Chapter 3

ANSYS
A Quick Trip Through ANSYS

Contents
3.1 ANSYS
ANSYS User Interface

3.2 ANSYS
ANSYS References and User Guides

3.3
A Simple Example

3.4 ANSYS
Some Advices for ANSYS Operations

3.5
Exercises

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3.1
ANSYS
ANSYS User Interface

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3.1.1 ANSYS

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3.1.2 ANSYS Launcher (1/2)

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3.1.2 ANSYS Launcher (2/2)

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3.1.3 The Graphic User Interface

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3.2
ANSYS
ANSYS References and User Guides

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3.2.1 ANSYS On-line

Documentation System

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3.2.2 ANSYS References

ANSYS Commands Reference

ANSYS Elements Reference
ANSYS Theory Reference
ANSYS Verification Manual

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3.2.3 ANSYS User Guides (1/5)

Basic Analysis Procedure Guide

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3.2.3 ANSYS User Guides (2/5)

Advanced Analysis Techniques Guide

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3.2.3 ANSYS User Guides (3/5)

Structural Analysis Guide

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3.2.3 ANSYS User Guides (4/5)

Other Analysis Guides

ANSYS LS-DYNA Users Guide

Thermal Analysis Guide
Fluids Analysis Guide
ANSYS Low-Frequency Electromagnetic
Analysis Guide
ANSYS High-Frequency Electromagnetic
Analysis Guide
Coupled-Field Analysis Guide
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3.2.3 ANSYS User Guides (5/5)

Other User Guides

Operations Guide
ANSYS Tutorials
Modeling and Meshing Guide
APDL Programmers Guide
ANSYS Connection Users Guide
ANSYS Troubleshooting Guide
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3.3

A Simple Example

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3.3.1
y
P = 100 N
Q = 1 MPa

H = 10 mm

W = 6 mm
L = 60 mm

Material
E = 200 Gpa
n = 0.3
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3.3.2

SI

mmN
s

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mmNs
ab1 kg
c7850
kg/m3

a14.7 psiSI
bmmkg
smMKS

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3.3.3 ANSYS
Set Up
Preprocessing
Solid Modeling
Meshing

Solution
Specifying Loads
Solving the Analysis Model

Postprocessing
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3.3.4
/PREP7

/PREP7

/SOLU

Begin
Level

/POST1

/POST26

/OPT

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3.3.5
BLOCK, 0, 60, -5, 5, -3, 3

or

K, 1, 0, -5, -3
K, 2, 0, 5, -3
K, 3, 0, 5, 3
K, 4, 0, -5, 3
K, 5, 60, -5, -3
K, 6, 60, 5, -3
K, 7, 60, 5, 3
K, 8, 60, -5, 3
V, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
/VIEW,, 1, 2, 3
VPLOT

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3.3.6 ANSYS
Command, Arg1, Arg2, ...

Argument Default
Command Default
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3.3.7
Element attributes include
element type
material properties
real constants
element coordinate
system.
Procedure to input attributes
for each element
Establish a table for each
attribute (ET, MP, R, )
Specify attribute IDs
before creating elements
(TYPE, MAT, REAL, )

ET, 1, SOLID45
MP, EX, 1, 200000
MP, NUXY, 1, 0.3

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3.3.8
TYPE, 1
MAT, 1
ESIZE, 3
VMESH, ALL
EPLOT
FINISH

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3.3.9
/SOLU
NSEL, S, LOC, X, 0
D, ALL, ALL, 0
NSEL, S, LOC, Y, 5
SF, ALL, PRES, 1
N1 = NODE(60,-5,-3)
N2 = NODE(60,-5,3)
F, N1, FY, -50
F, N2, FY, -50
EPLOT

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3.3.10
SOLVE
FINISH

Jobname.RST
FILE.RST
Jobname.RTH
FILE.RTH

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3.3.11 (1/3)
/POST1
/VIEW,, 0, 0, 1
PLDISP, 2
ANDSCL

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3.3.11 (2/3)
PLNSOL, S, X
ANCNTR

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3.3.11 (3/3)
/VIEW,, 0, 1, 0
PLNSOL, S, X

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3.3.11 (3/3)
/VIEW,, 0, 1, 0
PLNSOL, S, X

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3.4
ANSYS
Some Advices for ANSYS Operations

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3.4.1 Interactive Batch Mode

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3.4.2 ANSYS Programming Style

FINISH
/CLEAR
L
H
B
E
NU
SIZE
Q
P

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

60
10
6
200000
0.3
3
1
100

!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!

Units: mm, N
Length
Height
Width
Youngs modulus
Poissons ratio
Element size
Distributed load
Point load

/PREP7

K,
K,
K,
K,
K,
K,
K,
K,
V,

1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
1,

0,
0,
0,
0,
L,
L,
L,
L,
2,

-H/2,
H/2,
H/2,
-H/2,
-H/2,
H/2,
H/2,
-H/2,
3, 4,

/VIEW,, 1, 2, 3
VPLOT
ET, 1, SOLID45
MP, EX, 1, E
MP, NUXY, 1, NU

-B/2
-B/2
B/2
B/2
-B/2
-B/2
B/2
B/2
5, 6, 7, 8

TYPE, 1
MAT, 1
ESIZE, SIZE
VMESH, ALL
FINISH
/SOLU
! Fixed end
NSEL, S, LOC, X, 0
D, ALL, ALL, 0
! Distributed load
NSEL, S, LOC, Y, H/2
SF, ALL, PRES, Q
NSEL, ALL
! Loads at free end
N1 = NODE(L,-H/2,-B/2)
N2 = NODE(L,-H/2,B/2)
F, N1, FY, -P/2
F, N2, FY, -P/2

SOLVE
FINISH
/POST1
/VIEW,, 0, 0, 1
PLDISP, 2
PLNSOL, S, X

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3.4.3 About ANSYS

Command Format


$
!
/EOF*ASK

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3.5

Exercises

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3.5.1

Displacement at Tip

0.177
0.176
0.175
0.174
0.173
0.172
0.171
0.170
0.169
0

2000

4000

6000

8000

10000

No. of Nodes

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3.5.2
lbf-in Units

SI Units

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