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Mech BSN 2019R3 EN WS05.1

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Workshop 05.

1:
Metal Plasticity

ANSYS Mechanical Basic Structural


Nonlinearities
2019 R3

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Introduction
Goal:
• Define a nonlinear metal plasticity material for a belleville spring geometry
and simulate “spring back” upon application of and subsequent removal of a
displacement load.
• Postprocess stress and strain results
• Generate a force vs. deflection curve for the spring.

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Model Description
2D axisymmetric geometry
• The spring material is ductile steel and sandwiched between two rigid
surfaces.
• Frictionless contact is assumed between the spring and the rigid geometries.

Displaced rigid boundary

2D axisymmetric
centerline Belleville spring

Fixed rigid boundary

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Project Startup
Steps to Follow:
• Start an ANSYS Workbench session.
• Use File > Open… to browse for existing file
“SNLWS05.1-belleville.wbpz”

File name: “WS05.1-belleville”


Save as type: Project Files (*.wbpj)

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Project Schematic
The project Schematic should look like this
• From this Schematic, you can see that Engineering
Data and Geometry have already been defined
(green check marks).
• It remains to set up and run the FE model in
Mechanical.
• Edit the Engineering Data cell and verify the linear
material properties.
• Verify that the units are set to
Metric (tonne,mm,s,…).

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Launching Mechanical
Return to the Project Page.
Edit the Model cell to open the FE Model in Mechanical.

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Model Description
Expand the folders below the model branch
to become familiar with the model setup.
Highlight “Geometry” and refer to the
details window to verify that this is a 2D
axisymmetric model.
Inspect the two asymmetric frictionless
contact regions on top and bottom of spring
which interface with top and bottom rigid
boundaries.
Inspect the no-separation contact region
which ties down the spring at the bottom
corner to prevent rigid body motion during
unloading.
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Mesh View
Review the mesh:
• The upper and lower geometries are meshed with one element each, while
the belleville spring geometry has a structured mesh.

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Analysis Settings
This is going to be a 3-step analysis with the bottom
plate fixed:
LS1: Null Solution (to generate results at origin for
force-deflection plot)
LS2: Impose displacement (-5 mm) on upper plate
LS3: Remove imposed displacement on upper plate
Confirm the following Analysis Settings:
• Number of Steps: 3
• Weak Springs : Off
• Large Deflection : On
• For Current Step Number = 1, Auto Time Stepping
= On and Initial, Minimum, and Maximum
Substeps = 1 (Null solution)
• For Current Step Numbers 2 and 3, Auto Time
Stepping = Program Controlled
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Boundary Conditions
Review the predefined displacement load on the upper plate for the three load
steps.

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Solve the Model
Execute a solution

After the solution is complete, review the convergence history:

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Results View
Postprocess Equivalent Stress results
for Step 2
• Note how high the stress in the
spring is at the end of Step 2
• Recall, this is still linear
elastic material
• At Step 3 (not shown), plastic strain
is zero and there is no permanent
deformation of the spring upon
unloading as expected

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Force vs. Deflection
Create Force vs. Deflection plot for spring
• With Solution Branch selected, RMB > Insert
> User Defined Result
• Scope Geometry to the upper rigid plate
• Define the expression as “abs(FY)” (for
absolute value of force in Y-direction) and
Output Unit as “Force”

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Displacement in UY
Repeat procedure for Displacement in “UY”

• Select both User Defined Results, then RMB >


Rename Based on Definition
• Select Solution branch, then RMB > Evaluate
All Results
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Force vs. Deflection
Insert a Chart object for plotting FY vs UY
• Fill in Chart Details as follows:
• Outline Selection: select both User Defined
Results under the Solution branch
• X Axis: abs(UY) – End Time (Max)
• X-Axis Label: Deflection
• Y-Axis Label: Force
• Input and Output Quantities: Omit Time,
[A] abs(Fy) – End Time (Min), and [C]
abs(UY) – End Time (Min)

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Force vs. Deflection
• Resulting chart of Force vs Deflection for linear material is a straight line with
no permanent deformation, as expected.

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Duplicate the Model
Duplicate the Static Analysis:
• Return to the Project Schematic
• Select the Model cell and RMB > Duplicate

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New Material Properties
Delete the first data link:
• The second analysis is going to include an elastic-plastic material, and so will
require independent Engineering Data
• Select the Engineering Data link line and RMB > Delete

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New Material Properties
The Project Schematic should now look like the illustration below.
• We can now modify the Engineering Data in Analysis System B without
effecting the model and/or results of Analysis System A.
• Rename the new Analysis System to “Belleville Spring-Nonlinear Materials”
• Edit the Engineering Data Cell in Analysis System B

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Multilinear Isotropic Hardening
Add an elastic-plastic material model
• From the Toolbox, expand the Plasticity group
• Select Multilinear Isotropic Hardening and RMB > Include Property
• The new material should now appear in the Properties view

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Multilinear Isotropic Hardening
Define the elastic-plastic material data:
• Fill in plastic strain vs. stress data as
shown at right. Check to make sure the
stress units are correct.

• Return to the Project Schematic


• Refresh Project

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Launching Mechanical
Edit the Model cell in Analysis System B.

All the geometry objects, meshing specifications, boundary conditions, loads,


and analysis settings are preserved from the first analysis.

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Analysis Settings
Select Analysis Settings. For Current Step Number = 2 and Current Step
Number = 3, specify the following Auto Time Stepping controls:

Execute a solution

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Results View
After solution is complete, review Solution Output:
• Confirm that elastic-plastic material behavior was included in this solution by
looking for evidence of plastic strain steps

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Force Convergence
Review the Force Convergence history. Compare with the linear material run.

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Results View
Postprocess results for Steps 2 and 3:
• Compare the maximum stress in this material with the linear material
• Note also that the spring now takes a permanent set after load is removed,
as expected.

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Force vs. Deflection
Select the Chart object to plot Force
vs Deflection as before.
• Note the nonlinear path of the
curve reflecting both the
influence of material yielding and
the taking of a permanent set.
• Note also the difference in the
magnitude of the load required
to produce the same deflection
with this material versus the
linear material, underscoring the
importance of considering
nonlinear material behavior in
some designs.
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Go Further
To improve the quality of the Force vs Deflection curve, try rerunning the
analysis using a minimum of 15 substeps for Steps 2 and 3.

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Workshop 05.1:
Metal Plasticity

END

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