mech-ht 13.0 l01 introduction

Customer Training Material

L t 1Lecture 1

Introduction

ANSYS MechanicalANSYS MechanicalHeat Transfer

L1-1ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary© 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

Release 13.0December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Heat Transfer

Customer Training MaterialWelcome!• 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.




Customer Training MaterialCourse 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




Customer Training MaterialChapter Overview

Introduction:A. About ANSYSB. Workbench OverviewC. ANSYS Mechanical OverviewD. Starting MechanicalE. The Workbench EnvironmentF. Workbench File ManagementG. Working With UnitsH. Mechanical ReviewI. Workshop 1 – Thermal Bar




Customer Training MaterialA. 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




Customer Training Material… ANSYS Family of ProductsANSYS Family of Products Analysis Capabilities:• Structural Mechanics• Fluid Dynamics• Explicit Dynamics• Electromagnetics• Coupled Mutiphysics Analyses• Simulation Process and Data Management




Customer Training MaterialB. 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.




Customer Training MaterialC. 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.




Customer Training MaterialD. Starting Mechanical• There are two methods of launching Workbench:– From the Windows start menu:

– From the CAD system




Customer Training MaterialE. The Workbench Environment• For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary

sections (there are other optional sections we’ll see in a moment):

The Toolbox The Project Schematic




Customer Training MaterialThe 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).




Customer Training Material. . . 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.




Customer Training MaterialF. Workbench File ManagementWorkbench creates a project file and a

series of subdirectories to manage all associated files.

• Archive: quickly generates a single compressed file containing all pertinent filespertinent files.




Customer Training MaterialG. 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



Source (e.g. CAD System)


Customer Training MaterialH. Mechanical Review• The Mechanical GUI is Tree-Driven:

Context Icons Update

Select Tree Branch

DetailsDetails Update



Customer Training Material

Workshop 1

Thermal Bar

Workshop 1

Thermal Bar

ANSYS MechanicalANSYS MechanicalHeat Transfer



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