Introduction To ANSYS Mechanical: Workshop 5.1 Linear Structural Analysis
Introduction To ANSYS Mechanical: Workshop 5.1 Linear Structural Analysis
Introduction To ANSYS Mechanical: Workshop 5.1 Linear Structural Analysis
Workshop 5.1
Linear Structural Analysis
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Goals
Workshop 4 consists of a 5 part assembly representing an impeller type pump. Our primary goals are to analyze the assembly with a preload on the belt of 100N to test:
That the impeller will not deflect more than 0.075mm with the applied load. That the use of a plastic pump housing will not exceed the materials elastic limits around the shaft bore.
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Assumptions
Well assume the pump housing is rigidly mounted to the rest of the pump assembly. To simulate this, a frictionless support is applied to the mounting face. Similarly, frictionless surfaces on the mounting hole counter bores will be used to simulate the mounting bolt contacts. (Note if accurate stresses were desired at the mounting holes, a compression only support would be a better choice). Finally, a bearing load (X = 100 N) is used on the pulley to simulate the load from the drive belt. The bearing load will distribute the force over the face of the pulley only where the belt contact occurs.
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Project Schematic
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. . . Project Schematic
1. From the Toolbox insert a Static Structural system into the Project Schematic.
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2. From the Geometry cell, RMB and Import Geometry > Browse. Import the file Pump_assy_3.stp.
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Preprocessing
4. Set the working unit system:
Units > Metric (mm, kg, N, s, mV, mA).
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. . . Preprocessing
6. Refresh the Model cell:
a. RMB > Refresh.
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. . . Preprocessing
8. Change the contact region behavior for the first 4 contact regions (shown below):
a. Hold the shift key and highlight the first 4 contact branches. b. From the detail window change the contact type to no separation. The remainder of the contacts will be left as bonded.
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Environment
9. Apply the bearing load to the pulley:
a. b. c. d. Highlight the Static Structural branch. Highlight the pulleys groove surface. RMB > Insert > Bearing Load. From the detail window change to Components and X = 100 N
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. . . Environment
10. Apply supports to the assembly:
a. Highlight the mating face on the pump housing (part 1). b. RMB > Insert > Frictionless Support.
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. . . Environment
Now we will add the frictionless supports to the 8 countersink portions of the mounting holes (shown here). Each of the required surfaces could be selected individually while holding the CTRL key however we will use a macro (select by size) provided with the DS installation. After selecting the initial surface, running the macro finds and selects all surfaces of the same size (area). Note, this macro also works with edges or bodies.
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. . . Environment
11. Select the countersunk holes (selectbysize macro):
a. Highlight 1 of the countersink surfaces (arbitrary). b. Choose Tools > Run Macro . . . and browse to:
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. . . Environment
12. Constrain the countersunk hole surfaces:
a. From the context menu, click on Supports and choose Frictionless Support or RMB > Insert > Frictionless Support
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Solution
13. Highlight the Analysis Settings and from the details window change Weak Springs from Program Controlled to Off.
Note : Because of the presence of frictionless supports non bonded contact, Workbench-Mechanical will trigger the use of weak springs during the solution. If we know the model is fully constrained we can turn off this function. Before turning off weak springs make SURE that rigid body motion is prevented. Failing to do so can result in an unconverged solution.
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Postprocessing
15. Add results to solution:
a. Highlight the solution branch: b. From the context menu, choose Stresses > Equivalent (von-Mises) or RMB > Insert > Stress > Equivalent (von-Mises) c. Repeat the step above, choose Deformation > Total Deformation
Solve again.
Note: adding results and resolving the model will not cause a complete solution to take place. Results are stored in the database and requesting results requires only an update.
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. . . Postprocessing
While the overall plots can be used as a reality check to verify our loads, the plots are less than ideal since much of the model is only slightly effected by them (results may vary slightly due to meshing differences).
To improve the quality of results available we will scope results to individual parts.
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. . . Postprocessing
16. Scope the results to individual bodies/surfaces:
a. Highlight the Solution branch and switch the selection filter to Body select mode. b. Select the impeller (part 2) c. RMB > Insert > Stress > equivalent (von- Mises)
Notice the detail for the new result indicates a scope of 1 Body.
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17. Repeat the procedure above to insert Total Deformation results for the impeller part. 18. Repeat to add individually scoped stress and total deformation results to the pump housing (part 1).
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. . . Postprocessing
19. Rename the new results:
a. RMB on the result > Rename b. Rename the results as shown here to simplify postprocessing
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a. 20. Solve
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. . . Postprocessing
By checking the impeller deformation we can verify that one of our goals is met. The maximum deformation is approximately 0.024mm (goal < 0.075mm).
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. . . Postprocessing
Inspection of the housing stress shows that, overall, the stress levels are below the materials elastic limit (tensile yield = 25 MPa). We could again use scoping to isolate the results in the area of interest.
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