Advanced Results Processing

Winter Semester 2009-2010

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Goals In this workshop a high pressure vent assembly is been

analyzed for stress and deflection. Some of the results from the analysis will be difficult to

interpret if all bodies are active during postprocessing.

Our goal is to isolate parts of the model and use some of the advanced features for postprocessing.

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Assumptions We will assume that gas is been vented through the inlet pipe

into the expansion chamber. Inside the chamber the pressure drops to 20% of the inlet pressure.

The expansion chamber is rigidly mounted to the inlet thus we will leave this contact region defined as ‘bonded’.

The support bracket allows limited movement to the pipe so ‘no separation’ contact will be used here.

[See the contact description on the next page].

The inlet pipe and bracket are modeled using structural steel while the expansion chamber is made of polyethylene.

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Part/Contact Description

Bonded Contact

No Separation Contact

Support Bracket

Inlet Pipe

Expansion Chamber

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Start Page From the launcher start Simulation.

Choose “Geometry > From File . . . “ and browse to the file “Pressure_System.x_t”.

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Preprocessing Set the working units to Metric (mm).

1. “Units > Metric (mm, kg, N, C, s)”.

Change the bracket/pipe contact type to no separation:2. Highlight the “Contact Region 2” branch.3. In the detail window change the contact

“type” to “No Separation”.

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Preprocessing Change the material for the

expansion chamber to polyethylene.4. Highlight the part in the tree.

5. In the detail window click in the material field and “Import . . . > Polyethylene”.

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Environment Apply pressure to the inside surfaces of the pipe:

6. Highlight the “Static structural” branch.7. Select the 5 interior surfaces of the pipe (use Extend to

limits).8. “RMB > Insert > Pressure”.

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Environment9. In the detail window for the pressure enter 1 in the

magnitude field (1MPa).

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Environment10. Select the 3 interior surfaces of the expansion chamber.

Note, using the selection planes, the status bar and the CTRL key will simplify this selection.

Alternately use “RMB > Hide All Other Bodies”

Selection planes

Status Bar

• “RMB > Insert > Pressure”.

• In the detail window change the magnitude to 0.2MPa.

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Environment

11. Select the end surface of the pipe.12. “RMB > Insert > Fixed Support”.

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Environment15. Select the surface of the cylinder in the bracket.16. “RMB > Insert > Cylindrical Support” (leave default

fixed,fixed,fixed).

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Environment17. Select the back face of the bracket.18. “RMB > Insert > Frictionless Support”.

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Solution19. Highlight the solution branch.20. RMB > Insert > Stress > Equivalent (von Mises)21. RMB > Insert > Deformation > Total Solve

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Results When the solution is complete, highlight the 2 result objects

and view them. Notice the total deformation plot contains very little details for the inlet pipe and support bracket parts of the assembly.

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Results Scope a new total deformation to the

expansion chamber22. Highlight the solution branch.23. Switch to body select mode and highlight

the expansion chamber in the graphics window.

24. “RMB > Insert > Deformation > Total”.

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Results for each part Repeat the procedure on the previous page but choose

“Equivalent stress” as the result. Repeat the procedure on the previous page and above for the

remaining parts. Solve again to update the new result objects. Compare the overall result to the individual ones (as shown

below). Note the increased detail shown in the individual plots.

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Results – slice plane Add a slice plane.

Plot the stress scoped to the expansion chamber then reorient the model to look into the Z axis as shown below. Note the triad at the bottom of the screen can be convenient

to reorient the model.

25. Click on the “New selection plane” icon.

26.A “selection planes” details window will appear at the bottom.

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Results – slice planeHold down the left mouse button and draw a line down the

center of the plot (see figure on the next slide).

In order to see the sliced plane you will need highlight the specific solution branch (in this case the equivalent stress branch) and change into “slice planes”

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Results – slice plane By clicking on one of the dashed lines on either end of the

handle you can activate the result plot on one side of the slice plane. Note the dashed line then becomes solid. This is a toggle control.

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Slice Plane Notes You may create as many slice planes as desired and each

can be edited individually. This can be useful for things like plotting a quarter section of a result.

To hide the slice plane(s) use the drop down geometry type icon and return to an “exterior” plot. The slice plane(s) remains in its current location and can be reactivated whenever desired.

Figures which contain slice planes will display slice planes regardless of the setting of the geometry icon.

In order to activate the desire planes, you should mark there name in the details window

Geometry Icon

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Results Change the plot type from slice planes to “Exterior” and plot the

result for the support bracket. Change to the “IsoSurfaces” display type.

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Results Change to the “capped isosurface” display type. By clicking in the legend and dragging the slider the

capping point can be modified.

Drag

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Results Reactivate the exterior plot for the complete assembly

stresses. From the “Edges” icon choose to “Show Elements”.

Edges Icon

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Results Finally add some annotations to

pin point results. Plot the exterior stress plot for the

assembly. Activate the “Probe” and click

several locations on the model to add annotations.

Note to remove annotations activate the “Label” icon and highlight the specific annotation. Use the keyboard “delete” key to remove the annotation.