Introduction to ANSYS nCode DesignLife

Customer Training Material

Workshop 8
 Introduction to ANSYS nCode DesignLife

Goals/Steps Customer Training Material

• Goal:
– examine multi-axial assessment methods

• Steps
– restore archive
– solve Mechanical model
– link nCode SN Constant Amplitude system to Mechanical model
– open DesignLife
– modify load mapping
– solve
– review multi-axial assessment
– modify multi-axial assessment
– solve
– review

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Restore Archive Customer Training Material

• Launch Workbench and restore archive

– File > Restore Archive
• browse to find “Intro to ANSYS nCode DL R145 – WS08.wbpz”

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Open Mechanical Customer Training Material

• highlight Model cell of Mechanical system > RMB > Edit

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Clear Generated Data Customer Training Material

• Solution cell > RMB > Clear Generated Data for all branches

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Solve Mechanical Systems Customer Training Material

• Solve all systems

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Update Mechanical Systems Customer Training Material

• Return to Project > Solution cell >RMB > update all Mechanical
systems

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Connect DesignLife System Customer Training Material

• Drag nCode SN Constant (DesignLife) system onto Solution cell (A6)

of Mechanical system

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Connect DesignLife Systems Customer Training Material

• Connect Solution cells of the other Structural systems to the Solution

cell of the DesignLife system

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Edit DesignLife Customer Training Material

• Solution cell of DesignLife System > RMB > Edit

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Edit Load Mapping Customer Training Material

• StressLife_Analysis > RMB > Edit Load Mapping

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Edit Load Mapping Customer Training Material

• Set Max and Min Factors for each load case

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Set Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

• StressLife_Analysis > RMB > Properties

– verify that SNEngine_MultiAxialAssessment is set to “Auto”

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Solve Customer Training Material

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Review Results Customer Training Material

• Fatigue_Results_Display > RMB > Properties

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Review Results Customer Training Material

• Maximize DataValuesDisplay1 glyph

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Examine Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

Multi-axial assessment calculations were performed and

appropriate calculation method was selected

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Set Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

• StressLife_Analysis > RMB > Properties

– set SNEngine_MultiAxialAssessment to “None”

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Solve Customer Training Material

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Review Results Customer Training Material

• Maximize DataValuesDisplay1 glyph

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Examine Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

No Multi-axial assessment calculations were performed

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Set Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

• StressLife_Analysis > RMB > Properties

– set SNEngine_MultiAxialAssessment to “SimpleBiaxiality”

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Solve Customer Training Material

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Review Results Customer Training Material

• Maximize DataValuesDisplay1 glyph

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Examine Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

Multi-axial assessment calculations were performed

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Set Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

• StressLife_Analysis > RMB > Properties

– set SNEngine_MultiAxialAssessment to “Standard”

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Solve Customer Training Material

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Review Results Customer Training Material

• Maximize DataValuesDisplay1 glyph

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Examine Multi-Axial Assessment Customer Training Material

Multi-axial assessment calculations were performed

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Exit DesignLife Customer Training Material

• File > Exit nCode

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Exit Workbench Customer Training Material

• File > Exit

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