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Coupling
Impeller Blade
2A. Coupling
Impeller Blade
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Description
2A. Coupling
Impeller Blade
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2A. Coupling
Impeller Blade
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Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using cp-blade
as the jobname.
2.
3.
Enter the preprocessor and define element type 1 and 2 to be SOLID95 and MESH200,
respectively, and also set KEYOPY(1) = 5 for the MESH200 element:
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Impeller Blade
Mesh volume 2 (the blade) using VSWEEP:
5.
Set smart sizing level to 4 and mesh area number 1 (low sector boundary) with
MESH200 elements:
4.
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Impeller Blade
Copy the mesh on area 1 onto area 11 (high sector boundary):
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Copy > Area Mesh +
Pick area number 1 (or enter 1 followed by [Enter] in ANSYS Input window)
[OK]
Pick area number 11 (or enter 11 followed by [Enter] in ANSYS Input window)
[OK]
Set KCN=1
Set DY=30
[OK]
Or issue:
MSHCOPY,AREA,1,11,1,0,30
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Impeller Blade
Mesh volume 1 (the base) with SOLID95 tet. elements:
8.
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Meshing- Modify Mesh > Change Tets ...
Or issue:
TCHG,95,92,3
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2A. Coupling
Impeller Blade
Couple nodal dofs on the low boundary to the corresponding nodal dofs on the high
boundary in the cylindrical coordinate system (CSYS,1):
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Coupling / Ceqn > Offset Nodes
Set KCN=1
Set DY=30
[OK]
Or issue:
CPCYC,ALL,0.0001,1,0,30
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Impeller Blade
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Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Displacement > On Nodes +
Or issue:
D,ALL,UX, , , , ,UY
11. To prevent rigid body motion in the Z direction (axial direction), constrain the UZ dof
on the node at the origin (node number 2426):
11a. Reselect from current subset the node at Z=0:
NSEL,R,LOC,Z,0
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Displacement > On Nodes +
Or issue:
D,ALL,UZ
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Utility Menu > WorkPlane > Change Active CS to > Global Cylindrical
Or issue:
CSYS,1
12c. Rotate nodal coordinates to align with the global cylindrical coordinate system:
Main Menu >Preprocessor > -Modeling- Move / Modify > -Rotate Node CS- To Active CS +
[Pick All]
Or issue:
NROTAT,ALL
12. Select all the nodes and rotate their coordinate systems to align with the global
cylindrical coordinate system:
2A. Coupling
Impeller Blade
Set CP = Off
[OK]
Or issue:
/PBC,CP, ,0
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Meshing- Check Mesh > Sel Bad Elems
[OK]
[Close]
[Close]
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[OK]
[Close] - to close the yellow message window after the solution is completed
Or issue:
SAVE
/SOLU
SOLVE
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Impeller Blade
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV
16. Enter the general postprocessor and plot the von Mises stress:
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Impeller Blade
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
VSEL,S,,,2
ALLSEL,BELOW,VOLU
PLNSOL,S,EQV
17. Plot the von Mises stress for volume number 2 (the blade):
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Impeller Blade
Replot
Or issue:
VSEL,S,,,1
ALLSEL,BELOW,VOLU
PLNSOL,S,EQV
18. Plot the von Mises stress for volume number 1 (the base):
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Impeller Blade
Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Style > Symmetry Expansion > User-Specified Expansion
Set NREPEAT=12
Set TYPE=Polar
[ISO]
[Fit]
Or issue:
/EXPAND,12,POLAR,FULL,,30
/VIEW,1,1,1,1
/AUTO,1
/REPLOT
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Workshop 2B
Constraint Equations
Turbine Blade
Turbine Blade
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Description
Turbine Blade
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Turbine Blade
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Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using ce-blade
as the jobname.
2.
3.
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Select nodes on the bottom surface of the blade:
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Enter the preprocessor and generate constraint equations for Adjacent Regions:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Coupling / Ceqn > Adjacent Regions ..
[OK]
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Select everything and constrain all dof on the front face of the base (area 25):
Set AREA = On
[OK]
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Displacement > On Areas +
Or issue:
ALLSEL,ALL
/PNUM,AREA,1
/NUMBER,0
APLOT
DA,25,ALL
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Plot elements and save the database:
8.
Solve:
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Enter the general postprocessor and plot the von Mises stress:
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV
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[OK]
Or issue:
SAVE
FINISH
/EXIT,ALL
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Workshop 2C
Constraint Equations - Rigid Regions
Swaybar
Swaybar
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Description
Swaybar
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Swaybar
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Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using swaybarcerig as the jobname.
2.
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Swaybar
Define a node (numbered 8000) at X=33, Y=0, and Z=0:
4.
Set the element type attribute pointer to 2 and create a MASS21 element at node 8000:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Attributes- Define > Default Attribs ...
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Create > Elements >-Auto Numbered- Thru Nodes +
Or issue:
TYPE,2
E,8000
5.
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Force/Moment > On Nodes +
Or issue:
F,8000,FY,-500
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Swaybar
Select all nodes at X=10 and node number 8000:
Utility Menu > Plot > Nodes (Or pick PLOT on Selection Tool).
Or issue:
NSEL,S,LOC,X,10
NSEL,A,,,8000
NPLOT
7.
Generate rigid links (constraint equations) for the UX and UY degrees of freedom
between nodes at X=10 and node 8000:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Coupling / Ceqn > Rigid Region +
Or issue:
CERIG,8000,ALL,UX,UY
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Swaybar
Select all nodes, turn on structural force and constraint equation symbols and plot
elements:
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Save the database and obtain the solution using the PCG iterative solver:
Main Menu > Solution > -Analysis Type- Soln Control ...
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Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
ESEL,U,ENAME,,21
/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV
10. Unselect the MASS21 element, then enter POST1 and plot the nodal solution for
SEQV:
Swaybar
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
PLNSOL,U,SUM
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13. When the solution is done, enter POST1 and and plot the nodal solution for SEQV:
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
/POST1
PLNSOL,S,EQV
12. If time permits, solve the FULL model and compare its results to the model with rigid
links:
Swaybar
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Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
VSEL,S,,,1,5
ALLSEL,BELOW,VOLU
PLNSOL,S,EQV
/AUTO,1
/REPLOT
14. Select volumes 1 through 5 and all of the elements and nodes attached to volumes 1
through 5, then plot the nodal solution for SEQV:
Swaybar
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
PLNSOL,U,SUM
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Swaybar
[OK]
Or issue:
SAVE
FINISH
/EXIT,ALL
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