Workshop 1

Fan Blade Containment Analysis

14.5 Release

ANSYS LS-DYNA
in Mechanical APDL
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Fan Blade Containment Analysis

This jet engine fan blade containment analysis is intended to demonstrate the
capability of the ANSYS LS-DYNA product. Since we have not yet covered any
of these topics in the seminar, all that you need to do is just read in the input
file, blade.inp

Step-by-step instructions are shown on the following slides. Your instructor

will give those details particular to your site.

blade.inp is fully commented, so you will probably want to review this ASCII
input file after completing the course. The analysis is an example of an
implicit-to-explicit sequential solution. It takes advantage of both the speed
of the ANSYS implicit code to apply the preload (an omega loading) along with
the robustness of the LS-DYNA explicit solver to simulate the transient, which
includes a broken fan blade impacting the other fan blades as well as the
engine duct.

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Start ANSYS/Multiphysics/LS-DYNA in the GUI mode
Read in the input file blade.inp
Utility Menu > File > Read input from > blade.inp > OK
OR issue:
/input, blade.inp

The ANSYS implicit solution

will start automatically. The
shell thicknesses will be
visible with /ESHAPE,1 set
(as shown to the right). This
preload analysis runs very
quickly.

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 Fan Blade Containment Analysis

The preload stresses will be then be
displayed. After a brief pause, the model
will be converted into an ANSYS LS-DYNA
model.

At the following prompt, click on the Yes

button.

The explicit analysis takes a few minutes to run. When completed, an

animation shows the equivalent stresses in the model. Several screen
captures are shown on the next slide. Note that a few of the elements
from the broken fan blade are deleted towards the end of the transient
after reaching the specified plastic failure strain.

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Explicit results:

1. TIME=0
2. Blade hits
duct

3. Blade hits
blade

4. Multiple
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impacts and
some
deleted
elements

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