Customer Training Material

Workshop 6.2

Pre-Stressed Vibration
Analysis

Introduction to ANSYS
Mechanical

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Goals Customer Training Material

Our goal is to simulate the modal response of the tension link (shown
below) in both a stressed and unstressed state.
Specifically, we will load the link with a 4000 N tensile load and
compare the natural frequency to that of the unloaded component.

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Project Schematic Customer Training Material

1. Double click Static Structural in

the Toolbox to create a new
system.
1.
2. Drag/drop a Modal system onto
the Solution cell of the static
structural system.

2.

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. . . Project Schematic Customer Training Material

When the schematic is correctly set up it should appear as shown

here.

Drop Target

The drop target from the previous page indicates the outcome of
the drag and drop operation. Cells A2 thru A4 from system (A) are
shared by system (B). Similarly the solution cell A6 is transferred to
the system B setup. In fact, the structural solution drives the
buckling analysis.

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. . . Project Schematic Customer Training Material

Verify:
Project units are set to Metric (kg, mm, s, C, mA, mV).
Display Values in Project Units is checked (on).

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. . . Project Schematic Customer Training Material

3. From the static structural system

(A), RMB the Geometry cell and
Import Geometry. Browse to the
file Tension_link.stp.
3.

4. Double click the Model cell to

open the Mechanical application.

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Setup Customer Training Material

5. Set the working Unit System:

Units > Metric (mm, kg, N, s, mV, mA)

5.
6. Apply supports to the model (highlight
Static Structural (A5):
a. Highlight one of the inside faces of one washer
RMB > Insert > Fixed Support.
b. Highlight the face on the rim of the other
washer RMB > Insert > Frictionless Support.
Frictionless
Support
Fixed Support a.

b.

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7. Apply tensile load to the model:

a. Orient the model as necessary and zoom
in on the inside face of the washer where
the frictionless support is applied to the
rim.

Force

b. RMB > Insert > Force.

c. In the Details of Force, change to a.
Components
d. Enter 4000 in the Z component
Magnitude field.
Note: depending on your choices for
supports the load may need to be defined c.
as 4000 N to put the rod in tension

d.

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Analysis Settings Customer Training Material

8. Highlight the modal Solution branch (B6)

and Solve.

When solution completes

9. Insert modal results:

a. RMB in the timeline and Select All.
b. RMB in the timeline and Create Mode Shape
Results.

10. RMB the Solution branch and Evaluate All

Results.

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11. Highlight various results to view displaced mode shapes.

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This table illustrates the change in the first natural frequency as the
force is increased (note this table is for illustration only and is not
part of the workshop).

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