FEM ANSYS Preprocessor PDF
FEM ANSYS Preprocessor PDF
FEM ANSYS Preprocessor PDF
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• ANSYS Preprocessor
• Starting of ANSYS
• ANSYS Environment
• ANSYS interface
• ANSYS Files
• Solid Modelling
– The solid modelling approach utilizes Primitives (pre-defined
geometric shapes) and operations similar to those of
computer aided design (CAD) tools, and internally generates
the nodes and the elements based on user specifications.
• Direct generation
– It is entirely dependent on user input for the size, shape,
and connectivity of each element and coordinates of each
node before it creates the nodes and elements one at a time.
• Advantages
– Provides the user with complete control of placement and
numbering of nodes and elements.
• Disadvantages
– Use of direct generation is extremely tedious for solving real
engineering design applications, especially when the problem
can not be simplified to a two-dimensional idealization.
• Static Analysis
– determine displacements, stresses, etc. under static loading
conditions. Both linear and nonlinear static analyses.
• Modal Analysis
– Used to calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes
of a structure. Different mode-extraction methods are
available.
• Harmonic Analysis
– Used to determine the response of a structure to
harmonically time-varying loads.
• Transient Dynamic Analysis
– Used to determine the response of a structure to arbitrarily
time-varying loads. All nonlinearities mentioned under Static
Analysis above are allowed.
• Spectrum Analysis
– An extension of the modal analysis, used to calculate
stresses and strains due to a response spectrum or a PSD
input (random vibrations).
• Buckling Analysis
– Used to calculate the buckling loads and determine the
buckling mode shape. Both linear (eigenvalue) buckling and
nonlinear buckling analyses are possible.
• Any data required for the calculation of the element matrix that
cannot be determined from the nodal coordinates or material
properties are called 'Veal constants― in ANSYS.
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Material Props > Material Models
1) Pick/Unpick Field:
2) Information Field:
3) Text Field:
4) Action Field:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Lines >
Straight Line
• Creating an Arc:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Arcs >
By End KPs & Rad
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > Splines >
Spline Thru KPs
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > -Areas-
Arbitrary > By Lines
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Modeling > Create > -Areas-
Polygon > By Vertices
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Meshing > Size Cntrls > ManuaiSize >
Global > Size