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| Preface | |
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| List of Problems Solved | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Concept | |
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| Nodes | |
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| Elements | |
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| Direct Approach | |
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| Linear Spring | |
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| Heat Flow | |
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| Assembly of the Global System of Equations | |
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| Solution of the Global System of Equations | |
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| Boundary Conditions | |
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| Fundamentals of Ansys | |
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| Useful Definitions | |
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| Before an ANSYS Session | |
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| Analysis Discipline | |
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| Time Dependence | |
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| Nonlinearity | |
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| Practical Modeling Considerations | |
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| Organization of ANSYS Software | |
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| ANSYS Analysis Approach | |
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| ANSYS Preprocessor | |
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| ANSYS Solution Processor | |
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| ANSYS General Postprocessor | |
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| ANSYS Time History Postprocessor | |
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| ANSYS File Structure | |
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| Database File | |
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| Log File | |
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| Error File | |
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| Results Files | |
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| Description of ANSYS Menus and Windows | |
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| Utility Menu | |
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| Main Menu | |
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| Toolbar | |
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| Input Field | |
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| Graphics Window | |
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| Output Window | |
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| Using the ANSYS Help System | |
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| Help Contents | |
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| Help Index | |
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| Search in Help | |
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| Verification Manual | |
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| Fundamentals of Discretization | |
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| Local and Global Numbering | |
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| Approximation Functions | |
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| Coordinate Systems | |
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| Generalized Coordinates | |
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| Global Coordinates | |
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| Local Coordinates | |
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| Natural Coordinates | |
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| Shape Functions | |
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| Linear Line Element with Two Nodes | |
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| Quadratic Line Element with Three Nodes: Centroidal Coordinate | |
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| Linear Triangular Element with Three Nodes: Global Coordinate | |
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| Quadratic Triangular Element with Six Nodes | |
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| Linear Quadrilateral Element with Four Nodes: Centroidal Coordinate | |
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| Isoparametric Elements: Curved Boundaries | |
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| Numerical Evaluation of Integrals | |
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| Line Integrals | |
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| Triangular Area Integrals | |
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| Quadrilateral Area Integrals | |
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| Problems | |
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| ANSYS Preprocessor | |
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| Fundamentals of Modeling | |
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| Modeling Operations | |
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| Title | |
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| Elements | |
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| Real Constants | |
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| Material Properties | |
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| Element Attributes | |
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| Interaction with the Graphics Window: Picking Entities | |
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| Coordinate Systems | |
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| Working Plane | |
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| Solid Modeling | |
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| Bottom-up Approach: Entities | |
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| Top-down Approach: Primitives | |
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| Boolean Operators | |
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| Adding | |
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| Subtracting | |
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| Overlap | |
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| Gluing | |
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| Dividing | |
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| Additional Operations | |
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| Extrusion and Sweeping | |
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| Moving and Copying | |
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| Keeping/Deleting Original Entities | |
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| Listing Entities | |
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| Deleting Entities | |
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| Viewing a Model | |
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| Plotting: Pan, Zoom, and Rotate Functions | |
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| Plotting/Listing Entities | |
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| Numbers in the Graphics Window | |
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| Meshing | |
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| Automatic Meshing | |
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| Manipulation of the Mesh | |
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| Selecting and Components | |
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| Selecting Operations | |
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| Components | |
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| ANSYS Solution and Postprocessing | |
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| Overview | |
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| Solution | |
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| Analysis Options/Solution Controls | |
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| Boundary Conditions | |
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| Initial Conditions | |
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| Body Loads | |
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| Solution in Single and Multiple Load Steps | |
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| Failure to Obtain Solution | |
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| Postprocessing | |
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| General Postprocessor | |
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| Time History Postprocessor | |
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| Read Results | |
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| Plot Results | |
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| Element Tables | |
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| List Results | |
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| Example: One-dimensional Transient Heat Transfer | |
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| Finite Element Equations | |
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| Method of Weighted Residuals | |
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| Example: One-dimensional Differential Equation with Line Elements | |
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| Example: Two-dimensional Differential Equation with Linear Triangular Elements | |
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| Example: Two-dimensional Differential Equation with Linear Quadrilateral Elements | |
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| Principle of Minimum Potential Energy | |
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| Example: One-dimensional Analysis with Line Elements | |
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| Two-dimensional Structural Analysis | |
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| Problems | |
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| Use of Commands in ANSYS | |
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| Basic ANSYS Commands | |
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| Operators and Functions | |
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| Defining Parameters | |
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| A Typical Input File | |
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| Selecting Operations | |
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| Extracting Information from ANSYS | |
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| Programming with ANSYS | |
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| DO Loops | |
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| IF Statements | |
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| /OUTPUT and *VWRITE Commands | |
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| Macro Files | |
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| Useful Resources | |
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| Using the Log File for Programming | |
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| Using the Verification Problems for Programming | |
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| Linear Structural Analysis | |
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| Static Analysis | |
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| Trusses | |
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| Beams | |
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| Three-dimensional Problems | |
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| Two-dimensional Idealizations | |
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| Plates and Shells | |
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| Linear Bucking Analysis | |
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| Thermomechanical Analysis | |
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| Fracture Mechanics Analysis | |
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| Dynamic Analysis | |
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| Modal Analysis | |
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| Harmonic Analysis | |
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| Transient Analysis | |
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| Linear Analysis of Field Problems | |
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| Heat Transfer Problems | |
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| Steady-state Analysis | |
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| Transient Analysis | |
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| Radiation Analysis | |
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| Moisture Diffusion | |
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| Nonlinear Structural Analysis | |
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| Geometric Nonlinearity | |
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| Large Deformation Analysis of a Plate | |
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| Post-buckling Analysis of a Plate with a Hole | |
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| Material Nonlinearity | |
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| Plastic Deformation of an Aluminum Sphere | |
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| Plastic Deformation of an Aluminum Cylinder | |
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| Stress Analysis of a Reinforced Viscoelastic Cylinder | |
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| Viscoplasticity Analysis of a Eutectic Solder Cylinder | |
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| Combined Plasticity and Creep | |
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| Contact | |
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| Contact Analysis of a Block Dropping on a Beam | |
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| Simulation of a Nano-indentation Test | |
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| Advanced Topics in ANSYS | |
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| Coupled Degrees of Freedom | |
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| Constraint Equations | |
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| Submodeling | |
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| Substructuring: Superelements | |
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| Generation Pass | |
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| Use Pass | |
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| Expansion Pass | |
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| Interacting with External Files | |
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| Reading an Input File | |
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| Writing Data to External ASCII Files | |
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| Executing an External File | |
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| Modifying ANSYS Results | |
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| Modifying the ANSYS GUI | |
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| GUI Development Demonstration | |
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| GUI Modification for Obtaining a Random Load Profile | |
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| Function Block for Selecting Elements Using a Pick Menu | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |