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These exercises are intended only as an educational tool to assist those who wish to learn how to use ANSYS. They are not intended to be used as guides for determining suitable modeling methods for any application. The author assumes no responsibility for the use of any of the information in these tutorials. There has been no formal quality control process applied to these tutorials, so there is certainly no guarantee that there are not mistakes in them. The author would appreciate feedback at the email address below if mistakes are discovered in these tutorials.

The tutorials were originally written using ANSYS, and ANSYS has been updated numerous times since that version. Some of the tutorials have since been updated, and some are currently being updated. Typically, there are relatively minor changes to the locations of various features in the ANSYS graphical user interface (GUI) from one version of ANSYS to the next. The GUI does have quite a different look in more recent versions than it did in Version 5.6. However, it is likely that usually someone using one of the tutorials listed below, written for an older version of ANSYS, can still figure out how to complete the tasks in the exercise by looking around in the menu options available in their newer ANSYS version. Some of the tutorials below are stored in Microsoft Word documents, and some are in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. As updated versions of these tutorials become available, they will be added to this website.

Build Geometry

1. Define rectangles.

2. Change plot controls and replot.

3. Change working plane to polar and create first circle.

4. Move working plane and create second circle.

5. Add areas.

6. Create line fillet.

7. Create fillet area.

8. Add areas together.

9. Create first pin hole.

10. Move working plane and create second pin hole.

11. Subtract pin holes from bracket.

12. Save the database as model.db.

Define Materials

13. Set preferences.

14. Define material properties.

15. Define element types and options.

16. Define real constants.

Generate Mesh

17. Mesh the area.

18. Save the database as mesh.db.

Apply Loads

19. Apply displacement constraints.

20. Apply pressure load.

Obtain Solution

21. Solve.

Review Results

22. Enter the general postprocessor and read in the results.

23. Plot the deformed shape.

24. Plot the von Mises equivalent stress.

25. List the reaction solution.

26. Exit the ANSYS program

Read more problems at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/24-ansys/problems.htm

Test more problems at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/course/24-ansys/test_problems.htm