Customer Training Material

W k h 8B Workshop Post Buckling g Analysis y

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. Release 13.0 December 2010

WS8B-1

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Goal

Customer Training Material

Use Nonlinear Stabilization tools together with restart technology to simulate post buckling behavior.

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-2

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Model Description
L shaped frame represented with 3D Line Bodies Meshed with 3D Beam elements Linear Elastic Material

Customer Training Material

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-3

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Model Description (contd)
Horizontal beam fixed at far end. Vertical column simply supported at bottom. All nodes are constrained from movement in Z direction. 500 lb compressive load applied 10 inches off center t of f vertical ti l column. l

Customer Training Material

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-4

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Steps to Follow:
Restore Archive browse for file W8b_buckling.wbpz

Customer Training Material

Save as
File name: W8b_buckling Save as type: Workbench Project Files (*.wbpj) ( .wbpj)

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-5

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

The project Schematic should look like the picture to the right.
From this Schematic, you can see that the Engineering (material) Data and Geometry have already been defined (green check marks). It remains to set up and run the FE model in Mechanical Open the Engineering Data Cell (highlight and double click OR Right Mouse Button (RMB)>Edit) To see relevant dialog boxes, it might be necessary to go to Utility Menu > View.. Click on Properties and Outline Verify that the units are in US Eng units (lb, in,) system. If not, fix this by clicking on Utility Menu > Units > US Engineering(lb, in,) , )

Customer Training Material

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-6

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Return to Project Schematic
Utility Menu > Return to Project

Customer Training Material

Double click on the Model Cell to open the FE Model (Mechanical S Session) i ) (or ( RMB=>Edit) RMB >Edit )

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-7

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Unit > US English (lb,in,,,)

Customer Training Material

Once inside the Mechanical application, verify the working unit system The frame model is already set up with the displacement boundary conditions and a force load. load
Highlight the BCs and Load to confirm that the model is properly supported and loaded.

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-8

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Note the Analysis Settings Specifications:
Auto Time Stepping = ON Initial Substeps = 20 (min=20,max=1000) Large Deflection = ON, ON Weak Springs = OFF Stabilization = OFF

Customer Training Material

Run the Solution

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-9

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Customer Training Material

After a few bisections, the model fails to converge at about 91% of the total load

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-10

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Review the results from last successfully converged substep

Customer Training Material

At the point of convergence failure, the structure is beginning to collapse onto itself and loosing its stability

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-11

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Highlight Analysis Settings and set up for a manual restart and utilizing Stabilization Restart specifications:
Restart Type = Manual Restart Point = Load Step 1, Substep 20
Constant Damping Damping Factor = 0.05 Activation = On Nonconvergence

Customer Training Material

Stabilization specifications:

Execute the restart

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-12

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

With Stabilization activated, the solution now converges successfully. Retrieve total displacement and other results at end time.

Customer Training Material

Animate results
Over results set Highlight the last 10% of displacement Slow down the animation to 4 seconds per frame to get a better view of the snap thru behavior

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-13

Release 13.0 December 2010

ANSYS Mechanical Structural Nonlinearities

Workshop 8B: Post Buckling

Re-Solve with more substeps to improve the quality of the graph

Customer Training Material

Use the Chart tool and user defined results to graph the nonlinear reaction force vs displacement in y direction at the point of load application

ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved.

WS8B-14

Release 13.0 December 2010