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L t 1 Lecture 1
Introduction
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Welcome!
Welcome to the ANSYS Workbench Mechanical Heat Transfer training
course!
This training course covers the basics of using Mechanical in
performing thermal analyses.
It is intended for Mechanical users regardless of the CAD software
used.
Course Objectives:
The prerequisite Introduction to Mechanical training (or equivalent
experience) is assumed.
This course is intended to expand on the thermal analysis capabilities
outlined in the introductory course material.
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Course Materials
The Training Manual you have is an exact copy of the slides
Workshop descriptions and instructions are included
N th ANSYS d t t i i il bl Numerous other ANSYS product training courses are available
See the latest training course schedule and locations on the ANSYS
homepage www.ansys.com
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Chapter Overview
Introduction:
A. About ANSYS
B. Workbench Overview
C. ANSYS Mechanical Overview
D. Starting Mechanical
E. The Workbench Environment
F. Workbench File Management
G. Working With Units
H. Mechanical Review
I. Workshop 1 Thermal Bar
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A. About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS, Inc.
Developer of ANSYS family of products
Headquarters in Canonsburg, PA - USA (south of Pittsburgh) Headquarters in Canonsburg, PA USA (south of Pittsburgh)
Development and sales offices in U.S. and around the world
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ANSYS Family of Products
ANSYS Family of Products Analysis Capabilities:
Structural Mechanics
Fluid Dynamics
Explicit Dynamics
Electromagnetics
Coupled Mutiphysics Analyses
Simulation Process and Data Management
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B. ANSYS Workbench Overview
What is ANSYS Workbench?
ANSYS Workbench provides a platform for various ANSYS applications.
Workbench provides bi-directional parametric integration with CAD.
Sampling of Workbench Applications:
Mechanical: performs FE analyses in various disciplines (e.g. structural,
thermal, EMAG, etc.).
G t (D i M d l ) t d difi t Geometry (DesignModeler): creates and modifies geometry as preprocessor
for analysis models.
Meshing: creates structural and CFD meshes.
Advanced CFD: performs CFD analyses using CFX and Fluent solvers. Advanced CFD: performs CFD analyses using CFX and Fluent solvers.
Design Exploration: performs optimizations using either deterministic or
probabilistic methods. Design of experiments, six sigma, response surfaces,
etc..
Fi it El t M d l t l t NASTRAN d Ab h i t Finite Element Modeler: translates NASTRAN and Abaqus meshes into
ANSYS format.
AUTODYN: performs explicit dynamics analyses.
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C. ANSYS Mechanical Overview
Analysis types available in Mechanical:
Structural (static and transient):
Linear and nonlinear structural analyses.
Dynamic Capabilities:
Modal, harmonic, random vibration, flexible and rigid dynamics.
Heat Transfer (steady state and transient):
Solve for conduction, convection and radiation conditions. Temperature-
dependent boundary conditions and materials allowed.
Magnetostatic:
Performs 3-D static magnetic field analysis Performs 3-D static magnetic field analysis.
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D. Starting Mechanical
There are two methods of launching Workbench:
From the Windows start menu:
From the CAD system
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E. The Workbench Environment
For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary
sections (there are other optional sections well see in a moment):
The Toolbox
The Project Schematic
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The Project Schematic
The Workbench project schematic is a graphical representation of the
workflow defining a system or group of systems.
From the toolbox a selection can be dragged and dropped onto the
h ti ( d bl li k d) schematic (or double clicked).
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. . . The Project Schematic
By dropping applications and/or systems into various locations in the
schematic, an overall analysis project is defined.
In the example below a structural system is dragged and dropped
onto a thermal system forming a coupled thermal/structural analysis.
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F. Workbench File Management
Workbench creates a project file and a
series of subdirectories to manage all
associated files.
Archive: quickly generates a single compressed file containing all
pertinent files pertinent files.
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G. Working With Units
The Units menu in Workbench:
Allows access to predefined unit systems
Allows the creation of custom unit systems
C t l it di l f E i i D t Controls unit display for Engineering Data,
Parameters and Charts
Activate the Units System dialog to control
Units can be Displayed in the
Active Project System or as
They were Defined in Their
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H. Mechanical Review
The Mechanical GUI is Tree-Driven:
Context Icons
Update
Select Tree
Branch
Details Details
Update
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Workshop 1
Thermal Bar
Workshop 1
Thermal Bar
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