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Procedure: Understanding Large Deformation

Analysis
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Procedure Setup:
1. To avoid naming conflicts, it is recommended you save your work, click File > Close until no models
display, then click File > Manage Session > Erase Not Displayed.

2. Click File > Manage Session > Set Working Directory and navigate to the
PTCU\CreoParametric2\Simulate_Analysis\UnderstandLDA folder and click OK

3. Click File > Open and double-click VESSEL_SIMULATE.PRT.

Creo Parametric users open VESSEL.PRT

Task 1. Assign material properties to the model.

1. In the ribbon, select the Home tab.

2. Click Materials from the Materials group. The Materials dialog box appears.

3. Select pvc.mtl from the materials list and click Add Material .

4. Click OK.

5. Click Material Assignment from the Materials group. The Material Assignment dialog box
appears.

6. Verify that Part:VESSEL is listed in the References section, and PVC is listed as the material in
the Properties section.

7. Click OK.

Task 2. Investigate the loads and constraints defined in the model.

1. In the model tree, expand Loads/Constraints.

2. Expand Constraint Set ConstraintSet1. Note there are two constraints in this set.

3. Select each constraint and note the feature highlighting in the model. In this case, we cut the
geometry for symmetry purposes. Constraint3 is simulating the missing geometry. Constraint5,
located at the top of the vessel, simulates the actual real-life constraints.

4. In the model tree, expand Load Set LoadSet1.

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5. Right-click Load1 and select Edit Definition. The Pressure Load dialog box appears.

6. Note the value of 1.0 MPa assigned to the surfaces displayed in green in the model.

7. Click OK.

Task 3. Define AutoGEM controls for mesh refinement.

1. In the ribbon, select the Refine Model tab.

2. Click Maximum Element Size from the Control types drop-down menu in the AutoGEM group
and click Thin Solid > Detect Thin Solids. The Auto Detect Thin Solids dialog box appears.

3. Verify that Use Geometry Analysis is selected.

4. Type 3.0 in the Characteristic Thickness field.

5. Click Start.

6. In the model tree, expand AutoGEM Controls. Verify that ten controls are listed.

7. From the AutoGEM drop-down menu in the AutoGEM group, click Settings. The AutoGEM
Settings dialog box appears.

8. Select the Settings tab.

9. In the Element Types section, select Brick, Wedge, Tetra from the Solids drop-down list.

10. Click OK.

11. In the ribbon, select the Refine Model tab.

12. Click AutoGEM from the AutoGEM group. The AutoGEM dialog box appears.

13. Keep all the default settings and click Create. The model is meshed as shown.

Figure 1

14. In the AutoGEM Summary dialog box, click Close.

15. In the Diagnostics:AutoGEM Mesh dialog box, click Close.

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16. In the AutoGEM dialog box, click Close. Click No when prompted to save the mesh.

Task 4. Define and run the static analysis for the model.

1. In the ribbon, select the Home tab.

2. Click Analyses and Studies from the Run group. The Analyses and Design Studies dialog box
appears.

3. Click File > New Static. The Static Analysis Definition dialog box appears.

4. Complete the following:

◾ In the Name field, type Vessel_SDA.

◾ Select the constraint and load set displayed in the Constraint Set/Component and Load
Set/Component sections.

◾ Select the Convergence tab. Keep the default Single-Pass Adaptive method selected.

5. Click OK to return to the Analyses and Design Studies dialog box.

6. Select Vessel_SDA and click Copy . A new analysis is listed titled Copy_of_Vessel_SDA.

7. Select the copied analysis and click Edit > Analysis/Study. The Static Analysis Definition dialog
box appears.

8. Complete the following:

◾ In the Name field, type Vessel_LDA.

◾ Check Nonlinear/Use Load Histories.

◾ In the Nonlinear Options section, check Calculate Large Deformations.

◾ Select the Output tab. In the Plotting Grid field, type 8.

◾ Select User-defined Output Steps from the Output Steps drop-down list.

◾ In the Number of Master Steps field, type 8.

◾ Click User-defined Steps and complete the fields as shown. Manually space the intervals at
0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, and 1.0.

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Figure 2

9. Click OK to return to the Analyses and Design Studies dialog box.

10. Click Configure Run Settings . The Run Settings dialog box appears.

11. The results and temporary output directories are set by default in the working directory. Both
analyses are stored in this location. Click OK.

12. In the Analyses and Design Studies dialog box, select Vessel_SDA and click Start Run . Click
Yes to run interactive diagnostics.

13. Click Display Study Status to view the summary report after the analysis is complete.
In the summary report, investigate the maximum deformation and von Mises stress. Make a
record of these values.

14. Close all dialog boxes and return to the Analyses and Design Studies dialog box.

15. Select Vessel_LDA and click Start Run . Click Yes to run interactive diagnostics.

16. Click Display Study Status to view the summary report after the analysis is complete.
In the study summary report, investigate the maximum deformation and von Mises stress.
Make a record of these values. Compare the values with the SDA study.

◾ Notice that the magnitudes for each of these quantities are not the same.

◾ Note that Creo Simulate evaluated a different load resultant in the case of
Vessel_LDA study.

17. Close all dialog boxes and return to the Creo Simulate window.

This completes the procedure.

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