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Contact definitions in ANSYS Workbench Mechanical

1. Contact: red, Target: blue


2. Used to simulate mechanical phenomena (e.g., two objects are given, one object is given
force which will cause a contact to the other object, then the stresses can be visualised)

Meshing best practices for students (Static structural - Mechanical)

1. Global meshing
a. Choose physics preference
b. Relevance slider: left = coarser mesh, right = finer mesh
c. Shape checking: aggressive mechanical = ideal shape
d. Initial size seed: small parts get finer mesh, large parts coarser mesh
2. Mesh branch
a. Right-click on mesh and insert
3. Automatic method
a. Choose methods other than automatic
4. Sweep method
a. For cylindrical shapes
5. Virtual topology
a. Simplify a number of meshes to one

Using ANSYS Meshing for CFD simulation

1. Generate mesh for CFD simulations


2. Double click on mesh
3. Right click on mesh and generate mesh, it will automatically mesh
4. To adjust mesh density we can adjust from local or global mesh control
5. When adjusting the relevance, click generate mesh to apply it
6. Right click on mesh and method, to change the mesh geometry
7. Sizing → click the geometry and hit apply, enter element size, generate mesh, we can see
much smaller elements
8. Inflation → click on geometry, indicate the boundaries, choose the inlet and outlet, select
the boundary surfaces, then generate mesh, then we can choose faces and bodies to name
them and assign boundary conditions, choose the walls → right click and create name
selection on the walls, inlet and outlet, lastly click the body and name it fluid
9. Check mesh quality: statistics branch in mesh details, check the metric e.g., the skewness →
skewness below 0.85

ANSYS Fluent: Conjugate heat transfer in a heat sink

1. Generate fluid flow fluent by dragging to the project schematic


2. Create new geometry by right mouse click on geometry and create new designmodeler
geometry
3. Import external geometry file then click generate
4. Create single multi-body part, highlight more than one parts if there are so, then right click
and form new parts
5. Go back to workbench, open mesh and edit
6. Click mesh
7. Sizing → size function: proximity, relevance center: fine, growth rate: 1.050
8. Assembly meshing → method: cutcell
9. Right click mesh and generate mesh
10. Look at the statistics and see the skewness metric to be below 0.85
11. Named selection → choose the body: create named selection (fluid), choose the heatsink:
create named selection (solid)
12. Surface boundary conditions → determine and name the inlet and outlet, determine and
name the boundaries or walls (symmetry); in this example he determined and named an
adiabatic wall and a heatsink bottom surface as the heat flux
13. Go back to workbench
14. Right click mesh and update
15. Double click on setup it will launch fluent
16. Choose the desired settings and then ok
17. Fluent → define physical models, materials, cell zone conditions (which one is the fluid and
air), boundary conditions and input desired values, solution initialization then choose hybrid,
run calculation for 1000 iterations
18. Results → graphics (contours, draw mesh, turn off global range, turn on all the walls, 40
contour levels), we can choose what to look on the ‘contours of’ drop downs

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