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    Institute of Engineering

    Department of Automobile & Mechanical


    Engineering
    IOE, Thapathali Campus, Thapathali

    System design and Simulation


    5. Introduction to Modeling

    2020 Summer
    Direct Generation
    • Direct generation is the approach in which you define the nodes and elements of a model directly.
    • A given pattern of nodes or elements, direct generation can commonly require about ten times as many data entries
    to define a model as compared to solid modeling. Many convenience commands that allow you to copy, reflect,
    scale, etc. are not required.
    • A model that is assembled by direct generation is defined strictly in terms of nodes and elements. Even though node
    and element generation operations can be combined, no one element can be defined until after all of its nodes have
    been created.
    Advantages of direct generation
    • Is convenient for small or simple models.
    • Provides you with complete control over the geometry and numbering of every node and every element.
    Limitation of direct generation
    • usually too time consuming for all but the simplest models; the volume of data you must work with can become
    overwhelming.
    • Cannot be used with adaptive meshing.
    • Makes design optimization less convenient.
    • Makes it difficult to modify the mesh (tools such as area mesh refinement, Smart Sizing, etc. cannot be used).
    • Can become tedious, requiring you to pay more attention to every detail of your mesh; tedium can sometimes cause
    you to become more prone to committing errors.
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    Direct Generation

    Node number
    Node length (x,y,z)
    The above data is needed to
    draw the line in APDL.

    Above are some examples of direct generation of geometry in ANSYS APDL. Here we can
    see that geometry generation is quite different from the one that we have been using in
    Autocad. NO, we cant drag and draw lines as in Autocad. drag ang draw is a different
    method of geometry generation which we will study later in this chapter.
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    Nodes
    • In ANSYS, Node can be define as a working plane snap increment and use picking
    [N, P] to generate nodes graphically.

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    Elements
    • Before directly generate elements, we must have already defined the minimum
    number of nodes required for that element and must have specified the proper
    element attributes.
    • we assemble tables of element attributes using the methods described in the
    following table and various coordinate system commands.

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    Filling between Nodes
    Nodes can be connected by various methods.
    It could be:
    1. beam
    2. pipe
    3. solid
    4. shell

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    Setting elements Attributes
    • Element Type Definition
    • FEMGEN will generate a finite element mesh of nodes and geometric element
    types. These geometric element types are related to the ANSYS element names
    via an element variant number. The element variant mappings for ANSYS may be
    displayed by using the FEMGEN command 'UTILITY TABULATE FE ANSYS', and
    these mappings are shown in table.
    Element types are defined in the input file with ANSYS 'ET' commands. The
    element type number is assigned by the interface program. The same element
    type can be defined twice with two different numbers if its material or/and
    physical properties are different from one to the other. The element type number
    is used in the ANSYS 'TYPE' command issued with the elements definition.
    The 'ET' command also includes element option keys (KEYOPT(n)), which are all
    set to their default values (usually 0) unless their value can be determined by the
    • information input within FEMGEN.
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    Setting elements Attributes
    • The element option keys defined by the interface program are:
    • KEYOPT values for the analysis type, e.g. plane stress, plane strain, axisymmetric
    • KEYOPT values determined from the physical properties entered
    • KEYOPT values for optional mid-side nodes (e.g. SURF19 and SURF22)
    • KEYOPT values determined from the type of thermal load (Heatflux or
    Convection)
    • KEYOPT values determined from the material properties entered
    • KEYOPT values for some optional degrees of freedom sets (structural degrees of
    freedom, or thermal, or coupled structural-thermal)

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    Solid modeling
    Advantages of solid modeling
    • Is generally more appropriate for large or complex models, especially 3-D models of solid volumes.
    • Allows you to work with a relatively small number of data items.
    • Allows geometric operations (such as dragging and rotations) that cannot be done with nodes and elements.
    • Supports the use of "primitive" areas and volumes (such as polygonal areas and cylindrical volumes) and Boolean
    operations (intersections, subtractions, etc.) for "top down" construction of your model.
    • Facilitates your use of the ANSYS program's design optimization features.
    • Is required for adaptive meshing.
    • Is required in order to do area mesh refinement after loads have been applied (solid model loads are also required).
    • Readily allows modifications to geometry.
    • Facilitates changes to element distribution; you are not bound to one analysis model.
    Limitation of solid modeling
    • Can sometimes require large amounts of CPU time.
    • Can (for small, simple models) sometimes be more cumbersome, requiring more data entries than direct generation.
    • Can sometimes "fail" (the program will not be able to generate the finite element mesh) under certain circumstances.
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    Solid modeling

    Some Examples of Solid Modeling

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    Concept of fillet
    • Line fillet
    Removes material to create a radius on a chain of edges. This could be a single
    radius along the length of the chain or the radius could vary in size along the
    chain. The system automatically creates a chain whilst there is a tangent
    relationship between edge endpoints. In the example below only one edge was
    selected but a chain is formed of the three tangential edges.
    Organise similar or consecutive fillets under one feature where possible rather
    than having a long list of fillet features in your model tree - a neat concise model
    tree gives a more easily managed model.

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    Sketching and modeling mode

    • Sketching mode is used to draw 2D sketches and has five tool box i.e. Draw,
    Modify, Dimension, constrains, settings.
    • The sketches can be converted into 3D models using the modelling mode.
    Whereas,
    • Modeling mode is used to generate part model using the sketches.
    • It has three default planes as XY, ZX and YZ.

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    Boolean Operation
    • Add/ Unite
    Combines two or more than two entities into one. This option allows
    all three body types, but do note that different body types cannot be
    combined together. Also, if the bodies have different material
    properties an execution is needed to continue the operation. other
    attributes like material, thickness, and active/frozen status, when
    different, will match that of the oldest body in the group.

    Union

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    Subtract
    For this option, select a list of target bodies and a list of tool bodies. The Active/Frozen status of bodies
    and new pieces that result from that body will be preserved. For Subtract, an option to preserve the tool
    bodies is available.

    Intersect
    Removes the overlap portion of one or more entities from a set of base entities. It is used to make hole,
    slots , and trimming off operations. The Intersect option uses a single list of tool bodies. Here, an option is
    provided in the Intersect Result property that determines how the intersection is to be computed.
    Intersection of All Bodies: Computes only the regions shared by all tool bodies

    Subtract Intersect

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    Slice
    This command does exactly what the name implies. You can slice a 3D solid just like you were
    using a knife.

    Glue
    Attach two or more than two entities by creating common boundaries between them and used when
    two distinct materials need to show.

    Overlap
    Same as glue but in this case the input entities overlap each other.

    Slice

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    End of Chapter

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