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Rail joint
Problem Statement
Constraint: Maximum von Mises stress of the joint < 200 MPa
Exercise
Step 1: Launch HyperMesh Desktop, Set the User Profile and Retrieve the File
1. Launch HyperMesh Desktop.
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7. Take note of the Maximum von Mises Stress of the joint and use the Delete Page icon to delete the page with the
HyperView client.
This should return you to Page 1 and the HyperMesh client.
8. Back in HyperMesh, click return to exit the panel.
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11. Click elems and select by sets from the pop-up window.
12. Check the boxes for rail_set1 and rail_set2.
13. Click select.
14. Click create.
Rail domains
Step 6: Split the Circular Edge Domains Around the Opening of the Rail
The following steps show the procedure to split each of the two circular domains (as seen in the previous figure) into four
curved edge domains.
1. Toggle the radio button to edit edges subpanel.
2. Verify the top selector is split.
3. Click domain and select the circular edge-domain passing through nodes 1300, 1305, 1311, 1316.
4. Click node and select node 1311 from the display. Refer to the previous figure.
5. Click split.
The circular domain is split at Node 1311 and a new handle is created at node1311.
6. Select the circular edge between node 1311 and the other handle.
The edge is highlighted.
7. Click node 1316 to split the domain.
8. Similarly (as in steps 6-7), split the curved edge at nodes 1305 and 1300, respectively. Refer to the previous figure.
A similar process is followed to split the circular domain using the four nodes on the other side of the rail.
9. Click domain and select the circular domain passing through nodes 931, 926, 937 and 942.
10. Click node and select node 931 on screen.
11. Click split.
12. Select the circular edge between node 931 and the other handle.
The edge is highlighted.
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The third shape variable, sh3, converts the tube to a square cross-section
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An additional shape variable is created using the shape created in the previous step.
39. In the Model Browser, right-click on the component PSHELL and click on Hide.
These components are turned off for ease of visualization.
40. Toggle the radio button to alter dimensions.
Once nodes a and b are selected, the distance between node a and node b is measured automatically and appears
in distance = field.
The distance between node a and node b is about 43.
46. Click handles under node a and select the 8 handles shown by the downward pointing arrows in the previous figure.
To select, click the handles on the screen until they are highlighted.
47. Click handles under node b and similarly as in the previous step, select the 8 handles near the opposite face of the
tube.
48. Toggle the bottom selector and select hold middle.
49. In the Model Browser, right-click on the component PSHELL and click on Show.
These components are turned on for ease of visualization
50. Click distance = and enter 20.
51. Click morph.
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Step 10: Define the Shape Design Variables and Review by Animation
1. From the Analysis page, select the optimization panel.
2. Click on the shape panel.
3. Make sure the radio button is set to desvar and create.
4. Toggle the switch to select multiple desvars.
5. Click shape = and select sh1, sh2, sh3 and sh4.
6. Click select.
7. Click initial value = and enter 0.0.
8. Click lower bound = and enter -1.0.
9. Click upper bound = and enter 1.0.
10. Click create.
This creates four design variables with the same initial value, lower bound, and upper bound. HyperMesh
automatically links the design variables to each shape respectively and assigns names to each design variable the
same as its associated shapes.
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Step 17: View a Contour Plot of the Stress on Top of the Shape Optimized Model
1. Click the Next arrow to move to page 2.
2. Click the Contour toolbar button.
Note the Result type: is Element Stresses [2D & 3D] [t].
The second drop-down menu shows von Mises.
3. At the bottom of the GUI, click on the name Subcase 1 (STEP) <> Model Step to activate the Load Case and
Simulation Selection dialog.
4. Select the last iteration by double-clicking on the last Iteration listed.
5. Click Apply.
The stress contour shows on top of the shape changes applied to the model. Verify that this value is around the
constraint value specified.
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von Mises stress for the last iteration (Max < 200 MPa)
Go To
OptiStruct Tutorials
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