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Contents
Introduction.............................................................................................2
Installation Instructions: .......................................................................2
FRF Analysis of a Cross Member................................................................3
Description of the Problem ....................................................................3
The Analysis Model ...............................................................................4
Results.................................................................................................5
Further Work ........................................................................................5
Summary .............................................................................................6
Thermal Expansion Of Screw Shaft............................................................7
Description of the Problem ....................................................................7
The Analysis Model ...............................................................................8
Results.................................................................................................9
Further Work ........................................................................................9
Summary ........................................................................................... 10
Transient Analysis Of Gun Barrel ............................................................. 11
Description of the Problem .................................................................. 11
The Analysis Model ............................................................................. 12
Results............................................................................................... 13
Further Work ...................................................................................... 13
Summary ........................................................................................... 14
Force & Stress Analysis of Engine Mechanism .......................................... 15
Description of the Problem .................................................................. 15
The Analysis Model ............................................................................. 16
Results............................................................................................... 17
Further Work ...................................................................................... 17
Summary ........................................................................................... 18
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Student Project Summaries A Designer’s Guide To Finite Element Analysis
Introduction
This material is best used after reading the book A Designer’s Guide To
Finite Element Analysis.
To make best use of this material you will need a computer with a sound-
card and speakers. Your computer should have a media-player programme
(such as Windows Media Player) and an Internet Browser that supports
JavaScript. The material can be copied to a server and accessed by clients.
Installation Instructions:
1. Copy the folders to your computer or to your server. If you are
working on a server, it is a good idea to set the folders to “read
only” to prevent inadvertent modifications.
2. The videos are best played in full-screen at a resolution of 1024 x
768. You may need to install the CamStudio Codec to view video on
your computer. To do this, right-click on the file camcodec.inf and
choose Install from the popup menu. You may need administrator
privileges to do this.
3. Ensure that JavaScript is enabled on your browser.
4. Each folder contains one HTML file. Double-click on it to open the
instructions.
5. Data files are provided as relevant – IGES files, HM files, etc.
6. In case you need support, contact your distributor or email
edu.support@altair.india.com
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Results
Interpreting the results of the optimization requires a good understanding of
the FRF approach.
Further Work
The assignment brings home the advantages
of OptiStruct / Analysis:
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Summary
By the end of this assignment, the student will know how to
• import IGES files
• use the Model Browser
• zoom, pan and rotate
• change colors of entities
• control visibility of geometry
• create collectors for materials, elements, forces and restraints
• measure distances and the diameter of circles
• generate mid-surfaces automatically
• use QI meshing
• find the centers of circles
• use consistent units
• check for different types of element-edges - free, shared, etc.
• fill and stitch surfaces
• use temp nodes
• apply frequency-domain loads
• use the modal-method for FRF analysis
• plot stress contours
• view deformed shapes
• check for warnings using the text output files
• view results in HyperView
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Results
Interpreting the results of the optimization
requires some care. In the initial analysis, we
are trying to decide whether or not a more
expensive contact analysis is required or not.
So the focus is on the deformation pattern of
the shaft and the plugs.
Further Work
The assignment brings home the advantages
of OptiStruct / Analysis:
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Student Project Summaries A Designer’s Guide To Finite Element Analysis
Summary
By the end of this assignment, the student will
know how to
• import IGES files
• use the Model Browser
• zoom, pan and rotate
• change colors of entities
• control visibility of geometry
• create material collectors
• create component collectors
• create load collectors
• create loadcases
• measure distances
• use consistent units
• work with different types of edges
- free, shared, etc.
• fill and stitch surfaces
• measure the diameter of circles
• find the centers of circles
• use temp nodes
• use autocleanup to do all of the
above
• create restraints or SPCs
• apply symmetry BCs
• use HyperMorph to map elements
to a geometry
• use the Linear Solid option to
generate hex elements
• check for warnings using the text
output files
• view deformation plots and stress
contours
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Results
Animated plots can be viewed, but graphs of
amplitude vs. time are more useful in this
case.
Further Work
The assignment brings home the advantages
of OptiStruct / Analysis:
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Summary
By the end of this assignment, the student will know how to
• import IGES files of assemblies into HyperMesh
• use the Model Browser
• zoom, pan and rotate
• change colors of entities
• delete unwanted imported data
• control visibility of geometry
• create material collectors
• create and edit component collectors
• create load collectors
• create restraints or SPCs
• measure distances
• use consistent units
• apply time-variant loads as (time,amplitude)
• perform an analysis and obtain baseline results
• check for warnings using the text output files
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Results
The motion of the bodies is best interpreted
using animations. These are different from
the animated plots of a more "traditional"
FEA. In this case, the deformations are
large. HyperView allows us to view the
animation, to superimpose stresses on the
animated displays, and to plot graphs of
forces at points of interest.
Further Work
The assignment brings home the
advantages of OptiStruct / Analysis:
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Student Project Summaries A Designer’s Guide To Finite Element Analysis
Summary
By the end of this assignment, the student
will know how to
• import IGES files of assemblies
into HyperMesh
• use the Model Browser
• zoom, pan and rotate
• change colors of entities
• control visibility of geometry
• create material collectors
• create component collectors
• create load collectors
• define units for the MBD solver
• mix flexible and rigid bodies in
the same model
• create flexible bodies, rigid
bodies and grounded bodies
• apply initial motion to bodies
• define revolute and
translational joints
• check for warnings using the
text output files
• view animated plots of stresses
• view animated plots of the
mechanism’s motion
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