Creating and Using Deformed Geometry

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Creating and using
Deformed Geometry
Hari Subramaniam
2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary
Creating and using Deformed
Geometry
In this tutorial we will conduct a Static
Structural analysis in the Mechanical
application and conduct a Modal analysis on
the deformed geometry
Topics covered in this tutorial
Creating Named Selection
Inserting APDL commands
Using FE Modeler to synthesize a geometry
from a deformed solution
Geometry
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1. Open a empty Project file
2. Select the Workbench file Deformed_Geometry
Geometry
3. RMB on the setup (A5) branch of Static Structural and select Edit
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Geometry
The model is already meshed. Pressure and rotational velocity is already
applied on the turbine blade
Geometry
Named Selection is created on all the exterior faces.
4. Select the outer face of the turbine blade; RMB and select Create Named
Selection.
5. Enter the name as OrgiF01
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Geometry
6. Select each of the exterior face of the turbine blade and create a Named
Selection similar to step 4 and 5
A total of 11 Named Selections are created as shown in the figure below.
This step will ensure that the deformed geometry will have the same number
of faces and the same topology.
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Geometry
7. Select Static Structural (A5) and then select Insert Commands
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Geometry
8. cmwrite command is included to store all the named selections since the
rst file will not contain this information
All the components will be stored in allcomp.cmp file
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Geometry
9. Select Solution; RMB and select Solve to solve the model
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Geometry
10. In the project page; drag and drop Mechanical APDL onto to the Solution
(A6) branch of Static Structural
11. Drag and drop Finite Element Modeler onto the Analysis (B2) branch of
Mechanical APDL
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Geometry
12. RMB on Solution (A6) branch of Static Structural and select Update
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Geometry
13. Select Analysis (B2) branch of Mechanical APDL; RMB and select Add
Input File Browse
14. Select the file defgeom.inp
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Contents of defgeom.inp File
Modifies the coordinates of the nodes based on
current displacement
Creates a cdb file which will be read by Finite
Element Modeler
Creates surface elements surf154 on the faces
of the all the components named ORIGF
Reads the results from the last loadstep
Reads all the components from allcomp.cmp file
Geometry
15. Select Analysis (B2) branch of Mechanical APDL; RMB and select
Refresh and then Update
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Geometry
16. Drag and Drop Modal Analysis onto Model (C2) branch of Finite Element
Modeler.
17. In order to share the geometry from Finite element Modeler; create a link
between the Finite element modeler and Model (D3) branch of the Modal
analysis.
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Geometry
18. Select the Model (C2) branch of Finite Element Modeler; RMB and select
Edit to open the Modeler
19. In the Finite element Modeler, expand the Components branch to visualize
all the Named selections in static structural are converted to components in
FE Modeler
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Geometry
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20. Select Geometry Synthesis from the model tree
21. Select Initial Geometry to create a geometry from the deformed mesh
22. Expand Initial Geometry to visualize the body that is created from the
deformed mesh. This body has the same number of faces like the original
geometry
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Geometry
23. Select File and close the Finite Element Modeler
24. In the project page, RMB on the Model (C2) branch of Finite element
Modeler and select Update
Now the Engineering Data and Deformed Geometry are transferred to the
Modal Analysis
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Geometry
Open the setup (D3) branch of Modal analysis. You can apply appropriate
boundary conditions and solve for Natural frequencies and Mode shapes of
the deformed geometry
Additional Step
You have the option of exporting the deformed geometry as a Parasolid file
from Finite Element Modeler, which can be imported to other CAD systems
25. Open the Finite Element Modeler (C2)
26. Select Initial Geometry and then select Convert to Parasolid
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Additional Step
27. RMB on Parasolid Geometry and select Export to a Parasolid File to
export the deformed geometry.
Additionally you can select Add a Sew Tool to stitch all the surfaces to form
a volume and then export the file (discussed in the next slide)
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Additional Step Sew Tool
26a. RMB on Parasolid Geometry and select Add a Sew Tool
26b. In the details view of Sew , select all the 11 Bodies for the Geometry
and change the Tolerance to 0.001
26c. RMB on Sew and select Generate the Parasolid Geometry which create
a solid part from the 11 surfaces and then follow Step-27 to export the file
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