Vibrations Tutorial

ME455/555IntrotoFiniteElementAnalysisFall2012Abaqus/CAEVibrationstutorial
Abaqus/CAE (ver. 6.12) Vibrations Tutorial

Problem Description
Thetwodimensionalbridgestructure,whichconsistsofsteelTsections,issimplysupportedatitslowercorners.
Determinethefirst10eigenvaluesandnaturalfrequencies.
Caution:Althoughthemodelseemstobetwodimensional,thereexistsarealisticpossibilitythatoutofplanemodes
mightbethedominantmodes.Weneedtothinkaheadandaccountforsuchapossibility.Thus,themodeliscreated
asa3Dpartmodel.
2012HormozZareh1PortlandStateUniversity,MechanicalEngineering
Analysis Steps
1. StartAbaqusandchoosetocreateanewmodeldatabase
2. InthemodeltreedoubleclickonthePartsnode(orrightclickonpartsandselectCreate)
3. IntheCreatePartdialogbox(shownabove)namethepartand
a. Select3D
b. SelectDeformable
c. SelectWire
d. Setapproximatesize=20
e. ClickContinue
4. Createthegeometryshownbelow(notdiscussedhere)
5. DoubleclickontheMaterialsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethenewmaterialandgiveitadescription
b. ClickontheMechanicaltabElasticityElastic
c. DefineYoungsModulusandPoissonsRatio(useSIunits)
i. WARNING:TherearenopredefinedsystemofunitswithinAbaqus,sotheuserisresponsible
forensuringthatthecorrectvaluesarespecified
d. ClickontheGeneraltabDensity
e. Density=7800
f. ClickOK
6. DoubleclickontheProfilesnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheprofileandselectTfortheshape
i. NotethattheTshapeisoneofseveralpredefinedcrosssections
b. ClickContinue
c. Enterthevaluesfortheprofileshownbelow
d. ClickOK
7. DoubleclickontheSectionsnodeinthemodeltree
a. NamethesectionBeamPropertiesandselectBeamforboththecategoryandthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. LeavethesectionintegrationsettoDuringAnalysis
d. Selecttheprofilecreatedabove(TSection)
e. Selectthematerialcreatedabove(Steel)
f. ClickOK
8. ExpandthePartsnodeinthemodeltree,expandthenodeofthepartjustcreated,anddoubleclickon
SectionAssignmentsorusetheAssignSectioniconshownbelow
a. Selecttheentiregeometryintheviewport
b. Selectthesectioncreatedabove(BeamProperties)
c. ClickOK
d. AssignthebeamorientationbyusingtheAssignBeamOrientationicon,select
theentirestructureancclickonDoneinthepromptregion.
9. ExpandtheAssemblynodeinthemodeltreeandthendoubleclickonInstances
a. SelectDependentfortheinstancetype
b. ClickOK
10. DoubleclickontheStepsnodeinthemodeltree
a. Namethestep,settheproceduretoLinearperturbation,andselectFrequency
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethestepadescription
d. SelecttheradiobuttonValueunderNumberofeigenvaluesrequestedandenter10
e. ClickOK
11. DoubleclickontheBCsnodeinthemodeltree
a. NametheboundaryconditionedPinnedandselectDisplacement/Rotationforthetype
b. ClickContinue
c. SelectthelowerleftvertexofthegeometryandpressDoneinthepromptarea
d. ChecktheU1andU2displacementsandsetthemto0
e. ClickOK
f.
Repeatforthelowerrightvertex,butmodelarollerrestraint(onlyU2fixed)instead
Notethatinthiscase,therollerwasmeanttorestrainalldegreesoffreedomexceptforthex
translation.
12. SelecttheMeshmodulefromthetaskModuleandclickontheAssignElementTypeicon.
BesuretochangetoobjecttoPartastheversion6.12defaultstoAssembly.
a. SelectStandardforelementtype
b. SelectLinearforgeometricorder
c. SelectBeamforfamily
d. Notethatthenameoftheelement(B21)anditsdescriptionaregivenbelowthe
elementcontrols
e. ClickOK
13. InthetoolboxareaclickontheSeedEdgeicon(holddownicontobringuptheother
options)
a. SelecttheentiregeometryandclickDoneinthepromptarea
b. ChangetheMethodtoBynumber
c. Definethenumberofelementsas5,thenclickOK.
14. InthetoolboxareaclickontheMeshParticon
a. ClickYesinthepromptarea
15. InthemenubarselectViewPartDisplayOptions
a. ChecktheRenderbeamprofilesoption
b. ClickOK
16. ChangetheModuletoProperty
a. ClickontheAssignBeamOrientationicon
b. Selecttheentiregeometryfromtheviewport
c. ClickDoneinthepromptarea
d. Acceptthedefaultvalueoftheapproximaten1direction
17. Notethatthepreviewshowsthatthebeamcrosssectionsarenotallorientatedasdesired(seeProblem
Description)
18. InthetoolboxareaclickontheAssignBeam/TrussTangenticon
a. Clickonthesectionsofthegeometrythatareoffby180degrees
19. InthemodeltreedoubleclickontheJobnode
a. NamethejobBridge
b. ClickContinue
c. Givethejobadescription
d. ClickOK
20. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthejobjustcreated(Bridge)andselectSubmit
a. WhileAbaqusissolvingtheproblemrightclickonthejobsubmitted(Bridge),andselectMonitor
b. IntheMonitorwindowcheckthattherearenoerrorsorwarnings
i. Ifthereareerrors,investigatethecause(s)beforeresolving
ii. Iftherearewarnings,determineifthewarningsarerelevant,somewarningscanbesafely
ignored
21. Inthemodeltreerightclickonthesubmittedandsuccessfullycompletedjob(Bridge),andselectResults
22. InthemenubarclickonViewportViewportAnnotationsOptions
a. UnchecktheShowcompassoption
b. ThelocationsofviewportitemscanbespecifiedonthecorrespondingtabintheViewportAnnotations
Options
c. ClickOK
23. Displaythedeformedcontouroverlaidwiththeundeformedgeometry
a. Inthetoolboxareaclickonthefollowingicons
i. PlotContoursonDeformedShape
ii. AllowMultiplePlotStates
iii. PlotUndeformedShape
24. InthetoolboxareaclickontheCommonPlotOptionsicon
a. NotethattheDeformationScaleFactorcanbesetontheBasictab
b. OntheLabelstabchecktheshownodesymbolsicon
c. ClickOK
25. InthemenubarclickonResultsStep/Frame
a. ChangethemodebydoubleclickingintheFrameportionofthewindow
b. Observetheeigenvaluesandfrequencies
c. ClickOK
26. InthetoolboxareaclickonAnimationOptions
a. ChangetheModetoSwing
b. ClickOK
c. AnimatebyclickingonAnimate:ScaleFactoriconinthetoolboxarea
d. Stoptheanimationbyclickingontheiconagain
27. ClickontheNextarrowonthecontextbartochangethemode
28. ExpandtheBridge.odbnodeintheresulttree,expandtheHistoryOutputnode,andrightclickon
Eigenfrequency:
a. SelectSaveAs
b. Name=Frequencies
c. RepeatforEigenvalue
d. ObservetheXYDatanodesintheresulttree
29. InthemenubarclickonReportXY
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
Selectfrom=AllXYdata
HighlightEigenvalues
ClickontheSetuptab
ClickSelectandspecifythedesirednameandlocationofthereport
ClickApply
ClickontheXYDatatab
HighlightFrequencies
ClickOK
30. Openthereport(.rptfile)withanytexteditor

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