Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 11 views

    Mech GS 2019R2 EN WS12

    Uploaded by

    Laxman Duggirala
    This document provides guidance on refining the mesh of a shaft bearing model using enhanced techniques in ANSYS. It instructs the user to open an existing model, review the initial mesh settings, generate the mesh, inspect for low quality elements, and then refine the mesh on specific parts like the bearings, housings and shaft using techniques like sphere of influence, coordinate systems and controlling element size. It estimates the memory requirements for solving the model and recommends regenerating contact detection after modifying the mesh.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Mech GS 2019R2 EN WS12

    Uploaded by

    Laxman Duggirala
    11 views17 pages
    This document provides guidance on refining the mesh of a shaft bearing model using enhanced techniques in ANSYS. It instructs the user to open an existing model, review the initial mesh settings, generate the mesh, inspect for low quality elements, and then refine the mesh on specific parts like the bearings, housings and shaft using techniques like sphere of influence, coordinate systems and controlling element size. It estimates the memory requirements for solving the model and recommends regenerating contact detection after modifying the mesh.

    Original Description:

    Mech_GS_2019R2_EN_PR15

    Original Title

    Mech_GS_2019R2_EN_WS12

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document provides guidance on refining the mesh of a shaft bearing model using enhanced techniques in ANSYS. It instructs the user to open an existing model, review the initial mesh settings, generate the mesh, inspect for low quality elements, and then refine the mesh on specific parts like the bearings, housings and shaft using techniques like sphere of influence, coordinate systems and controlling element size. It estimates the memory requirements for solving the model and recommends regenerating contact detection after modifying the mesh.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    11 views17 pages

    Mech GS 2019R2 EN WS12

    Uploaded by

    Laxman Duggirala
    This document provides guidance on refining the mesh of a shaft bearing model using enhanced techniques in ANSYS. It instructs the user to open an existing model, review the initial mesh settings, generate the mesh, inspect for low quality elements, and then refine the mesh on specific parts like the bearings, housings and shaft using techniques like sphere of influence, coordinate systems and controlling element size. It estimates the memory requirements for solving the model and recommends regenerating contact detection after modifying the mesh.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 17

    Module 12 Workshop:

    Enhanced Mesh
    Techniques

    ANSYS Mechanical Getting Started


    2019 R2

    1 1 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques

    Use this guide to work on the Journal Bearing model.

    2 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    • Open Archive: “Shaft_Bearings_WS12_Start.wbpz”
    • Open Mechanical

    3 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Review the existing Mesh settings:
    • Defaults
    − Physics Preference = Mechanical
    − Element Size = 5.0 mm
    • Sizing Objects
    − Body Sizing 1 (Housings): Element Size = 3 mm
    − Body Sizing 2 Bearings: Element Size = 1.5 mm
    − Body Sizing 3 Grounds: Element Size = 6 mm
    − Body Sizing 4 Rings: Element Size = 1 mm
    − Body Sizing 5 Pulley: Element Size = 2 mm

    4 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Generate the mesh on the model using the existing mesh settings, and note the
    mesh connectivity between the Pulleys and the Shaft resulting from the Shared
    Topology Shaft part:

    5 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Confirm sharing of topology on the Shaft part by using the Explode tool; note the
    Shaft body and Pulley bodies explode as 1 connected part:

    • Select the Geometry Branch


    • Explode the assembly using the
    Explode slider in the Display tab

    • You can also use the Edge Coloring tool to review geometry connections

    6 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    View bad quality elements:
    • In details of Mesh: Quality—Mesh
    Metric = Element Quality
    • Click Controls in Mesh Metrics
    window
    • Set Y-Axis Max to 100
    • Close the Y-Axis Option dialog to
    display the Mesh Quality
    histogram

    7 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    View the locations of the bad quality elements:
    • Select individual bars on the graph to display only elements of that Element Quality
    • Set Mesh Metric = None when finished

    8 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    We will refine or modify the mesh on the following bodies:

    - Bearings
    - Housings Based on the review of bad quality elements

    - Pulley Based on the presence of wedges in the body


    This part is our primary interest, so we’ll refine the mesh to
    - Shaft
    produce at least a few elements along a diameter and (thus) more
    accurate results. This is particularly important because the shaft is
    subjected to bending, and we’ll need several elements along a
    diameter to portray bending accurately and to resolve the
    variation of bending stress on a cross-section.

    9 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Define the following settings:
    - 2 Body Sizings on the Housings. Use Spheres of Influence. Select each housing body
    shown below, right, and set Definition Type to Sphere of Influence. Use Radius and
    Element Size shown below.
    - The definition of coordinate systems at each refinement location is required for sphere
    of influence controls; these are already defined as Coordinate Systems 3 and 4.

    10 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Define the following settings:
    - A Tetrahedrons, Patch Conforming method on the Pulleys

    11 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Define the following settings:
    - A Body Sizing of 4 mm on the Shaft

    - Generate Mesh

    12 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques

    - Review the generated mesh


    - Review the Mesh Quality Statistics and compare it to the previous generated mesh.

    13 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques
    Interrogate the mesh for purposes of determining node count and approximating
    degrees of freedom and resulting memory requirements for the solution
    • Mesh → Statistics → Nodes
    • Node count ≅ 430,000
    • 3 DOF per node ≅ 1,320,000 DOF
    • 10-20 GB RAM / 1 M DOF
    • This model will require a
    minimum of 20 GB RAM to solve
    in-core

    14 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques

    • The newly-generated mesh may alter contact detection, as contact detection


    is based on the mesh, not on the solid geometry
    • Therefore, it is a good practice to regenerate the Initial Contact Results after
    mesh generation and before solution
    • Are these results acceptable? Why or why
    not?
    • The contact region highlighted in yellow is
    detected as open. This is not problematic
    for the re-solution since it is a nonlinear
    contact—its status can change during the
    re-solution.

    15 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Workshop 12: Enhanced Mesh Techniques

    Save Project for use later if desired.

    16 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.


    Module 12 Workshop:
    Enhanced Mesh
    Techniques

    END

    1717 © 2019 ANSYS, Inc.

    You might also like