3 – D STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS USING ANSYS 10.

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AIM : To analyse the 3-D solid for deflection and stresses

PACKAGE USED : ANSYS 10.0

PROCEDURE :

1. File - Change job name – Enter Structural Analysis – 11 for job name

2. File - Change title - Enter Analysis of 3-D solid for title

3. Preferences - Structural

4. To select element type :

Preprocessor - Element type - Add - Add - solid -

Tet 10node92 - Close

5. Material Properties :

Material Props - Material Models - structural - linear -

elastic - isotropic - 2e6 for EX- 0.2 for PRXY

ok-exit

6. Create volumes :

Modelling - create - volumes - Block - By 2 corners & Z

- Enter Wpx = 0 Wpy =0 width = 300 Height = 50 Depth = -50

Apply

Wpx = 0 Wpy =0 width = 50 Height = 50 Depth = -300

Create the third volume

First change the workplane settings

Work plane - WP Settings - Type Snap incr = 25

OK

Work plane - Offset WP by increments - Click +X once and +Y

once

Work plane - WP Settings - Type Snap incr = 300

OK

Work plane - Offset WP by increments - Click -Z once

Modelling - create - volumes - Block - By 2 corners & Z

- Enter Wpx = -75 Wpy =-100 width = 150 Height = 200 Depth =
-20
 OK

7. To create Ciruclar holes :

Modelling - create - volumes - Solid Cylinder -

Enter Wpx = 0 Wpy = 50 Radius = 10 depth = -20

Modelling - create - volumes - Solid Cylinder -

Enter Wpx = 0 Wpy = -50 Radius = 10 depth = -20

Plot - Replot

Subtract the above two holes from the block

Operate - Booleans - subtract - volumes -

Select the block - OK - Select the two cylinders - OK

Plot - Replot

Add all the volumes to get a single volume

Operate - Booleans - add - volumes - Pick all

8. Create fillet :

Plot - lines

Create – lines – line fillet

Select the two lines from which the fillet is to be created

OK - Enter the radius as 10 - OK

Create - areas - arbitrary - by lines

Select the three lines from which area is to be created

OK

Operate - Extrude - areas - along line

Select the area to be extruded - OK - Select the line along

which the area is to be extruded - OK

Add all the volumes

Operate - Booleans - add - volumes - Pick all

Plot - volumes

9. Meshing :

Mesh - lines - pickall

 10. To apply pressure :

Plot - volumes

Loads- define loads - apply - structural - pressure -

on area

Select the area

OK

Enter the pressure value 1000

11.To apply constraints :

Loads- define loads - apply - structural -

displacement - on areas - select the hole surfaces - apply
- select ALL DOF - ok

12.Solving the Problem :

Solution - solve - current LS - ok

File - close

13. To draw the Deflection Curve :

General postproc - plot results - contour plot - nodal solu -

dof solution - y component of displacement - deformed shape with
undeformed model - ok

Plot the front view

14.To list the deflections at nodes :

List results - nodal solution - ycomp of displacement

At the bottom of the list , max deflection is given

15. To find the stresses :

To plot the stress variation

Generalpostproc - plot results - contour plot - nodal solu - dof

solution - stresses - vonmises stress - OK

To get the max deflection

List results - nodal solution - dof solution - stresses -

vonmises stress - OK

RESULT :

The maximum stress developed is _____ N/mm2 and the maximum deflection is
_____ mm