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Dropped Object Test using

ACT(ApplicationCustomizationToolkit)isafullfeaturedscriptinginterfacetocustomizeapplications
in workbench. ACT provides the internal mechanisms that allow users to customize an Ansys
workbenchapplicationwithoutcompilingexternalcodeorlinkingwithexistinglibraries.
ACT will allow you to add custom features to the mechanical interface that are specific to your
industryorevenoneparticularmodel.TheseapplicationsarecalledextensionsbyANSYS.
Among different ACT Extensions, the Workbench LSDYNA is an ACT extension which provides an
interactiveaccesstoLSDYNAwiththefullaccesstoAnsysworkbenchtools.Allprepostandpost
processing are set up inside the workbench environment. The main advantages for Workbench LS
DYNAuserarelistedbelow:

EasytolearnandusemechanicalGUI
BidirectionalaccesstoallCAD
Powerfulexplicitsmartmeshing
OneclickupdateformodifiedCAD
Parameteroptimization
Oneclickreportgeneration
NoK.filemodificationrequired

TheWorkbenchLSDYNAisavailabletoalluserswithanAnsysLSDYNA,AnsysLSDYNAPCand/or
AnsysLSDYNAprepostlicense.ItisanACTExtension,availablefromtheAnsyscustomerportal.The
extension is less than 2 MB and can be installed in less than 5 minutes. Currently, Workbench LS
DYNA is available for 64 bit windows 7 and XP. Workbench LSDYNA is going to be developed for
Linuxbytheendofayear.WorkbenchLSDYNAisnowavailabletodownloadfromAnsyscustomer
portalasillustratedinFigure1.

Downlo
oad Workb
bench LSD
DYNA Exteension

Figure1:A
Ansysextensionlibrary

Start W
Workbench
h LSDYNA
A Extensiion
InAnsys14.5workbeench,Exten
nsionisadd edintothep
pulldownmenu.ClickonnExtensionand
ebexandinsstallWorkbeenchLSDYNA
A
theninsttallextensiontobrowsetothefileLLSDYNA.We
Extensio
on

Figure2:InstallWorkbe
enchLSDYNAe
extension


Figure3:M
ManageLSDYN
NAextension

Create
e a Workb
bench LSD
DYNA pro
oject
Therearretwowaysttocreatethe
eproject:

Draganddro
opWorkbenchLSDYNA systemtoPrrojectSchem
matic
O
OrdoubleclickonWorkbenchLSDYYNAsystem

Figure4:W
WorkbenchLSDYNAextensio
on

Inthefo
ollowingexam
mpleacylind
derisdroppeedontoaplaate.Theoverrallaimofsuuchananalyssisisto
verifythecapabilityofthestructtureagainstaadroppedobjectwithsp
pecificimpacctenergy.
Itisesseentialtokno
owifthestructurecanwiithstandthe impact(with
haspecificeenergy)withoutany
criticalchangesinth
heshapeandstrengthof thestructurre.
Ametho
odofsettingadynamicanalysisinWoorkbenchLSDYNAExten
nsionisdemoonstratedin the
followingg.Theresulttsafterwardssarecomparredwitham
moretradition
nalstaticanaalysis.

DEMO: Model Setup in W

InEngineeeringData,chooseano
onlinearmat erial(structu
uralsteelNL))

Figure5:N
Nonlinearmate
erial(structuralsteelNL)

Insertth
hegeometryfileintotheDesignModdeler,consisttingofaPlateandacylinndricaldropp
ped
object.

Overviiew of the
e Extensio
on Toolba
ar
Thepreandpostpro
ocessorstoolbaroftheeextensionare
eexplainedin
nthefollowiingfigure:

Preprocesssingtoolbar::
Part:

Sectionpropertties(elementtformulation
ns)
Hou
urglassContrrol
DeffineAirbag( notavailableeinV14.5)

Constraints:

Includemoreco
ontactdefiniitionsandco
onstraints

Postprocesssing:

ASC
CIIoutputplo
ot

Thetoolbarrwillbecompletedwith moreoption
nsin
future.

Figure6:A
AvailablepreandposttoolbarforWorkbencchLSDYNAexttension

Complettethedefinittionofthege
eometryintthesamewayofthestaticanalysis:

LSD
DYNAExten
nsionAnalyssisSetting

Ste
epcontrol:
me
Endtim
Memorymana
agement:
Memo
oryallocationn
NumberofCPU
ampingConttrol:
Da
Specifyyglobaldam
mping
Ho
ourglasscontrol:
Specifyyglobalhou rglasscontro
ol
Ou
utputcontro
ol:
Stress
Strain
Plasticcstrain

Figure7:A
AnalysissettinggforWorkbencchLSDYNAexttension

Modell Setup on
n the plate
e and the dropped object

Initialco
ondition(righ
htclickoniniitialconditioontoinsertvvelocityandsscopeittocyylinder)
X
Xcomponen
nt:0m/s
YYcomponen
nt:18,01m/ss
ZZcomponen
nt:0m/s

Figure8:Initiaalconditionforthedroppedoobject

RightclicckonAnalysissettingtoapplyfixedssupportboundarycondittiontothefoouredgesofthe
plate.Lisstofthebou
undaryconditionsinWorrkbenchLSD
DYNAExtensionis:

drotation
Fixed
Elastticsupport
Availabblein
Nodalforce
V14.5
ment
Nodaldisplacem
Tem
mperature
Convvection
Notava
ailable
Heattflux
inV14..5
Radiiation

Figure9:A
AvailableboundaryconditionsinWorkbenc hLSDYNAexte
ension

Post processing
g of Work
kbench LS DYNA Ex
xtension

Savetheeproject.ClicckonSolveandruntheesimulation.
Solver O
Output
Solveroutputunderthesolution
nInformationnconsistsofthefollowin
nginformatioon:

LSDYNAverrsionnumberandyoursyysteminform
mation
Initializationdetails
W
WarningMeessages
ErrorMessagges
TTimestepsizzeandotherrcycledetail s
TTiminginformation

Figure10:Solveroutput


RightclicckonSolutiionandinse
ertDeformaation,TotaalandDirectional

Figure11:DeformationrresultsinLSDY
YNAextension

Figure12:Directionalde
eformationoftthedroppedobbject


Figure13:Totaldeformaationofthedro
oppedobjectanndtheplate

eformationofthedroppedobbject
Figure14:Directionalde

Figure15:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplate(top
pside)

Figure16:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplate(bo
ottomside)


Figure17:Equivalenttottalstrainofthe
edroppedobjeectandtheplatte(Topside)

Workb
bench LSDYNA Toolbar

olbarwiththhefollowingfeature
Moreoveer,intheposstprocessinggpart,LSDYYNAhasacusstomizedtoo

InLSDYNAp
posttoolbarr,ClickonASSCIIandthen
nGlobaldata
a
C
ClickonTabu
ularDataintthedetailsoofGlobaldataa
C
Clickonthedifferentop
ptions(Figuree18)intheTTabularData
atoaddaneewline

Asanexxample,kinem
maticenergyy,internalennergyandtotalenergyarreillustrateddinFigurre19.


Figure18:LSDYNAtoolb
bar


Figuree19:KineticEne
ergy(gray),IntternalEnergy(ggreen)andTota
alEnergy(red)

kbench L
LSDYNA Results w
with the Static Reesults forr the
Compare Work
Dropp
ped Objecct and th
he Plate
The calcculated results by Workkbench LSDYYNA can be
e directly compared wit h the corresponding
static structure resu
ults. The dro
opped objecct is defined by a remotte displacem
ment (11.5 mm
m in Y
n).Thedisplaacementoftthedroppedobjectistun
nedtogenerratethesam
mekineticene
ergy(~50
direction
kJ) as th
he dynamic (Workbench
h LSDYNA) analysis. It means thatt the work ddone to defform the
structuree(whichisp
presentedby thestraine nergy)inthe
estaticanalyysisshouldb eequaltoth
hekinetic
energy in the dynam
mic (Workbe
ench LSDYNA
A) analysis. However, th
his is a conseervative app
proach as
duringaanimpactan
nalysisbothsstructuralanndkineticen
nergiesarep
present.TheestrainEnergyofthe
statican
nalysisispressentedinFiggure20.

Boundarryconditionandtheposttprocessing resultsaresshownbelow
w.

Figure21toFigure2
24presentth
hemaximum
mequivalentstressreducesform404 MPato359MPa
quivalentstrraindecreaseesfrom0.03
3to0.01inthestaticanddthedynamic
andthemaximumeq
(WorkbeenchLSDYNA
A)analysesrrespectively..

Figurre20:Strainennergyofthestaticanalysis

Figure21:Boundaryconditionofthesttaticmodel

Figure22:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel(topside)


Figure23:Equivalentstrressofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel(bottomsidee)

Figure24:Equivalentstrrainofthedrop
ppedobjectanddtheplateforthestaticmodel

Bycomp
paringthecaalculatedresultsofWorkkbenchLSDYYNAandthe
estaticstruccturalanalyses,Ansys
usercan
nclearlyfindoutthathowtheresulttsareoptimiizedonthen
nonconservvativewayco
onfirming
thecodeecomplianceeandmeettheindustryddemands.