Workshop 4

Result Processing
(Cylinder Impact)
16.0 Release

Introduction to
ANSYS Explicit STR
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 Workshop Goal and Procedure
Goal:
Process results from the previously constructed cylinder impact test model showing
multiple Workbench post-processing features.
Procedure:
Duplicate the existing Explicit Dynamics (ANSYS) Analysis System Project
Demonstrate the results processing features:
Adjust the legend controls
Show the capped surface displays
Create a section plane
Make a vector plot
Create a chart
Show graphics in multiple views

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 Abbreviations used in Procedural Steps

As in the preceding workshop, the following abbreviations are

used:

DC = Double Click with Left Mouse Button

SC = Single Click with Left Mouse Button
RMB = Right Mouse Button Selection
D&D = Drag and Drop = Hold Left Mouse Button down on item
while dragging it to new location and then release it (i.e., Copy
or Move)

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 Step 1 Restore the Taylor Impact Project
1.a Start ANSYS Workbench and Restore the
Archive taylor_basic.wbpz located in the
Workshop 4 folder (this is the project set up
in Workshop 1)

1.b Edit the Setup cell

RMB SC

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 Step 2 Adjust the Legend Controls
2.a Select the Equivalent Plastic Strain result in order to test changing the legend.
The values shown here may be slightly different from those obtained in class,
depending on the settings used.

2.b Hide the Plate

(RMB Hide
Body) if not
already hidden.

2.c Show the

elements if not
already shown

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 Step 2 Adjust the Legend Controls
2.d Double Click on the second to the last entry and type in a plastic strain value of
0.35 (35%). Likewise, set the second entry to 0.70. The contour plot changes
accordingly, as shown.
2.e Reset the Legend
Controls when done
testing via the RMB on a
legend entry.

DC RMB

DC

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 Step 3 Show the Capped Surface
Displays 3.a Select the
display mode
Capped 3.b First plot the
IsoSurfaces. surface where the
equivalent plastic
strain is 0.57 m/m.
Either type the
3.c Next cap the strain value in the box or
levels above 0.57 use the slider bar.
m/m. All strains
below that value
will be displayed.
3.d Then cap the strain
levels below 0.57 m/m.
3.e Finally, reset the All strains above that
display mode to value will be displayed.
Exterior.
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 Step 4 Create a Section Plane
RMB
4.a Before creating a section plane, Show the plate again and select
the +Z axis on the Triad to get a front view (see below).

4.b Define a New Section Plane by first picking the icon.

1st point

4.c Next, define the first point of

the plane by clicking on the
screen with the LMB (Left Mouse
Button) and then slide the cursor
to another location before
Triad releasing the LMB, as shown.
2nd point

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 Step 4 Create a Section Plane
4.d The model on one side of the section plane
will remain visible, while the other side will
disappear
A small square controller is now shown at the
location of the plane

4.e Now select the isometric view (via

the cyan-colored ball on the Triad)
and slide the small control square
of the section plane along the line
shown in both directions via the
LMB.
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 Step 4 Create a Section Plane
4.f As you slide the section plane square 4.g Select the No WireFrame
controller to the right, more of the model display mode to get a better
will appear. The display can get a little view of the model as you slide
cluttered with the element boundaries the section plane controller
shown, so ...
back and forth.

Slide square to
right with
LMB

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 Step 4 Create a Section Plane
4.h Select the Show Undeformed WireFrame display mode followed by the Show
Undeformed Model display mode.

Note: For section views, Undeformed shows the Hidden Deformed geometry as
opposed to the true Undeformed geometry.
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 Step 4 Create a Section Plane
4.i Now uncheck the Section Plane 1 display.

4.j Verify that the Show

Undeformed Model display
mode now actually shows the
true Undeformed geometry.

4.k Return to the Show Elements display mode.

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 Step 5 Make a Vector Plot
5.a With the Solution branch active, select Worksheet on the Toolbar

RMB VVECTORS and

then click on Create
User Defined Result

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 Step 5 Make a Vector Plot
5.b Finally, Evaluate All Results

RMB

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 Step 5 Make a Vector Plot
5.f To plot the vectors, select the Graphics icon on the Toolbar

5.g Use the above settings on the Vector Display Toolbar that appears
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 Step 5 Make a Vector Plot
5.h Switch the View to 5.i Use the settings below on the Vector Display
Wireframe and switch Toolbar to investigate their effects
the display mode to No
WireFrame.

5.j Reset the View to Shaded

Exterior and Edges and the
display mode to Show
Elements when done.
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 Step 6 Create a Chart
6.a First Insert some additional Solution branch results to compare. Add
Maximum, Middle, and Minimum Principal Stress and Maximum Shear Stress
(one at a time) and then Evaluate All Results.

RMB
RMB

6.b Next, select the icon to define a

New Chart and Table 6.c Then select the Chart
branch and click on the
Outline Selection 0
Objects to show Apply

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 Step 6 Create a Chart
6.d Select the four stress results (using the Shift Key)
and then select Apply.

DC 6.e Double-click on the

DC Display across from the
DC four Min values to Omit
them, leaving only the
DC
Max values to be
displayed.

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 Step 7 Show Graphics in Multiple Views
7.a Select the Four Viewports option as shown.

7.b Highlight
each of the
viewports, in
turn, and
define the
graphics
settings for
each one. A
few possible
views are
shown to the
left.

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 Step 7 Show Graphics in Multiple Views
7.c Save the Project and then Exit ANSYS Workbench.

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