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Worked Example
We are going to create a simple box shaped model to demonstrate
the load mapping process
The structural model will include some simple stiffeners to show
how to handle internal elements
The Steps of the exercise include:

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Create Structural Geometry


Create Structural Model and Information
Create Hydrodynamic Geometry
Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information
Extract the Hydrodynamic Load Information (Load Mapping)
Include the Hydrodynamic loading to Structural model
Investigate the final results

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Step 1: Create the Structural Geometry


Open Workbench
Create a Geometry instance and open
DM for editing

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...Create Structural geometry


Create Hull

Select length units as meters


Create box primitive
Set details of box

Generate

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...Create Structural geometry


Create a thin surface

Set Selection Type to Bodies Only


Graphically select box for Geometry
Set thickness to 0m (acts as shell rather than solid)

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...Create Structural geometry


Create Stiffener

We are going to generate a series of simple

plate stiffeners
First generate a new horizontal plane

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...Create Structural geometry


Create stiffener

Use the new plane to slice the model


First Freeze the model to allow the slice
Slice all bodies using the plane created in
the last step

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...Create Structural geometry


Create stiffener

Create a second box that will be used to remove the interior of the plate to generate
the desired stiffener

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...Create Structural geometry


Create stiffener

Create the plate surface for the stiffener using the edges generated with the Slice

command
Edges are selected using the

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...Create Structural geometry


Create stiffener

Remove interior of plate to create desired


stiffener
Use a Boolean operation (Subtract)
Target body is the plate generated in last
step
To select the plate use the layer
selection image to step through the
surfaces
Tool body is the second box

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...Create Structural geometry


Generate copies of stiffener

Use Pattern to create 5 copies of stiffener


Linear pattern type with 5m offset
Geometry is the stiffener created in the
last step
Use the face normal of the stiffener
surface to define direction.
Note the use of the red and black arrows
to define actual direction.

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...Create Structural geometry


Resulting stiffener definition

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...Create Structural geometry


Complete stiffener connection

Stiffeners are not automatically connected

to hull
Use Joint command to make connections
Select all surface bodies as Target Bodies.
Can use Box Select mode to simplify
selection.

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...Create Structural geometry


Create a single part

Model currently has 8 bodies and 8 parts


To improve meshing create a single part
Rename the new Part to Hull

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...Create Structural geometry


Geometry for structure is now complete

Exit DesignModeler
Now we need to create a structural meshed model for use in the
load mapping stage

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Step 2: Create Structural Model and Information


Add Static Structural System to project, linking geometry to that created in
DesignModeler.
Double click on Model cell.

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Define plate thickness

DesignModeler set plate


thickness to 0.0
Results in Geometry as ?
Set thickness for hull bodies
to 32mm
Set thickness for stiffener
plate to 50mm

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Mesh

Use default meshing for this model

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Define wetted surface

Load transfer requires definition of wetted

(external) surfaces
Use dummy pressure case to define
required geometry
Select surfaces manually, or use named
selections

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Model Interface definition

AQWA WAVE requires structural model in ASAS

format
ANSTOASAS command generates required data
In Workbench insert Commands in object tree
Add ANSTOASAS in Worksheet view

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Add Point Masses

Masses represent ballast & storage


Associate mass with hull surface adjacent to position
First mass is at 5,5,-32.5
Mass value of 1000 tonnes

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Add Point Masses

Add two more additional masses

1000 tonnes at 5,5,-27.5


1000 tonnes at 5,5,-22.5
Associate these masses to appropriate hull surfaces

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Disable weak springs

ANSYS Mechanical defaults to including weak springs to


remove rigid body motions
AQWA WAVE does not recognize the springs generated,
so disable this feature

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Solve

In order to implement the ANSTOASAS command a Solve must be instigated.


Can ignore any warnings and errors related to solution since results from this analysis
are not used, only the generated ASAS interface file and mass information

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Mass Extraction

The hydrodynamic model requires an accurate definition of the mass inertia

information for the model.


In the absence of better data this can be extracted from the structural model

Select Solution Information and review Worksheet for the mass data

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...Create Structural Model and Information


Review structural interface file

The ANSTOASAS command generates a text file called file.asas

This contains the structural definition in ASAS format


Copy file.asas to a new directory where you will perform the load mapping

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Step 3: Create Hydrodynamic Geometry


Structural definition model for AQWA WAVE is now complete

Exit ANSYS Mechanical


Now we need to create a hydrodynamic model for use in the load
mapping stage

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...Create Hydrodynamic Geometry


Duplicate structural geometry created earlier. Rename system as
Hydrodynamic Geometry and double click in the geometry cell of the new
system

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...Create Hydrodynamic Geometry


The hydrodynamic geometry is much simpler, it is just the hull
Suppress items in the tree that were used for the stiffener generation

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...Create Hydrodynamic Geometry


Modify Geometry

AQWA requires model that is meshed

up to water line
Slice the model horizontally
Use XYPlane as the Base Plane
(global Z is 0 for this)
AQWA also requires one part for each
vessel
Form new part and name as Hull
Close DesignModeler

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Step 4: Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Add a Hydrodynamic Diffraction to the Hydrodynamic Geometry
Double click on Model

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Add Point Mass

Add a point mass and manually define the

mass and inertia values obtained from


structural model
Ensure position of point mass is correctly
defined (also obtained from structural
model)

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Generate Mesh

In general the load mapping process

requires a more refined hydrodynamic


mesh than normally required for
motions analysis
For this exercise, to reduce run time
use maximum element size of 2.5m
(and defeaturing tolerance of 1m)

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Adjust the General Settings for
Hydrodynamic Analysis

To reduce run time for the exercise set the


number of intermediate frequency values to 8

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Check Hydrostatics

Insert Hydrostatic Result to Solution


Solve Hydrostatics to check that we have a valid model

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information

Check Hydrostatics

When solution has completed select Hydrostatic Report and review


results

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...Create Hydrodynamic Model and Information


Solve

Select Solve and review pressures using Pressures and Motions results object
Save AQWA files in the project directory to your load mapping directory

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Step 5: Load Mapping


Hydrodynamic model for AQWA WAVE is now complete

Exit AQWAWB
Now we need to create a steering information data file for use in
the load mapping stage

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...Load Mapping
AQWA WAVE Steering file

Create a new *.dat file in the load

* Standard lines for ASAS style data:


SYSTEM DATA AREA 5000000
JOB NEW LINE
PROJECT ANSY
*At present ANSYS files default to project ANSY

mapping directory
* Extension of the output files (*.txt)
EXTENSION txt
Copy the text in the slide to the *.dat END
* Define structural model (in this case output from anstoasas command)
file
stru asas file.asas
* Define hydrodynamic model
hydr aqwa analysis
This file directs AQWA WAVE to the
END
appropriate structural and
hydrodynamic information, and definesAQWAID
* Following commands set target structural analysis system as ANSYS Mechanical
load data required
FELM
FEPG ANSYS
For more information on the Steering END
LOAD
file refer to AQWA WAVE Manual
* Load
* Case
CASE 0
CASE 0
CASE 0
CASE 0
END

information
Current_ID Frequency_ID Direction_ID Wave_Height Phase
5 1 2.0 0
5 1 2.0 90
7 1 2.0 0
7 1 2.0 90

*Stop processing this file.


STOP

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...Load Mapping
Run AQWA WAVE

Running the program will bring up a dialogue box requesting the steering data file
discussed on previous slide

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...Load Mapping
AQWA WAVE creates (in this instance) 4 ANSYS APDL load files

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Step 6: Include the Hydrodynamic loading to Structural model


Create second structural model

Create a second structural process by dragging the Static Structural system onto
the first and sharing the first three cells (B2:B4)

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...Include the Hydrodynamic loading to Structural model


Apply generated loads

Open the second structural model


In Analysis Settings set the number of steps

to 4
In Workbench insert Commands in object
tree of Static Structural 2
Use /INPUT command to reference the first
of the loading files

!
!

Commands inserted into this file will be executed just prior to the Ansys SOLVE command.
These commands may supersede command settings set by Workbench.

Active UNIT system in Workbench when this object was created:

Metric (m, kg, N, s, V, A)

/INPUT,C:\ANSYS\TrainingWorkArea\LoadMapWorking_files\user_files\file_aqld1001.dat

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Apply generated loads

Set Step Selection Mode for the command

object to By Number
Set Step Number to 1
Repeat command insertion for the other
three load cases, incrementing the step
number by 1 each time

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Solve

The standard load file generated by AQWAWAVE includes a SOLVE command for
use in Mechanical APDL, not required for Workbench so comment out (or delete)

SFE, 1011,
2,PRES,0, 1.7681E+02, 1.9584E+02, 1.5090E+02, 1.3224E+02
SFE, 1012,
2,PRES,0, 2.2709E+02, 2.4616E+02, 1.9584E+02, 1.7681E+02
SFE, 1013,
2,PRES,0, 3.0239E+02, 3.0313E+02, 2.4616E+02, 2.2709E+02
SFE, 1014,
2,PRES,0, 2.4616E+02, 3.0313E+02, 3.0239E+02, 2.3488E+02
SFE, 1015,
2,PRES,0, -2.1617E+02, -2.0395E+02, -1.3253E+02, -1.3314E+02
SFE, 1016,
2,PRES,0, -1.3253E+02, -2.0395E+02, -2.1617E+02, -1.3811E+02
ACEL, 5.6327E-02, -5.7843E-07, 1.1702E-03
CGLOC, 5.0000E+00, 5.0000E+00, -2.4600E+01
DCGOMG, -2.8427E-08, 6.1327E-03, 3.6777E-08
! SOLVE

Note this time we allow weak springs to be used

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Step 7: Investigate the final results


Review Results

Results are now ready for review


Add a Force Reaction object to check for load balance

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