ansys, inc. proprietary © 2004 ansys, inc. chapter 2 workbench v9.0

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary© 2004 ANSYS, Inc.

Chapter 2

Workbench v9.0

Chapter 2

Workbench v9.0

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

© 2004 ANSYS, Inc.

October 1, 2004Inventory #002156

2-29.0 New Features

Overview

• Engineering Data

• Simulation

• DesignModeler

• Workbench SDK


Engineering DataEngineering Data


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2-49.0 New Features

Engineering Data

• A place for engineering data that can be accessed by all Workbench modules

• Materials and Convections at 9.0 • Future

– Beam/Shell section libraries, functions for loads, spectra etc. in future

– Expansion to temperature dependent properties as well as various nonlinear material models


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2-59.0 New Features

Workbench Module

Container for project materials and convections

Thumbnails of properties curves, click to enter, click toolbar button to close

Individual properties grouped by physics

Engineering Data


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2-69.0 New Features

Engineering Data

Accessible from simulation toolbar or details of part body

Options for new, import, and edit


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2-79.0 New Features

Engineering Data

• Network Material Data Support

• Materials Can Be Imported From:– Default Material Types– User Defined Data

Sources– Central Network

Sources


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2-89.0 New Features

Engineering Data

• New Properties Can be Added to Materials– Tabular– Constants


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2-99.0 New Features

Integration to Commercial Data Suppliers

• Matereality serves ANSYS-ready inputs

• Kinematic Hardening (BKIN, MKIN/KINH)

• Isotropic Hardening (BISO, MISO)

• Viscoelastic (EVISC) • Creep (CREEP) • Hyperelastic (HYPER)• More…

• MATML (ANSYS v.9)• ANSYS input deck• CSV, Excel format• MATLAB (for curve fitting)


SimulationSimulation


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2-119.0 New Features

Multiple Load Steps

• Environment specification as “Sequence”

• Specify the total number of steps in the details area.


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Multiple Load Steps

Step Controller

Edit Load Step

Definition


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Multiple Load Steps

Edit Load Step

Definition in Worksheet

View


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Multiple Load Steps

• Pretension loads:– Force– Locked– Displacement– Open


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Multiple Load Steps

Results defined and displayed by step number


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2D Simulation

• Plane Stress/Strain and Axisymmetry– Contact– Stress, Thermal, Modal, Harmonic, Shape– All existing loads


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Contact Enhancements

• Contact Reaction Output Can Be Requested In A Local Coordinate System

• Contact Worksheet Reactions Parameters

• Scoping By Named Selections For Contact Regions


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• Penalty based “surface body /edge” contact that includes stiffness for rotational DOF

• Save/Load contact region settings• Reset to default options


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• Explode / Merge contact pairs for same body pairs.


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Command Objects

• Can be inserted under Contact Regions and Bodies– Body: Allow specifying material

props not available in WB– Contact: Allows user to change

contact options not covered in native WB

• Contents are more independent of suppression and updates


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Command Objects

• Input arguments available:– Allows specifying ARG1

thru ARG9– Inputs can be

parameterized

• Can be renamed based on definition (renames to name of macro)


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Command Objects

• Output images using ANSYS commands can be included


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Remote Displacement

• Allows off-body:– Displacement application – Rotation centers


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Coordinate Systems

• Cylindrical coordinate system applicable to Forces

• Worksheet view to summarize all coordinate systems

• User can specify the coordinate system number in the ANSYS input file


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What Do These Features Mean?

• If you’re an ANSYS Mechancial user…

…you should be looking at Workbench


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Beam Stress Tool

• Scoping to line bodies specified at tool

• Calculates stresses:– Direct– Min/Max Bending– Min/Max Combined


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Arbitrary Pick Location

• Applicable to coordinate systems, remote force, and remote mass


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Miscellaneous

• Report the body on which the max and min of a result occurs on

• Allow Principal stress/strain and total deformation results in a harmonic analysis

• Direct creation of a Selection Group from selected bodies in the tree


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Material Nonlinearity Switch

• Specify Material Non-linearities Effects by Body– Structural: Ignores plasticity– Thermal: Ignores temperature

dependency– Emag: Ignores BH curve


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Vector Results Display

Options for vector arrows: scaling, size, grid, density, type

Proportional vectors

Uniform vectors

Length sizing

Grid aligned

Element aligned

Grid density

3D

Stick


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New

Previous


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Error Results

• Stress• Thermal Flux


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Hex Dominant Mesher

• Include with ANSYS Structural Greater• Enhancements

– More Hex Elements– Less Pyramids


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CAD Plug-in Licensing

• CAD Interface Licenses will be released when the data import process in complete.


DesignModelerDesignModeler


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DesignModeler Overview

• New features in DM 9.0– 3D Curve Feature– Planar Bodies– Named Selection Base Object Support– BladeGen and STEP Imports– Winding Editor– Pattern Feature– Parameter Manager Functions


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3D Curve Feature

• Create 3D Curves from:– Model points– Coordinates File

• Curves may be either open or closed.

Open Curve Closed Curve


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Planar Bodies

• Planar Bodies Are Surface Bodies In The XY-plane. • Planar Bodies Created In DesignModeler Are Used To

Perform 2D Analysis In Workbench Simulation.

Solid Planer


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Named Selection Base Objects

• Named Selections Can Be Used As Base Objects For Basic Modeling Features.

• The Named Selection May Contain Either Bodies, Faces, Edges, Or Points.


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BladeGen Import

• CFX BladeGen (.bgd) files can be imported into DesignModeler.

• Imports the flow path around the blade


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Pattern Feature

• Pattern feature creates linear, circular, and rectangular patterns of face sets and bodies.

Linear Circular Rectangular


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Parameter Manager Functions

• New Parameter Manager operations are supported in DesignModeler 9.0:

Trigonometric functions: sin(x), cos(x), tan(x),

asin(x), acos(x), atan(x)

Exponentiation: x^y Absolute value: abs(x)

Modulus: x % y Square root: sqrt(x)

Natural log: ln(x) Exponential ex: exp(x)


ANSYS Workbench SDKANSYS Workbench SDK


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Multi-tiered Customization Tools

• Creation or integration of compiled applications

1. The Simulation Wizard• Process Automation and Control

2. Scripting Interfaces• Process Automation

• Workbench Customization and Feature Addition

3. The Workbench Applet Generator• Vertical Applications and Feature Additions


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Advanced Engineering Environment

• Officially Released API Documentation at v9.0• Stable Inter-version API Layer


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The Workbench Applet Generator

• Upgrades

• The Applet Generator is:

– A Microsoft Visual Studio integrated Wizard (developed and shipped by ANSYS)

– It produces executable Applets using pre-built Workbench Source Code Templates

– It automates Applet

• Installation and registration

• GUI creation including callback functions


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3rd Party Integration Example

Excel Based Product – Application Framework

Integration Framework Required to Eliminate Redundant Development

Parameters Applicable For Other Applications


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C++ Based Product

Migrate Interface to Workbench

Utilize Workbench to Build Vertical Industry Applications

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