Ansys Mechanical APDL

Day 1:
TOPIC DURATION LEARNING OUTCOME WORKSHOPS
FEA and ANSYS 9.00 12.00 About ANSYS, What is
FEA? , Instructor Example
Getting Started 12.00 1.00 Interactive Vs. Batch 1) Introductory
Mode, Starting ANSYS, Workshop
Product Launcher, ANSYS 2) Getting Started
Workbench, Memory, Workshop
GUI, The Database and
Files, Exiting ANSYS
Lunch Break 1.00 to 2.00
Ansys Basics 2.00 3.00 Overview, Plotting, 3) Ansys Basics
Picking, Coordinate Workshop
Systems, Select Logic,
Components
General Analysis 3.00 5.00 Preliminary Decisions,
Procedure Preprocessing, Create
Solid Model, Create FEA
Model, Define Material,
Solution, Postprocessing,
Review Results,
Verification
Day 2:
TOPIC DURATION LEARNING OUTCOME WORKSHOPS
Creating the Solid 9.00 1.00 What to Model? , 1) Importing Solid
Model Importing Geometry, models- IGES, SAT,
IGES Import, Connection SAT Assembly,
Products, ANSYS Native Parasolid, Parasolid
Commands, Definitions, Assembly
ANSYS Native Geometry 2) Pillow Block
Creation, Working Modeling
Plane, ANSYS 3) Connecting Rod
Coordinate Systems and 4) Connecting Rod
Working Plane Coord. Import/Cleanup
System
Lunch Break 1.00 to 2.00
Creating the Finite 2.00 5.00 Overview, Element 5) Silo
Element Model Attributes, Multiple 6) Pillow Block
Element Attributes, 7) Cotter Pin
Controlling Mesh 8) Connecting Rod
Density, Mesh Order 9) Impeller Extrusion
Control, Generating the 10) Wheel
Mesh, Hex-to-Tex
Meshing, Mesh
Extrusion, Sweep
Meshing, F.E. Imports
Day 3:
TOPIC DURATION LEARNING OUTCOME WORKSHOPS
Defining the Material 9.00 9.30 Units, ANSYS Defined 1) User Input Material
Materials, Material
Model GUI, Listing
Defined Materials
Loading 9.30 10.30 Define Loads, Nodal
Coordinate Systems,
Displacement
Constraint,
Concentrated Forces,
Verifying Loads
Solution 10.30 1.00 Solvers, Definitions, 2) 3D Bracket
Multiple Loadsteps 3) Connecting Rod
4) Wheel
Lunch Break 1.00 to 2.00
Structural Analysis 2.00 3.00 Preprocessing, Solution, 5) Lathe Cutter
Postprocessing 6) 2D Corner Bracket
Thermal Analysis 3.00 3.30 Preprocessing, Solution, 7) Axisymmetric Pipe
Postprocessing with Fins
Postprocessing 3.30 5.00 Query Picking, Results 8) Connecting Rod
Coordinate System, Path 9) Spherical Shell
Operation, Error 10) Axisymmetric Fin
Estimation, Load Case
with Multiple Load
Combinations, Results
Viewer, Variable Viewer, Steps
Report
Generator
Day 4:
TOPIC DURATION LEARNING OUTCOME WORKSHOPS
Array Parameters 9.00 10.30 Types of Array 1) Axisymmetric Wheel
Parameters, Retrieving
Database Information,
Array Operations
Coupling & Constraint 10.30 1.00 Coupling, Constraint 2) Impeller Blade
Equations Equations (Coupling)
3) Turbine Blade
(Constraint Equation)
4) Swaybar (Rigid
Regions)
Lunch Break 1.00 to 2.00
Working with Elements 2.00 3.30 Element Coordinate 5) Bolt Torque
System, Surface Effect (Surface Effect
Elements, Element Elements)
Table
Beam Modeling 3.30 4.00 Beam Properties, Beam 6) Building Frame
meshing, Loading,
Solution and Results
Couple Field 4.00 5.00 Sequential method, 7) Thermal Pipe
direct method
Day 5:
TOPIC DURATION LEARNING OUTCOME WORKSHOPS
Submodeling 9.00 -12.00 General Procedure 1) Crank Shaft
Modal Analysis 12.00 1.00 Procedure 2) U-Bracket
Lunch Break 1.00 to 2.00
Introduction to 2.00 3.30 Basic Concepts, Typical 3) Arched Beam
Nonlinear Analysis Procedure
Bonded Contact 3.30 4.00 Definitions, Typical 4) Swaybar
Procedure
Macro Basics 4.00 5.00 Creating a Macro, 5) Verifying Pressures
Macro with Arguments,
Open forum discussion Branching, Looping,
General Guidelines