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COMPANY

ADRESS

CITY

COUNTRY

TITLE:

Report Generator SUBJECT:

User Guide Extension V192.11 DATE:

2019-08-13

AUTHOR:

Magnus Gustafsson NO. of Pages

37 PREPARED FOR:

First Lastname

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Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 3

2. MODEL ......................................................................................................................................... 6

2.1. GEOMETRY .............................................................................................................................. 6 2.2. MATERIAL PROPERTIES ........................................................................................................... 9 2.3. COORDINATE SYSTEMS ......................................................................................................... 10

2.4. REMOTE POINTS .................................................................................................................... 11 2.5. CONNECTIONS ....................................................................................................................... 12 2.6. MESH .................................................................................................................................... 13 2.7. NAMED SELECTIONS ............................................................................................................. 14

3. STEADY-STATE THERMAL .................................................................................................. 17

3.1. ANALYSIS SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 17 3.2. CONVECTION INSIDE .............................................................................................................. 17

3.3. CONVECTION OUTSIDE .......................................................................................................... 18 3.4. TEMPERATURE ...................................................................................................................... 18

4. THERMAL RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 19

4.1. TEMPERATURE ...................................................................................................................... 19

5. STATIC STRUCTURAL .......................................................................................................... 20

5.1. ANALYSIS SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 20

5.2. BOUNDARY CONDITIONS ....................................................................................................... 21 5.3. LOADS ................................................................................................................................... 22 5.4. IMPORTED LOAD (A6) ........................................................................................................... 24

6. STRUCTURAL RESULTS ....................................................................................................... 25

6.1. PUMP HOUSING RESULTS ....................................................................................................... 25

6.2. BOLT REACTION .................................................................................................................... 27

6.3. TOTAL DEFORMATION ........................................................................................................... 28 6.4. CONTACT RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 28

7. MODAL ANALYSIS ................................................................................................................. 29

7.1. PRE-STRESS (STATIC STRUCTURAL) ...................................................................................... 29 7.2. ANALYSIS SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 29

8. MODAL RESULTS ................................................................................................................... 30

8.1. SOLUTION INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 30 8.2. TOTAL DEFORMATION 1 ........................................................................................................ 31

9. HARMONIC RESPONSE ......................................................................................................... 32

9.1. MODAL (MODAL ANALYSIS) ................................................................................................. 32 9.2. ANALYSIS SETTINGS ............................................................................................................. 32 9.3. ACCELERATION ..................................................................................................................... 33

10. HARMONIC RESULTS ........................................................................................................ 34

10.1. FREQUENCY RESPONSE ......................................................................................................... 34

11. BOLT 1 REACTION FORCE .............................................................................................. 36

12. CONCLUSIONS ..................................................................................................................... 37

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1. Introduction This project demonstrates the use of the ACT tool Report Generator for an ANSYS Mechanical

project.

This user guide is created entirely from this tool based on the Workbench project

"ReportGenerator_V192.10.wbpj" without any additional editing except for some figure cropping or

additional page break. A copy of the project archive file is included in the extension installation

package.

This chapter shows the global settings in Mechanical for figure size and quality how to use the

toolbar. The rest of the document is showing how to use Comments, Figures and Images in the

project.

To create a report using the Report Generator first set up the analysis project as usual. The order of

the report will always be Thermal before Structural before Modal etc. independent of the model tree

order.

The Report Generator uses the global settings for figures defined in Mechanical options for "Report"

and "Graphics", see figures below.

The "Chart" and "Graphics" width and height should be defined based on the Word template page

width. Word uses 96 dpi (or 3.78 dpmm) so 640 pixels will give a 169 mm wide image (640/3.78).

To enhance the picture quality it is recommended to use Graphics Resolution "Enhanced Print

Quality (2:1). To set the background white change the setting for "Background" in Graphics options.

The Report Generator toolbar has a number of buttons used to prepare the report.

"Default Comments" will initiate the Report Generator and create the needed standard comments

and the tag "Report" used to select items to be included in the report. It may also perform renaming

of objects according to the report template definition.

"Tag Object Report" will tag the selected objects to be included in the report.

"Un-Tag Object Report" will tag the selected objects to be included in the report.

"Filter Report Objects" will set the model tree filter to "Report" to only show what will be

exported. Click again to reset the filter.

"New Comments" will add a Comment to the selected objects and tag them to be included in the

report.

"New Figures" will add a Figure to the selected objects and tag them to be included in the report.

"New Images" will take a snapshot of the selected objects and add as a "Static Image" and tag

them to be included in the report.

"Create Report" will create, open and save the report in the "user_files" folder of the project.

"Update Figures" will export all Figures of the project to the folder "ReportName_images" in the

"user_files" folder of the project. This button can also be used to update the images in the report in

case you change the view or contour bar etc. and don't want to lose any edits done in Word after the

export. Note: this will only work if you are using the "docx" Word document format.

"Insert Appendix" will insert a list of the available appendix files. Any .html or .htm file in the

"user_files" folder will be included in the list if the name is different than the report name. You may

remove or re-order the items in the list.

"Set Report Folder" will select a new folder for the Word report and image folder instead of

"user_files".

"Open preference File" will add a comment with local preference for summary tables. Clicked a

second time it opens the preference file for editing formatting options.

"Help" will open the help documentation report.

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The default comments are used to transfer information to Word. Don't change the name of these

comments. Fill in "Author", "Subject" and "Prepared for" in the project details by clicking on the

project folder in the model tree. Also rename the project as this will be the title of the Word report.

ReportName: File name of Word document, e.g. "ReportGeneratorHelp.docx". Note: Using ".doc"

will create a word document where the pictures are saved in the document and using ".docx" will use

linked images. A ".docx" document can be saved as a pdf to include the pictures in the document or

by breaking the links to all pictures from the menu "File>Edit Links to Files".

Introduction: Text for first section of the report. Note: Adding a "Image from File..." and include

"Introduction" in the image name will place the image in the "Introduction" section of the report.

Conclusions: Text for the final section of the report.

Figure 1. Introduction - Report

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Figure 2. Introduction - Graphics

Figure 3. Introduction - Mechanical

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2. Model

2.1. Geometry

2.1.1. General information

When using a comment with the standard name "Comment" this will not give a heading in the report.

By setting a name of the comment you will get a heading with heading level one level below the

parent object.

All parts that are tagged will be included in the part list summary. To avoid duplicate lines from e.g.

many bolts you may only tag one of the bolts to simplify the list.

You can add "User Defined Graphics Annotations" to set names in the figures.

Figure 4. Pump assembly

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2.1.2. Pump Housing

Here you can add a comment to describe the part, add Commands and/or add an image. The image

can be a photo or a detail from the model saved to a file.

The pump housing is an aluminum pressure die cast component.

Figure 5. Pump housing

Figure 6. Previous version of housing

2.1.2.1. Commands (APDL)

! Commands inserted into this file will be executed just after material

definitions in /PREP7.

! The material number for this body is equal to the parameter "matid".

! Active UNIT system in Workbench when this object was created: Metric (mm, t, N,

s, mV, mA)

! NOTE: Any data that requires units (such as mass) is assumed to be in the

consistent solver unit system.

! See Solving Units in the help system for more information.

! Command object to perform some actions

! keyopt,matid,1,0

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2.1.3. Point Mass

Figure 7. Point Mass

2.1.4. Distributed Mass

Figure 8. Distributed Mass

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2.1.5. Part list summary

Part name Stiffness Material name Nonlinear Data Mass [tonne] Elements Nodes

Pump Housing Flexible Aluminum Alloy True 1.9630e-03 19485 31802

Impeller Flexible Polyethylene True 3.8377e-05 9460 17475

Pulley Flexible Structural Steel True 6.5744e-04 13824 23880

Shaft Flexible Structural Steel True 2.8900e-04 170 880

Nut Flexible Structural Steel True 6.4569e-05 32 272

Base Flexible Structural Steel True 2.6249e-03 1646 9698

Bolt.1 Flexible Structural Steel True 2.2015e-05 286 1420

Total 5.9233e-03 46630 94227

Table 1. Part list summary

2.1.6. Point mass list summary

Point mass Type Mass Coordinate System X

[mm]

Y

[mm]

Z

[mm]

Point Mass Point mass 1.0000e-05

[Mg]

Global Coordinate

System 0 0 85.

Distributed

Mass

Distributed

mass

1.0000e-04

[Mg] - - - -

Table 2. Point mass list summary

2.2. Material Properties

Material name T [C] E [MPa] ν [-] T [C] ρ [Mg/mm3] T [C] α [-/C] Ry [MPa] Rm [MPa]

Aluminum Alloy 0

200

7.1000e+04

6.5000e+04

0.330

0.330 0 2.770e-09 0 2.30e-05 280. 310.

Polyethylene 0 1100. 0.420 0 9.500e-10 0 2.30e-04 25. 33.

Structural Steel 0 2.0000e+05 0.300 0 7.850e-09 0 1.20e-05 250. 460.

Table 3. Structural material properties (solver consistent units)

Material name T

[C]

Kxx [mW/(mm

C)]

Kyy [mW/(mm

C)]

Kzz [mW/(mm

C)]

T

[C]

C [mJ/(Mg

C)]

Aluminum

Alloy

-100

0

100

200

1.140e+02

1.440e+02

1.650e+02

1.750e+02

0 8.750e+08

Polyethylene 0 2.800e-01 0 2.960e+08

Structural Steel 0 6.050e+01 0 4.340e+08

Table 4. Thermal material properties (solver consistent units)

Note: Material name: "Aluminum Alloy" contains "Isotropic Hardening" not printed.

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2.3. Coordinate Systems

2.3.1. Local Coordinate System

Figure 9. Local Coordinate System

Definition

Type Cartesian

Origin

Origin X 0 [mm]

Origin Y 0 [mm]

Origin Z 0 [mm]

Directional Vectors

X Axis Data [ 0. -1. 0. ]

Y Axis Data [ 1. 0. 0. ]

Z Axis Data [ 0. 0. 1. ]

Table 5. Local Coordinate System

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2.4. Remote Points

2.4.1. Point Mass - Remote Point

Figure 10. Point Mass - Remote Point

Scope

Scoping Method Geometry Selection

Coordinate System Global Coordinate System

X Coordinate 8.1298e-17 [mm]

Y Coordinate -3.2519e-16 [mm]

Z Coordinate 85. [mm]

Definition

Behavior Deformable

Pinball Regon All

Table 6. Point Mass - Remote Point

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2.5. Connections

2.5.1. Contacts

2.5.1.1. General contact information

Tagging a contact object will include the contact properties in a contact summary table. Also like for

parts you may include command objects and imported pictures.

2.5.2. Contacts Summary

Contact Name Type Friction

Coeff Behavior Formulation

Frictional - Pump Housing To Base Frictional 0.14 Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange

No Separation - Bolt.1 To

PumpHousing NoSeparation N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange

Bonded - Impeller To Shaft Bonded N/A Asymmetric MPC

Bonded - Pulley To Shaft Bonded N/A Asymmetric MPC

Bonded - Shaft To Nut Bonded N/A Asymmetric MPC

Table 7. Contact settings summary

2.5.3. Joints

2.5.3.1. Revolute - Pump Housing To Shaft

Figure 11. Revolute - Pump Housing To Shaft

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2.6. Mesh

Figure 12. Global mesh

2.6.1. Global mesh settings

Property Value

Defaults

Physics Preference Mechanical

Element Order Program Controlled

Sizing

Element Size Default

Use Adaptive Sizing No

Growth Rate 1.8

Max Size 16 [mm]

Mesh Defeaturing Yes

Defeature Size 1 [mm]

Capture Curvature Yes

Curvature Min Size 2 [mm]

Curvature Normal Angle Default (70°)

Capture Proximity No

Quality

Check Mesh Quality Yes, Errors

Error Limits Standard Mechanical

Target Quality Default

Smoothing Medium

Advanced

Straight Sided Element No

Triangle Surface Mesher Program Controlled

Topology Checking Yes

Pinch Tolerance Default

Generate Pinch on Refresh No

Sheet Loop Removal No

Table 8. Global mesh settings summary

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2.7. Named Selections

Named selections may be included in the report if it is tagged.

2.7.1. Impeller

Figure 13. Impeller

Scope

Scoping Method Geometry Selection

Geometry 1 Body

Definition

Send to Solver Yes

Solver Name IMPELLER

Program Controlled Inflation Exclude

Statistics

Volume 4.0397e+04 [mm3]

Table 9. Details of "Impeller"

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2.7.2. Inside

Figure 14. Inside

Scope

Scoping Method Geometry Selection

Geometry 19 Faces

Definition

Send to Solver Yes

Solver Name INSIDE

Program Controlled Inflation Exclude

Statistics

Surface Area 2.4352e+04 [mm2]

Table 10. Details of "Inside"

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2.7.3. Inside_nodal

Figure 15. Inside_nodal

Scope

Scoping Method Worksheet

Geometry 2295 Nodes

Definition

Send to Solver Yes

Solver Name INSIDE_NODAL

Program Controlled Inflation Exclude

Table 11. Details of "Inside_nodal"

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3. Steady-State Thermal

3.1. Analysis Settings

Step EndTime [sec] Time Stepping Defined By Initial Minimum Maximum

1 1 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A

Table 12. Step Controls summary

Solver Controls

Solver Type ProgramControlled

Analysis Data Management

Solver Units System ConsistentNMM

Table 13. Analysis settings summary

Tagging the Analysis Settings will create a summary table for the load steps (time, substeps etc.) and

the analysis settings.

3.2. Convection inside

Figure 16. Convection inside - oil spash

Time [sec] Convection Coeff. [W/(mm2 C)] Temperature [C]

0 0 22

1 0.01 70

Table 14. Convection inside

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3.3. Convection outside

Figure 17. Natural convection outside

Time [sec] Convection Coeff. [W/(mm2 C)] Temperature [C]

1 0.0001 22

Table 15. Convection outside

3.4. Temperature

Figure 18. Fixed temperature - Base

Time [sec] Temperature [C]

1 95

Table 16. Temperature

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4. Thermal Results

4.1. Temperature

Figure 19. Steady state temperature

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5. Static Structural

5.1. Analysis Settings

Step EndTime [sec] Auto Time Stepping Defined By Carry Over Initial Minimum Maximum

1 1 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

2 2 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

3 3 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Table 17. Step Controls summary

Solver Controls

Solver Type ProgramControlled

Weak Springs Off

Large Deflection Off

Inertia Relief Off

Rotordynamics Controls

Coriolis Effect Off

Analysis Data Management

Solver Units System ConsistentNMM

Table 18. Analysis settings summary

Figure 20. Load summary

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5.2. Boundary Conditions

By grouping load objects you create a section where the group name becomes the heading name.

5.2.1. Frictionless Support

Figure 21. Frictionless Support Base

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5.3. Loads

5.3.1. Bearing Load

Figure 22. Bearing Load

Time [sec] X [N] Y [N] Z [N]

0 0 0 0

1 0 0 0

2 1000. =0 =0

3 1000. =0 =0

Table 19. Bearing Load, Global Coordinate System

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5.3.2. Bolt Pretension 1

The same bolt pretension is applied to all eight bolts.

Figure 23. Bolt Pretension

Step Define By Preload [N] Preadjustment [mm] Increment [mm]

1 Load 2.0000e+04 N/A N/A

2 Lock N/A N/A N/A

3 Lock N/A N/A N/A

Table 20. Bolt Pretension 1

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5.4. Imported Load (A6)

To make pictures from imported load you may take any result object (direct from the

"Imported Load" or from "Thermal") and apply selections, section planes etc. and save figure to file

using "New Static Images". Then insert the image on any object (Image from File...) and tag the

imported image with "Report". The difference betwen ANSYS standard function "Image" and the

Report Generator "New Static Images" is that the former only works for one object at the time with

the current graphic size and background color and the later works for multiple objects and uses the

report settings graphic size and background color.

Figure 24. Imported Body Temperature

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6. Structural Results

6.1. Pump housing results

By grouping result objects you create a section where the group name becomes the heading name.

Grouping results objects (contour, path and probe) of the same type and tagging the group but not the

objects will create a summary table of result details. You may include figures from the result objects

if the "Figure" object is tagged.

Figure 25. Equivalent (von-Mises) Stress - Pump housing 1

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Figure 26. Equivalent (von-Mises) Stress - Pump housing 2

Figure 27. Equivalent (von-Mises) Stress - Pump housing 3

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6.2. Bolt reaction

Grouping results objects (contour, path and probe) of the same type and tagging the group but not the

objects will create a summary table of result details. You don't need to have "Figure" objects.

Details of: Bolt 1 reaction Bolt 2 reaction Bolt 3 reaction Bolt 4 reaction

Definition

Type BoltPretension BoltPretension BoltPretension BoltPretension

Boundary Condition Bolt Pretension 1 Bolt Pretension 2 Bolt Pretension 3 Bolt Pretension 4

Options

Display Time Last Last Last Last

Results

Adjustment 0.0948 [mm] 0.0935 [mm] 0.0883 [mm] 0.0976 [mm]

Working Load 2.1105e+04 [N] 2.1179e+04 [N] 2.1244e+04 [N] 2.1144e+04 [N]

Maximum Value Over Time

Adjustment 0.0948 [mm] 0.0935 [mm] 0.0883 [mm] 0.0976 [mm]

Working Load 2.1107e+04 [N] 2.1183e+04 [N] 2.1247e+04 [N] 2.1145e+04 [N]

Minimum Value Over Time

Adjustment 0.0190 [mm] 0.0187 [mm] 0.0176 [mm] 0.0195 [mm]

Working Load 0 [N] 0 [N] 0 [N] 0 [N]

Table 21. Bolt reaction summary list

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6.3. Total Deformation

Figure 28. Total deformation LS 3

6.4. Contact Results

6.4.1. Pressure

Figure 29. Contact pressure

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7. Modal Analysis

7.1. Pre-Stress (Static Structural)

Definition

Pre-Stress Environment Static Structural

Pre-Stress Define By Program Controlled

Reported Loadstep Last

Reported Substep Last

Reported Time End Time

Contact Status UseTrueStatus

Table 22. Pre-Stress (Static Structural)

7.2. Analysis Settings

Options

Max Modes to Find 6

Limit Search to Range Yes

Range Minimum 1 [Hz]

Range Maximum 1000 [Hz]

Solver Controls

Damped No

Solver Type Program Controlled

Rotordynamics Controls

Coriolis Effect No

Campbell Diagram No

Analysis Data Management

Solver Units System ConsistentNMM

Table 23. Analysis settings summary

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8. Modal Results

8.1. Solution Information

Mode Frequency [Hz] X Direction Y Direction Z Direction Rotation X Rotation Y Rotation Z

1 332.18 -1.1413e-04 1.4408e-04 9.6709e-06 -2.8079e-05 -1.0072e-04 6.2507e-04

2 332.38 -3.7764e-05 6.3180e-05 8.3843e-06 -5.3862e-05 -9.4657e-05 6.9832e-04

3 333.83 2.6204e-04 1.9118e-03 1.1346e-05 -3.0318e-03 -2.8761e-03 -2.7629e-04

4 333.97 -1.8016e-03 2.6493e-04 -2.1212e-05 2.5913e-03 -6.1967e-04 -1.3028e-03

5 336.47 -6.4309e-05 -5.1436e-05 5.4285e-04 1.1595e-04 9.5215e-07 0.0362

6 338.16 -3.8562e-05 -2.4203e-05 -5.3389e-06 1.1375e-04 4.0954e-05 -2.2863e-04

Table 24. Participation factor

Mode Frequency

[Hz]

X Direction

[tonne]

Y Direction

[tonne]

Z Direction

[tonne]

Rotation X

[tonne]

Rotation Y

[tonne]

Rotation Z

[tonne]

1 332.18 1.3025e-08 2.0760e-08 9.3527e-11 7.8841e-10 1.0145e-08 3.9071e-07

2 332.38 1.4261e-09 3.9917e-09 7.0297e-11 2.9011e-09 8.9600e-09 4.8765e-07

3 333.83 6.8666e-08 3.6550e-06 1.2873e-10 9.1918e-06 8.2718e-06 7.6338e-08

4 333.97 3.2459e-06 7.0188e-08 4.4996e-10 6.7149e-06 3.8399e-07 1.6972e-06

5 336.47 4.1356e-09 2.6456e-09 2.9468e-07 1.3444e-08 9.0659e-13 1.3093e-03

6 338.16 1.4870e-09 5.8580e-10 2.8504e-11 1.2940e-08 1.6772e-09 5.2271e-08

Sum 3.3346e-06 3.7532e-06 2.9545e-07 1.5937e-05 8.6766e-06 1.3120e-03

Table 25. Effective mass

Mode Frequency [Hz] X Direction Y Direction Z Direction Rotation X Rotation Y Rotation Z

1 332.18 3.9058e-03 5.5312e-03 3.1655e-04 4.9471e-05 1.1692e-03 2.9779e-04

2 332.38 4.3335e-03 6.5948e-03 5.5448e-04 2.3151e-04 2.2019e-03 6.6947e-04

3 333.83 0.0249 0.9804 9.9019e-04 0.5770 0.9556 7.2766e-04

4 333.97 0.9983 0.9991 2.5131e-03 0.9983 0.9998 2.0212e-03

5 336.47 0.9996 0.9998 0.9999 0.9992 0.9998 1.

6 338.16 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Table 26. Cumulative Effective Mass Fraction

Mode Frequency [Hz] X Direction Y Direction Z Direction Rotation X Rotation Y Rotation Z

1 332.18 2.1987e-06 3.5046e-06 1.5789e-08 3.9766e-11 4.2940e-10 1.3921e-08

2 332.38 2.4075e-07 6.7386e-07 1.1867e-08 1.4633e-10 3.7926e-10 1.7375e-08

3 333.83 1.1592e-05 6.1702e-04 2.1732e-08 4.6362e-07 3.5013e-07 2.7199e-09

4 333.97 5.4796e-04 1.1849e-05 7.5960e-08 3.3869e-07 1.6253e-08 6.0469e-08

5 336.47 6.9814e-07 4.4662e-07 4.9747e-05 6.7811e-10 3.8374e-14 4.6650e-05

6 338.16 2.5103e-07 9.8891e-08 4.8119e-09 6.5266e-10 7.0992e-11 1.8624e-09

Sum 5.6294e-04 6.3359e-04 4.9877e-05 8.0383e-07 3.6726e-07 4.6746e-05

Table 27. Ratio of Effective Mass to Total Mass

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8.2. Total Deformation 1

Figure 30. Mode shape 1

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9. Harmonic Response

9.1. Modal (Modal Analysis)

Definition

Modal Environment Modal Analysis

Table 28. Modal (Modal Analysis)

9.2. Analysis Settings

Step Controls

Multiple RPMs No

Frequency Spacing Linear

Range Minimum 300. [Hz]

Range Maximum 400. [Hz]

Cluster Number 7

Options

Solution Method Mode Superposition

Include Residual Vector No

Cluster Results Yes

Store Results At All Frequencies Yes

Rotordynamics Controls

Coriolis Effect No

Damping Controls

Eqv. Damping Ratio From Modal No

Damping Ratio 0.005

Stiffness Coefficient Define By Damping Vs Frequency

-- Frequency 300. [Hz]

-- Damping Ratio 1.0000e-02

Stiffness Coefficient 1.0610e-05

Mass Coefficient 20.

Analysis Data Management

Solver Units System ConsistentNMM

Table 29. Analysis settings summary

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9.3. Acceleration

Figure 31. Acceleration

Time [Hz] X [mm/s2] Y [mm/s2] Z [mm/s2]

0 2000.

400 9810. 0 0

Table 30. Acceleration, Global Coordinate System

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10. Harmonic Results

10.1. Frequency Response

10.1.1. Frequency Response X

Figure 32. Frequency Response X

Details of: Frequency Response X

Scope

Scoping Method Geometry Selection

Geometry 8 Vertices

Spatial Resolution Maximum

Definition

Type Directional Velocity

Orientation X Axis

Coordinate System Global Coordinate System

Options

Display Amplitude

Chart Viewing Style LogY

Results

Maximum Amplitude 150.02 [mm/s]

Frequency 333.97 [Hz]

Phase Angle 3.1197 [rad]

Real -149.98 [mm/s]

Imaginary 3.2856 [mm/s]

Table 31. Details of "Frequency Response X"

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10.1.2. Frequency Response Y

Figure 33. Frequency Response Y

Details of: Frequency Response Y

Scope

Scoping Method Geometry Selection

Geometry 8 Vertices

Spatial Resolution Maximum

Definition

Type Directional Velocity

Orientation Y Axis

Coordinate System Global Coordinate System

Options

Display Bode

Chart Viewing Style LogY

Results

Maximum Amplitude 60.760 [mm/s]

Frequency 334.12 [Hz]

Phase Angle 3.1338 [rad]

Real -60.758 [mm/s]

Imaginary 0.4712 [mm/s]

Table 32. Details of "Frequency Response Y"

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11. Bolt 1 Reaction force

Tagging a graph object will create a section at the end of the report before the "Conclusions" section.

Figure 34. Bolt 1 Reaction force

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12. Conclusions

This project shows how to set up a report using the Report Generator ACT application by

EDRMedeso.

The Word template can be customized by the user to modify the layout and text styles. Open and

edit the Word template from

"C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\Ansys\v192\ACT\extensions\ReportGenerator_V192.11\".

The Word template name, Table, caption and UCO style can be defined in the file

"reportGeneratorPref.py" found in the same folder.

The tool can be further customized to your needs to include other fixed headings, text objects etc.

Also the content and information from the model can be modified e.g. detailed material properties

listings and more. Contact EDRMedeso [email protected] for more information.

To update a new default version of Report Generator to a customized version first install the new app

version and then replace the files "ReportGenerator.dotm", "reportGeneratorPref.py" and

"reportGeneratorCustom.py" with your modifed versions from previous app version. Please note the

new style preference and VBA macros, see the included documentation

"ACT_EDRMedeso_Report_Generator_V192.11.pdf" for details.