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Thermal Analysis Practice Problem Using ANSYS

1. The document provides step-by-step instructions for performing structural, thermal, and modal analyses in ANSYS. It describes how to draw beam geometries, apply loads and boundary conditions, mesh the model, solve the problem, and review results. 2. Procedures include selecting element types, inputting material properties, applying temperatures or displacements as loads, extracting modal frequencies, and viewing deformed shapes or temperature contours. 3. The analyses calculate temperature distributions, resonance frequencies, and demonstrate ANSYS workbench functions like meshing, solving, and post-processing structural and thermal models.

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483 views

Thermal Analysis Practice Problem Using ANSYS

1. The document provides step-by-step instructions for performing structural, thermal, and modal analyses in ANSYS. It describes how to draw beam geometries, apply loads and boundary conditions, mesh the model, solve the problem, and review results. 2. Procedures include selecting element types, inputting material properties, applying temperatures or displacements as loads, extracting modal frequencies, and viewing deformed shapes or temperature contours. 3. The analyses calculate temperature distributions, resonance frequencies, and demonstrate ANSYS workbench functions like meshing, solving, and post-processing structural and thermal models.

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How to draw structures in ANSYS

Problem description Draw two beams in ANSYS, one is 100mm*10mm*10mm start from origin and the other is also 100mm*10mm*10mm connected to the first one. ANSYS procedure Main Menu Preprocessor Modeling Create Volumes Block By 2 Corners & Z In the pop up window, input WPX 0, WPY 0, Width 100, Height 10, Depth 10 Click Apply Input WPX 100, WPY -90, Width 10, Height 100, Depth 10 Click ok * You can also use By Dimensions to draw the beams by giving the coordinate of two opposite corners.

Thermal Analysis in ANSYS


Problem description Calculate the temperature distribution on a 100mm*10mm*10mm beam with 25oC at one end and 1000W/m2 heat flux on the other end Method Static analysis in ANSYS with thermal element types ANSYS 1. Import the beam file from SolidWorks as described in last lecture 2. Define the analysis as a thermal analysis Main Menu Preference check Thermal ok 2. Select the element type as Solid 87 Main Menu Preprocessor Element Type Add/Edit/Delete Click Add in the element dialog box Choose Solid under Thermal in the left scroll box of the library of element types Choose Tet 10node 87 in the right scroll box Click ok to close the library Click close to close the element dialog box 3. Input the material properties Main Menu Preprocessor Material Props Material Models In the Define Material Model Behavior dialog box, double click Thermal on the right box double click Conductivity double click Isotropic Input 16 in the box for KXX Click ok to add the properties double click Specific Heat Input 500 in the box for C Click ok to add the property double click Density Input 8000 in the box for DENS Click ok to add the property Close the Define Material Model Behavior dialog box Main Menu Preprocessor Material Props Temperature Units Change the unit to Celsius in the pop up window ok 4. Mesh the structure Main Menu Preprocessor Meshing Mesh Tool In the Mesh Tool dialog box, check Smart Size and move the size down to fine 1 Click on "Mesh" In the dialog box of pick, click "Pick All" After meshing, click on "Refine" in the

"Mesh Tool" dialog box Click "Pick All" Change the level of refinement to "2" Click ok Click "Close" to close the Mesh Tool dialog box 5. Apply the load Main Menu Solution Define Loads Apply Thermal Temperature On Areas Pick the left end area by mouse click (You can go to File Menu PlotCtrls Pan Zoom Rotate, to find the area, check "Dynamic Mode" to rotate the model by mouse) Click "ok" Choose "Temp" and put "25" as the value Click "ok" Main Menu Solution Define Loads Apply Thermal Heat Flux On Areas Pick the right end area by mouse click Click "ok" Input 1000 into the value Click "ok" 6. Solve the problem Main Menu Solution Current LS close the window of commands

Click "ok"

Click "close" after the solution is done and

7. Review the results Main Menu General Postproc Plot Results Contour Plot Nodal Solu results you want to review, for example, DOF Solution Nodal Temperature 8. Save the file File Menu Save as Give a name to the file

Choose the Click "ok"

Frequency Analysis in ANSYS


Problem description Calculate the resonance frequency of a 100mm*10mm*10mm beam with one end fixed Method Modal analysis in ANSYS with Solid element types. ANSYS procedure 1. Import the beam file from SolidWorks as described in last lecture 2. Define the analysis as a structural analysis Main Menu Preference check Structural ok 3. Select the element type as Solid 187 Main Menu Preprocessor Element Type Add/Edit/Delete Click Add in the element dialog box Choose Solid under Structural in the left scroll box of the library of element types Choose Tet 10node 187 in the right scroll box Click ok to close the library Click close to close the element dialog box 4. Input the material properties Main Menu Preprocessor Material Props Material Models In the Define Material Model Behavior dialog box, double click Structural on the right box double click Linear double click Elastic double click Isotropic Input 1.9e11 in the box for EX (Elastic Modulus) Input 0.29 in the box for PRXY (Possions Ratio) Click ok to add the properties double click Density Input 8000 in the box for DENS Click ok to add the property Close the Define Material Model Behavior dialog box 5. Mesh the structure Main Menu Preprocessor Meshing Mesh Tool

In the Mesh Tool dialog box, check Smart Size and move the size down to fine 1 Click on "Mesh" In the dialog box of pick, click "Pick All" After meshing, click on "Refine" in the "Mesh Tool" dialog box Click "Pick All" Change the level of refinement to "2" Click ok Click "Close" to close the Mesh Tool dialog box 9. Change the analysis type Main Menu Solution Analysis Type New Analysis Check Modal in the pop up window Click ok Main Menu Solution Analysis Type Analysis Options Input 10 into the No. of modes to extract Click ok Change the End Frequency to 100000 Click ok 10. Apply the load Main Menu Solution Define Loads Apply Structural Displacement On Areas Pick the fixed end area by mouse click (You can go to File Menu PlotCtrls Pan Zoom Rotate, to find the area, check "Dynamic Mode" to rotate the model by mouse) Click "ok" Choose "All DOF" and put "0" as the value Click "ok" 11. Solve the problem Main Menu Solution Current LS close the window of commands

Click "ok"

Click "close" after the solution is done and

12. Review the results Main Menu General Postproc Results Viewer Change Choose a result item into Displacement vector sum under DOF solution in the scroll down menu move the bar to the right and the viewer will show different mode of resonance frequency while the frequency is showed in the blank at the bottom right corner Click the button Animate Results Change the animate type to Mode shape in the pop up window Click ok Click ok in the next pop up window You can change the speed of animation by changing the delay in the animation controller window Click Close to stop the animation Close the result viewer toolbar to exit the result viewer. 13. Save the file File Menu Save as Give a name to the file

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