Introduction to ANSYS Mechanical

2-1ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010Chapter2MechanicalBasicsIntroductiontoANSYSMechanicalBasics2-2ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManualChapterOverview•Inthischapter,thebasicsofusingMechanicaltoperformanalyseswillbecovered,whichinclude:A.TheMechanicalGUIandOperationB.IntroductiontotheMechanicalApplicationWizardC.BasicAnalysisProcedureD.TheEngineeringDataapplicationE.Workshop2-1•ThecapabilitiesdescribedinthissectionaregenerallyapplicabletotheANSYSDesignSpaceEntralicensesandabove,unlessnoted.Basics2-3ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManualA.LaunchingMechanical•RecallthattherearetwowaysofrunningMechanical:–ConfiguredfromwithinANSYSWorkbench…–…orfromasupportedCADsystemBasics2-4ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…MechanicalInterface•Thecomponentsoftheuserinterfaceareshownbelow:TreeOutlineDetailsViewGraphicsWindowToolbarsMenusMechanicalApplicationWizardStatusBarMessageWindowBasics2-5ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual•ThemenusprovidemuchofthefunctionalitypresentinMechanical.Themorecommonlyusedmenuitemsarecoveredbelow:–Thetitlebarlistsanalysistype,productandactiveANSYSlicense.–“FileClean”todeletemeshand/orresultsfromdatabase.–“Units”tochangeunitson-the-fly.–“ToolsOptions…”tocustomizesettingsandoptions.–“HelpMechanicalHelp”toaccessdocumentation....GUI–MenusAnalysisTypeProductLicenseBasics2-6ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual•Thereareanumberoftoolbarstoprovideusersquickaccesstofunctionalityalsofoundinthemenus.–ThetoolbarscanberepositionedanywhereonthetopoftheMechanicalwindow.–The“Context”toolbar,aswillbeillustratedlater,updatesdependingonwhatbranchisactiveinthe“Outline”tree.–Tooltipsappearifthecursorisplacedoverthetoolbarbutton.…GUI–ToolbarsBasics2-7ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual•The“Standard”toolbarisshownbelow:•The“Graphics”toolbarisusedforselectionandgraphicsmanipulation:–Theleftmousebuttoncanbeeitherin“selection”modeor“graphicsmanipulation”mode.Theabovetoolbarbuttonsaregroupedas“selectentities”and“graphicsmanipulation”control.–Thegraphicsselectioncanbedoneusingindividualselectionorbox-selection.Thisiscontrolledbythe“SelectMode”icon.…GUI–ToolbarsBringupMechanicalWizardSolveModelCaptureSnapshotSlicePlanesAnnotationsCommentsGraphicsManipulationSelectionToolsSelectmodeViewportsBasics2-8ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…GUI–OutlineTree•TheOutlineTreeprovidesaneasywayoforganizingthemodel,materials,mesh,loads,andresultsfortheanalysis–The“Model”branchcontainstheinputdatarequiredfortheanalysis–The“StaticStructural”branchcontainstheloadsandsupportsrelevanttotheanalysisdiscipline–The“Solution”branchcontainsresultobjectsandsolutioninformation–Otherbranches(notcoveredhere)arealsoavailable.Basics2-9ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…GUI–OutlineTree•TheOutlineTreeshowsiconsforeachbranch,alongwithastatussymbol.Examplesofthestatussymbolsarebelow:–Checkmarkindicatesbranchisfullydefined/OK–Questionmarkindicatesitemhasincompletedata(needinput)–Lightningboltindicatessolvingisrequired–Exclamationmarkmeansproblemexists–“X”meansthatitemissuppressed(willnotbesolved)–Transparentcheckmarkmeansbodyorpartishidden–Greenlightningboltindicatesitemiscurrentlybeingevaluated–Minussignmeansthatmappedfacemeshingfailed–Checkmarkwithaslashindicatesameshedpart/body–RedlightningboltindicatesafailedsolutionBecomingfamiliarwiththebasicstatussymbolsallowsuserstodebugMechanicalproblemsquickly.Basics2-10ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…GUI–DetailsView•TheDetailsViewcontainsdatainputandoutputfields.Thecontentswillchangedependingonbranchselected.–Whitefield:inputdata•Datainwhitetextfieldiseditable–Gray(orRed)field:information•Dataingrayfieldscannotbemodified.–Yellowfield:incompleteinputdata•Datainyellowfieldsindicatesmissinginformation.Basics2-11ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…GUI–GraphicsWindow•TheGraphicsWindowshowsthegeometryandresults.Itcanalsoprovideworksheet(tabular)listings,theHTMLreport,andaPrintPreviewoption.GeometryTabWorksheetTabPrintPreviewTabReportPreviewTabBasics2-12ANSYS,Inc.Proprietary©2010ANSYS,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Release12.1January2010TrainingManual…GUI–MechanicalApplicationWizard•TheMechanicalWizardisanoptionalcomponent,ausefulaidtoremindusersstepsrequiredtocompleteananalysis–TheMechanicalWizardprovidesalistofrequiredstepsandthestatusofthem–Greencheckmarkindicatestheitemiscomplete–Green“i”showsaninformationalitem–Agreyedsymbolshowsthatthestepcannotbeperformedyet–Aredquestionmarkmeansthatthereisanincompleteitem–An“x”meansthattheitemisnotperformed