to
start from, while studying Mechanical APDL could be a next step to considerably improve your level of
knowledge. For example, the simple linear buckling problem could be solved within Workbench without
APDL, but if you want to solve a comprehensive nonlinear buckling problem, the wisest way is to use
Workbench with command codes from APDL. The one another example when APDL is used with Workbench
is when you need to make an analysis with submodeling or substructuring techniques. The ability to fluently
use APDL commands in Workbench is indeed a distinguishing feature of professionals highly experienced in
Ansys

I will list out some important sites

1. Ansys help (Can be accessed from an installed ansys module)

2. ANSYS - Simulation Driven Product Development (Most reliable source, But not recommended

for beginners)

3. YouTube videos (Should verify the credibility of the author , else t may be misleading)

A lot of university websites and books also give beautiful demos for beginners to start with,

1. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/study/pg/.../introduction_to_ ansys.pdf

2. http://www.mece.ualberta.ca/ tutorials/ansys/

3. UK Department of Mechanical Engineering ansystutor.html

4. http://www.engineerpedia.com

5. https://web.cimne.upc.e du/users/xmartinez/MAE 656/index.html (Beautiful resource to start

with)

6. Amazon.com Help m/ANSYS‐Workbench‐ Tutorial‐Release‐ 14/dp/1585037540

7. http://myweb.ncku.edu.t w/~hhlee/Myweb_at_NC KU/ANSYS14.html

8. http://www.springer.co m/engineering/mechanic al+engineering/book/97 8‐0‐387‐28289‐3

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9. Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies /blog/ (Useful tips and tricks for Ansys users. Very

valuable to improve and widen the knowledge of Ansys package, both Workbench and APDL)

10. Home (Beautiful forum, guess this is an only place where top‐level users share their experience)

11. Kent L Lawrence ansys/ansys_examples.htm

12. ANSYS Workbench ED Tutorial

13. Ansys Tutorial for Beginners | Ansys Structural Tutorial | Ansys Stress Analysis Tutorial

14. Problems

This is not an exhaustive list... Still you can find more and more...

My advice is to first understand the basic FEM concepts, then slowly start doing simple problems, Understand
the way things are being modeled, how objects react under stress/force.... First let the modelling happen in
our mind...

All the best... Always welcome in case of any doubts...

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