AWS90 Ch04 Static

Chapter Four
Static Structural Analysis
Linear Static Structural Analysis
Chapter Overview
In this chapter, performing linear static structural analyses

in Simulation will be covered:
Geometry and Elements
Contact and Types of Supported Assemblies
Environment, including Loads and Supports
Solving Models
Results and Postprocessing
The capabilities described in this section are generally

applicable to ANSYS DesignSpace Entra licenses and above.
Some options discussed in this chapter may require more
advanced licenses, but these are noted accordingly.
Free vibration, harmonic, and nonlinear structural analyses are
not discussed here but in their respective chapters.
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Basics of Linear Static Analysis
For a linear static structural analysis, the displacements {x} are

solved for in the matrix equation below:
K x F
This results in certain assumptions related to the analysis:

[K] is essentially constant
Linear elastic material behavior is assumed
Small deflection theory is used
Some nonlinear boundary conditions may be included
{F} is statically applied

No time-varying forces are considered
No inertial effects (mass, damping) are included
It is important to remember these assumptions related to linear

static analysis. Nonlinear static and dynamic analyses are
covered in later chapters.
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A. Geometry
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In structural analyses, all types of bodies supported by

Simulation may be used.
For surface bodies, thickness must be

supplied in the Details view of the
Geometry branch.
The cross-section and orientation of line bodies are defined

within DesignModeler and are imported into Simulation
automatically.
For line bodies, only displacement results are available.
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Point Mass
A Point Mass is available under the Geometry branch to
mimic weight not explicitly modeled
A point mass is associated with surface(s) only
The location can be defined by either:
(x, y, z) coordinates in any user-defined Coordinate System
Selecting vertices/edges/surfaces to define location
The weight/mass is supplied under Magnitude

In a structural static analysis, the point mass is affected by
Acceleration, Standard Earth Gravity, and Rotational
Velocity. No other loads affect a point mass.
The mass is connected to selected surfaces
assuming no stiffness between them. This is
not a rigid-region assumption but similar to a
distributed mass assumption.
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No rotational inertial terms are present.
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Point Mass
A point mass will be displayed as a round, grey sphere
As noted previously, only inertial loads affect the point mass.

This means that the only reason to use a point mass in a linear
static analysis is to account for additional weight of a
structure not modeled. Inertial loads must be present.
No results are obtained for the Point Mass itself.
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Material Properties
The required structural material properties are Youngs
Modulus and Poissons Ratio for linear static structural
analyses
Material input is under the Engineering Data branch, and

material assignment is per part under the Geometry branch
Mass density is required if any inertial loads are present
Thermal expansion coefficient and thermal conductivity are
required if any thermal loads are present
Thermal loading not available with an ANSYS Structural license
Negative thermal expansion coefficient may be input (shrinkage)
Stress Limits are needed if a Stress Tool result is present

Fatigue Properties are needed if Fatigue Tool result is present
Requires Fatigue Module add-on license
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Material Properties
Engineering Data view of sample material shown below:
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B. Assemblies Solid Body Contact
When importing assemblies of solid parts, contact regions

are automatically created between the solid bodies.
Surface-to-surface contact allows non-matching meshes at
boundaries between solid parts
Tolerance controls under Contact branch allows the user to
specify distance of auto contact detection via slider bar
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Assemblies Solid Body Contact
In Simulation, the concept of contact and target surfaces

are used for each contact region.
One side of the contact region is comprised of contact
face(s), the other side of the region is made of target face(s).
The integration points of the contact surfaces are restricted
from penetrating through the target surfaces (within a given
tolerance). The opposite is not true, however.
When one side is the contact and the other side is the target, this is
called asymmetric contact. On the other hand, if both sides are
made to be contact & target, this is called symmetric contact since
neither side can penetrate the other.
By default, Simulation uses symmetric
contact for solid assemblies.
For ANSYS Professional licenses and
above, the user may change to
asymmetric contact, as desired.
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Four contact types are available:
Contact Type
Bonded
No Separation
Frictionless
Rough
Iterations
1
1
Multiple
Multiple
Normal Behavior (Separation) Tangential Behavior (Sliding)

Closed
Closed
Closed
Open
Open
Open
Open
Closed
Bonded and No Separation contact are basically

linear behavior and require only 1 iteration
Frictionless and Rough contact are nonlinear
and require multiple iterations. However, note
that small deflection theory is still assumed.
When using these options, an interface treatment
option is available, set either as Actual Geometry
(and Specified Offset) or Adjusted to Touch.
The latter allows the user to have ANSYS close the
gap to just touching position. This is available
for ANSYS Professional and above.
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For the advanced user, some of the
contact options can be modified
Formulation can be changed from Pure
Penalty to Augmented Lagrange, MPC, or
Normal Lagrange.
MPC is applicable to bonded contact only
Augmented Lagrange is used in regular ANSYS
The pure Penalty method can be thought of as

adding very high stiffness between interface of
parts, resulting in negligible relative movement
between parts at the contact interface.
MPC formulation writes constraint equations
relating movement of parts at interface, so no
relative movement occurs. This can be an
attractive alternative to penalty method for
bonded contact.
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Advanced options (continued):
As explained in Chapter 3, the pinball
region can be input and visualized
The pinball region defines location of nearfield open contact. Outside of the pinball
region is far-field open contact.
Originally, the pinball region was meant to
more efficiently process contact searching,
but this is also used for other purposes,
such as bonded contact
For bonded or no separation contact, if gap
or penetration is smaller than pinball region,
the gap/penetration is automatically
excluded
Other advanced contact options will be

discussed in Chapter 11.
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In this case, the gap between

the two parts is bigger than the
pinball region, so no automatic
gap closure will be performed.
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Assemblies Surface Body Contact

For ANSYS Professional licenses and above, mixed
assemblies of shells and solids are supported
Allows for more complex modeling of assemblies, taking
advantage of the benefits of shells, when applicable
More contact options are exposed to the user
Contact postprocessing is also available (discussed later)
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Assemblies Surface Body Contact

Edge contact is a subset of general contact
For contact including shell faces or solid
edges, only bonded or no separation
behavior is allowed.
For contact involving shell edges, only
bonded behavior using MPC formulation is
allowed.
For MPC-based bonded contact, user can set
the search direction (the way in which the multipoint constraints are written) as either
the target normal or pinball region.
If a gap exists (as is often the case with
shell assemblies), the pinball region can be
used for the search direction to detect
contact beyond a gap.
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Assemblies Contact Summary

A summary of contact types and options available in
Simulation is presented in the table below:
Contact Geometry
Solid Body Face
Solid Body Edge
Surface Body Face
Surface Body Edge
Solid Body Face

All types
All formulations
Symmetry respected
Solid Body Edge

Bonded, No Separation
All formulations
Asymmetric only
All formulations
Asymmetric only
Surface Body Face

All formulations
Symmetry respected
All formulations
Asymmetric only
All formulations
Symmetry respected
Surface Body Edge

Bonded only
MPC formulation
Asymmetric only
Bonded only
MPC formulation
Asymmetric only
Bonded only
MPC formulation
Asymmetric only
Bonded only
MPC formulation
Asymmetric only
This table is also in the Simulation online help. Please refer to

this table to determine what options are available.
Note that surface body faces can only participate in bonded or no
separation contact. Surface body edges allow MPC-based bonded
contact only.
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Assemblies Spot Weld

Spot welds provide a means of connecting shell
assemblies at discrete points
For ANSYS DesignSpace licenses, shell contact is not
supported, so spotwelds are the only way to define a shell
assembly.
Spotweld definition is done in the CAD software. Currently,

only DesignModeler and Unigraphics define spotwelds in a
manner that Simulation supports.
Spotwelds can also be created in
Simulation manually, but only at
discrete vertices.
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C. Loads and Supports

There are four types of structural loads available:
Inertial loads
These loads act on the entire system
Density is required for mass calculations
These are only loads which act on defined Point Masses
Structural Loads
These are forces or moments acting on parts of the system
Structural Supports
These are constraints that prevent movement on certain regions
Thermal Loads
Structurally speaking, the thermal loads result in a temperature
field, which causes thermal expansion on the model.
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. . . Time Type
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A time type option is available at certain license levels.
The default time type for loading is static
Sequence and harmonic time types are available as

options (harmonic analysis is covered in the Advanced WB
training)
Sequence loading allows a series of static time steps to be

set up in advance and solved at once
Sequenced results can be reviewed step by step
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. . . Time Type
Specify the desired number of sequence
steps in the details of the Environment.
Enter the value of the load for each step by

first highlighting the desired step in the
graphics window.
The chart in the graphics window displays the

variation of the load.
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. . . Time Type
The worksheet view provides a
graphical representation of each
loads sequence.
Results of a sequenced simulation

can be reviewed by highlighting the
quantity of interest and picking the
desired sequence from the graphics
window.
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Directional Loads
For most loads/supports which have an
orientation, the direction can be defined by
components in any Coordinate System
The Coordinate System (CS) has to be
defined prior to specifying the loading. Only
Cartesian coordinate systems may be used
for loading/support orientation.
In the Details view, change Define By to
Components. Then, select the appropriate
Cartesian CS from the pull-down menu.
Specify x, y, and/or z components, which are
relative to the selected Coordinate System
Not all loads/supports support use of CS:
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Supports Coordinate Systems
Acceleration
No
Standard Earth Gravity
No
Rotational Velocity
No
Force
Yes
Remote Force
Location of Origin Only
Bearing Load
Yes
Moment
Yes
Given Displacement
Yes
Loads/Supports not
listed in the table do not
have direction
associated with it, so
Coordinate Systems are
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Acceleration & Gravity

An acceleration can be defined on the system
Acceleration acts on entire model in length/time2 units.
Users sometimes have confusion over notation of direction. If

acceleration is applied to system suddenly, the inertia resists
the change in acceleration, so the inertial forces are in the
opposite direction to applied acceleration
Acceleration can be defined by Components or Vector
Standard Earth Gravity can also be applied as a load

Value applied is 9.80665 m/s2 (in SI units)
Standard Earth Gravity direction can only be defined along
one of three World Coordinate System axes.
Since Standard Earth Gravity is defined as an acceleration,
define the direction as opposite to gravitational force, as noted
above.
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Rotational Velocity
Rotational velocity is another inertial load available
Entire model spins about an axis at a given rate
Can be defined as a vector, using geometry for axis and
magnitude of rotational velocity
Can be defined by components, supplying origin and
components in World Coordinate System
Note that location of axis is very important since model spins

around that axis.
Default is to input rotational velocity in radians per second.
Can be changed in Tools > Control Panel > Miscellaneous >
Angular Velocity to revolutions per minute (RPM) instead.
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Forces and Pressures

Pressure loading:
Pressures can only be applied to surfaces and always act
normal to the surface
Positive value acts into surface (i.e., compressive)
negative value acts outward from surface (i.e., suction)
Units of pressure are in force per area
Force loading:
Forces can be applied on vertices, edges, or surfaces.
The force will be distributed on all entities. This
means that if a force is applied to two identical
surfaces, each surface will have half of the force
applied. Units are mass*length/time2
A force is defined via vector and magnitude or by
components (in user-defined Coordinate System)
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Bearing Load
Bearing Load (was called Bolt Load in prior releases):
Bearing Loads are for cylindrical surfaces only. Radial

component will be distributed on compressive side using
projected area. Example of radial distribution shown below.
Axial component is distributed evenly on cylinder.
Use only one bearing load per cylindrical surface. If the
cylindrical surface is split in two, however, be sure to select
both halves of cylindrical surface when applying this load.
Load is in units of force
Bearing load can be defined
via vector and magnitude or
by components (in any
user Coordinate System).
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Moment Load
Moment Load:
For solid bodies, a moment can be applied on any
surface
If multiple surfaces are selected, the moment load
gets apportioned about those selected surfaces
A vector and magnitude or components (in user-defined

Coordinate System) can define the moment. The moment acts
about the vector using the right-hand rule
For surface bodies, a moment can also be applied to a vertex
or edge with similar definition via vector or components as
with a surface-based moment
Units of moment are in Force*length.
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Remote Load
Remote Load:
Allows the user to apply an offset force on a surface or edge

of a surface body
The user supplies the origin of the force (using vertices, a
cylinder, or typing in (x, y, z) coordinates). A user-defined
Coordinate System may be used to reference the location.
The force can then be defined by vector and magnitude or by
components (components for direction is in Global CS)
This results in an equivalent force on
the surface plus a moment caused by
the moment arm of the offset force
The force is distributed on the surface
but includes the effect of the moment
arm due to the offset of the force
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Supports (General)
Fixed Support:
Constraints all degrees of freedom on vertex, edge, or surface

For solid bodies, prevents translations in x, y, and z
For surface and line bodies, prevents translations and
rotations in x, y, and z
Given Displacement:
Applies known displacement on vertex, edge, or surface
Allows for imposed translational displacement in x, y, and z (in
user-defined Coordinate System)
Entering 0 means that the direction is constrained.
Leaving the direction blank means that the entity is free to
move in that direction
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Supports (Solid Bodies)

Frictionless Support:
Applies constraint in normal direction on surfaces
For solid bodies, this support can be used to apply a

symmetry plane boundary condition since symmetry plane
is same as normal constraint
Cylindrical Constraint:
Applied on cylindrical surfaces
User can specify whether axial, radial, or tangential
components are constrained
Suitable for small-deflection (linear) analysis only
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Supports (Solid Bodies)

Compression Only Support:
Applies a compression-only constraint normal to any given

surface. This prevents the surface to move in the positive
normal direction only.
A way to think of this support is to imagine a rigid structure
which has the same shape of the selected surface. Note that
the contacting (compressive) areas are not known beforehand.
Can be used on a cylindrical surface to model a
(referred to as Pinned Cylinder 7.1)
Notice the example on the right,
where the outline of the undeformed cylinder
is shown. The compressive side retains the shape
of the original cylinder, but the tensile side is free to deform.
This requires an iterative (nonlinear) solution.
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Supports (Line/Surface Bodies)

Simply Supported:
Can be applied on edge or vertex of surface or line bodies
Prevents all translations but all rotations are free
Fixed Rotation:
Can be applied on surface, edge, or vertex of surface or line
bodies
Constrains rotations but translations are free
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Summary of Supports
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Contact Regions provides a flexible boundary condition between

two existing parts explicitly modeled
Supports provide a rigid boundary condition between the modeled
part an a rigid, immovable part not explicitly modeled
Type of Support
Fixed Support
Frictionless Support
Compression Only Support
Equivalent Contact Condition at Surfaces of Part

Bonded contact with a rigid, immovable part
No Separation contact with a rigid, immovable part
Frictionless contact with a rigid, immovable part
If Part A, which is of interest, is connected to Part B, consider

whether both parts need to be analyzed (with contact) or
whether supports will suffice in providing the effect Part B has
on Part A.
In other words, is Part B rigid compared to Part A? If so, a support
can be used and only Part A modeled. If not, one may need to
model both Parts A and B with contact.
Supports and Contact Regions may both be thought of as being

boundary conditions.
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Thermal Loading
Temperature causes thermal expansion in the model
Thermal strains are calculated as follows:
thx thy thz T Tref
where is the thermal expansion coefficient (CTE), Tref is the

reference temperature at which thermal strains are zero, T is
the applied temperature, and th is the thermal strain.
Thermal strains do not cause stress by themselves. It is the
constraint, temperature gradient, or CTE mismatch that
produce stress.
CTE is defined in Engineering Data
and has units of strain per temperature
The reference temperature is defined in the
Environment branch
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Thermal Loading
Thermal loads can be applied on the model
Any temperature loading can be applied (see Chapter 6 on
Thermal Analysis for details)
Simulation will always perform a thermal solution first, then

use the calculated temperature field as input when solving the
structural solution.
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D. Workshop 4.1
Workshop 4.1 Linear Structural Analysis
Goal:
A 5 part assembly representing an impeller type pump is
analyzed with a 100N preload on the belt.
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E. Solution Options
Solution options can be set under the Solution branch

The ANSYS database can be saved if Save
ANSYS db is set
Useful if you want to open a database in ANSYS
Two solvers are available in Simulation

The solver is automatically chosen, although some
informative messages may appear after solution
letting the user know what solver was used. Set
default behavior under Tools > Options >
Simulation: Solution > Solver Type
The Direct solver is useful for models containing
thin surface and line bodies. It is a robust solver
and handles any situation.
The Iterative solver is most efficient when solving
large, bulky solid bodies. It can handle large models
well, although it is less efficient for beam/shells.
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Solution Options
If Program Controlled is set, Simulation tries to
anticipate under-constrained models. If no
Fixed Support is present, it may add weak springs
and provide an informative message letting the user
know that it has done so
This can be set to On or Off. To set the default
behavior, go to Tools > Options > Simulation:
Solution > Use Weak Springs.
In some cases, the user expects the model to be in
equilibrium and does not want to constrain all
possible rigid-body modes. Weak springs will help
by preventing matrix singularity.
It is good practice to constrain all possible rigid-body
motion, however.
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Solution Options
The type of analysis is shown, such as Static
Structural for the cases described in this section.
If a nonlinear solution is required, it will be indicated
as such. Recall that for some contact behavior and
compression-only support, the solution becomes
nonlinear. These type of solutions require multiple
iterations and take longer than linear solutions.
The solver working directory is where scratch files are
saved during the solution of the matrix equation. By
default, the TEMP directory of your Windows system
environment variable is used, although this can be
changed in Tools > Options > Simulation: Solution
> Solver Working Directory. Sufficient free space
must be on that partition.
Any solver messages which appear after solution can
be checked afterwards under Solver Messages
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Solving the Model
To solve the model, request results first (covered next) and

click on the Solve button on the Standard Toolbar
By default, two processors (if present) will be used for parallel
processing. To set the number, use Tools > Options >
Simulation: Solution > Number of Processors to Use
Recall that if a Solution Information branch is requested, the
contents of the Solution Output can be displayed.
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F. Results and Postprocessing

Various results are available for postprocessing:
Directional and total deformation
Components, principal, or invariants of stresses and strains

Contact output
Requires ANSYS Professional and above
Reaction forces
In Simulation, results are usually requested before solving,

but they can be requested afterwards, too.
If you solve a model then request results afterwards, click on
the Solve button
, and the results will be retrieved. A
new solution is not required if that type of result has been
requested previously (i.e., total deformation was requested
previously but now direction deformation is added).
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Plotting Results
All of the contour and vector plots are usually shown on

the deformed geometry. Use the Context Toolbar to change
the scaling or display of results to desired settings.
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Deformation
The deformation of the model can be plotted:
Total deformation is a scalar quantity:
U total U x2 U y2 U z2
The x, y, and z components of deformation can be
requested under Directional. Because there is
direction associated with the components, if a
Coordinate System branch is present, users can
request deformation in a given coordinate system.
For example, it may be easier to interpret displacement for a
cylindrical geometry in a radial direction by using a cylindrical
coordinate system to display the result.
Vector plots of deformation are available.

Recall that wireframe mode is the easiest
to view vector plots.
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Deformation
Deformation results are available for line, surface, and solid

bodies
Note that deformation results are associated with
translational DOF only. Rotations associated with the DOF of
line and surface bodies are not directly viewable
Because deformation (displacements) are DOF which
Simulation solves for, the convergence behavior is wellbehaved when using the Convergence tool
Vector deformation plots cannot useAlert or Convergence
tools because they are vector quantities (x, y, z) rather than a
unique quantity (x or y or z). Use Alert or Convergence tools
on Total or Directional quantities instead.
Total deformation is an invariant, so Coordinate Systems
cannot be used on this result quantity. Also, Vector
deformation is always shown in the world coordinate system.
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Stresses and Strains
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Strains are actually elastic strains

Stresses and (elastic) strains are
tensors and have six components
(x, y, z, xy, yz, xz) while thermal
strains can be considered a vector
with three components (x, y, z)
For stresses and strains, components can be
requested under Normal (x, y, z) and Shear
(xy, yz, xz). For thermal strains, (x, y, z) components are under
Thermal.
Can request in different results coordinate systems
Thermal strains not available with an ANSYS Structural license
Only available for shell and solid bodies. Line bodies currently do
not report any results except for deformation.
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Stresses and strains can be viewed:
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Stress Tools
Safety Factors can be calculated
based on any of 4 failure theories:
Ductile Theories:
Maximum Equivalent Stress
Maximum Shear Stress
Brittle Theories:
Mohr-Coulomb Stress
Maximum Tensile Stress
Within each stress tool safety factor,

safety margin and stress ratio can be
plotted
Note: see appendix 4 and the
Simulation documentation for more
details
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Contact Results
Contact Results:
Contact results can be requested for selected
bodies or surfaces which have contact elements.
Contact elements in ANSYS use the concept of

contact and target surfaces. Only contact surfaces
report contact results. MPC-based contact, the
target surfaces of any contact, and edge-based contact do not
report results. Line bodies do not support contact.
If asymmetric or auto-asymmetric contact is used, then contact
results will be reported on the contact surfaces only. The target
surfaces will report zero values, if requested.
If symmetric contact is used, then contact results will be reported
on both surfaces. For values such as contact pressure, the actual
contact pressure will be an average of both surfaces in contact.
Contact results are first requested via a Contact Tool under

the Solution branch.
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Contact Results
The user can specify contact output under Contact Tool

The Worksheet view easily allows users to select which
contact regions will be associated with the Contact Tool
Results on contact or target sides (or both) can be selected
from the spreadsheet (symmetric vs. asymmetric contact)
Specific contact results chosen from Context Toolbar
Select contact regions you want to

review (add more Contact Tool
branches to look at contact region
output separately).
Right-click on the worksheet to see
other available options.
For the Contact Tool, then
request contact output results, and
those results will correspond to
selected contact regions.
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Contact Results
Types of Contact Results available:
Contact Pressure shows distribution of normal contact
pressure
Contact Penetration shows the resulting amount of
penetration whereas contact Gap shows any gap
(within pinball radius).
Sliding Distance is the amount one surface has slid with

respect to the other. Frictional Stress is tangential contact
traction due to frictional effects.
Contact Status provides information on
whether the contact is established (closed
state) or not touching (open state).
For the open state, near-field means that it is
within pinball region, far-field means that it is
outside of pinball region.
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Contour results are plotted with the

rest of the model being translucent
for easier viewing.
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Contact Forces
If Reactions are requested for Contact Tool, forces and

moments are reported for the requested contact regions
Under the Worksheet tab, contact forces for all requested
contact regions will be tabulated
Under the Geometry tab, symbols will show direction of
contact forces and moments.
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Reaction Forces at Supports
Reaction forces and moments are output for each support

For each support, look under the Details view
after solution. Reaction forces and moments are
printed. X, y, and z components are with respect
to the world coordinate system. Moments are
reported at the centroid of the support.
The reaction force for weak springs, if used, is
under the Environment branch Details view
after solution. The weak spring reaction forces
should be small to ensure that the effect of weak
springs is negligible.
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Reaction Forces at Supports

The Worksheet tab for Environment branch has a
summary of reaction forces and moments
If a support shares a vertex, edge, or surface with another

support, contact pair, or load, the reported reaction forces may
be incorrect. This is due to the fact that the underlying mesh
will have multiple supports and/or loads applied to the same
nodes. The solution will still be valid, but the reported values
may not be accurate because of this.
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Fatigue
If the Fatigue Module add-on license is available, additional

post-processing involving fatigue calculations is possible
The Fatigue Tool provides stress-based fatigue calculations
to aid the design engineer with evaluating the life of
components in the system
Constant or variable amplitude loading, proportional or nonproportional loading is possible
Damage Matrix at Critical Location

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G. Workshop 4.2 2D vs 3D Analysis
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Workshop 4.2 Comparing 2D and 3D Structural Analysis
Comparing 2D and 3D structural analyses.
Shown here are the 3D sector model and the 2D axisymmetric model.
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What are the assumptions of a linear static analysis?

What are the assumptions of a linear static analysis?

What are the different types of geometry that can be used in a structural analysis?

What are the different types of geometry that can be used in a structural analysis?

Chapter Four

Static Structural Analysis

Linear Static Structural Analysis

In this chapter, performing linear static structural analyses

The capabilities described in this section are generally

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

Basics of Linear Static Analysis

For a linear static structural analysis, the displacements {x} are

This results in certain assumptions related to the analysis:

{F} is statically applied

It is important to remember these assumptions related to linear

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

In structural analyses, all types of bodies supported by

For surface bodies, thickness must be

The cross-section and orientation of line bodies are defined

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

The weight/mass is supplied under Magnitude

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No rotational inertial terms are present.

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

As noted previously, only inertial loads affect the point mass.

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

Material input is under the Engineering Data branch, and

Stress Limits are needed if a Stress Tool result is present

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Specific loading and result tools will be discussed later

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

Engineering Data view of sample material shown below:

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

B. Assemblies Solid Body Contact

When importing assemblies of solid parts, contact regions

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

Assemblies Solid Body Contact

In Simulation, the concept of contact and target surfaces

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Linear Static Structural Analysis

Assemblies Solid Body Contact

Normal Behavior (Separation) Tangential Behavior (Sliding)

Bonded and No Separation contact are basically

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