Customer Training Material

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Lecture 1

Introduction

ANSYS Mechanical
Heat Transfer

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Welcome! Customer Training Material

Welcome to the ANSYS Workbench Mechanical Heat Transfer training

course!
This training course covers the basics of using Mechanical in
performing thermal analyses.
It is intended for Mechanical users regardless of the CAD software
used.
Course Objectives:
The prerequisite Introduction to Mechanical training (or equivalent
experience) is assumed.
This course is intended to expand on the thermal analysis capabilities
outlined in the introductory course material.

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Course Materials Customer Training Material

The Training Manual you have is an exact copy of the slides

Workshop descriptions and instructions are included
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Numerous other
th ANSYS productd t training
t i i courses are available
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See the latest training course schedule and locations on the ANSYS
homepage www.ansys.com

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Chapter Overview Customer Training Material

Introduction:
A. About ANSYS
B. Workbench Overview
C. ANSYS Mechanical Overview
D. Starting Mechanical
E. The Workbench Environment
F. Workbench File Management
G. Working With Units
H. Mechanical Review
I. Workshop 1 Thermal Bar

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A. About ANSYS, Inc. Customer Training Material

ANSYS, Inc.
Developer of ANSYS family of products
Headquarters in Canonsburg, PA - USA (south of Pittsburgh)
Development and sales offices in U.S. and around the world

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ANSYS Family of Products Customer Training Material

ANSYS Family of Products Analysis Capabilities:

Structural Mechanics
Fluid Dynamics
Explicit Dynamics
Electromagnetics
Coupled Mutiphysics Analyses
Simulation Process and Data Management

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B. ANSYS Workbench Overview Customer Training Material

What is ANSYS Workbench?

ANSYS Workbench provides a platform for various ANSYS applications.
Workbench provides bi-directional parametric integration with CAD.
Sampling of Workbench Applications:
Mechanical: performs FE analyses in various disciplines (e.g. structural,
thermal, EMAG, etc.).
Geometry
G t (DesignModeler):
(D i M d l ) creates t andd modifies
difi geometry t as preprocessor
for analysis models.
Meshing: creates structural and CFD meshes.
Advanced CFD: performs CFD analyses using CFX and Fluent solvers.
Design Exploration: performs optimizations using either deterministic or
probabilistic methods. Design of experiments, six sigma, response surfaces,
etc..
Finite
Fi it Element
El t Modeler:
M d l t
translates
l t NASTRAN and d Ab
Abaqus meshesh iinto
t
ANSYS format.
AUTODYN: performs explicit dynamics analyses.

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C. ANSYS Mechanical Overview Customer Training Material

Analysis types available in Mechanical:

Structural (static and transient):
Linear and nonlinear structural analyses.
Dynamic Capabilities:
Modal, harmonic, random vibration, flexible and rigid dynamics.
Heat Transfer (steady state and transient):
Solve for conduction, convection and radiation conditions. Temperature-
dependent boundary conditions and materials allowed.
Magnetostatic:
Performs 3-D static magnetic field analysis
analysis.

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D. Starting Mechanical Customer Training Material

There are two methods of launching Workbench:

From the Windows start menu:

From the CAD system

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E. The Workbench Environment Customer Training Material

For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary

sections (there are other optional sections well see in a moment):

The Toolbox The Project Schematic

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The Project Schematic Customer Training Material

The Workbench project schematic is a graphical representation of the

workflow defining a system or group of systems.
From the toolbox a selection can be dragged and dropped onto the
schematic
h ti (or
( double
d bl clicked).
li k d)

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. . . The Project Schematic Customer Training Material

By dropping applications and/or systems into various locations in the

schematic, an overall analysis project is defined.
In the example below a structural system is dragged and dropped
onto a thermal system forming a coupled thermal/structural analysis.

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F. Workbench File Management Customer Training Material

Workbench creates a project file and a

series of subdirectories to manage all
associated files.

Archive: quickly generates a single compressed file containing all

pertinent files.
files

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G. Working With Units Customer Training Material

The Units menu in Workbench:

Allows access to predefined unit systems
Allows the creation of custom unit systems
Controls
C t l unit it display
di l forf Engineering
E i i Data,
D t
Parameters and Charts
Activate the Units System dialog to control

Units can be Displayed in the

Active Project System or as
They were Defined in Their
Source (e.g. CAD System)

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H. Mechanical Review Customer Training Material

The Mechanical GUI is Tree-Driven:

Context Icons
Update

Select Tree
Branch

Details
Update

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Workshop 1

Thermal Bar

ANSYS Mechanical
Heat Transfer

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