INTRODUCTION TO ANSYS Part 1

Seminar Outline

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: FEA and ANSYS
  • About the Company
  • About ANSYS
  • What is FEA?
  • Instructor Example
  • Workshop
.Chapter 3: Getting Started
  • Interactive vs Batch Mode
  • Starting ANSYS
  • Product Launcher
  • ANSYS Workbench
  • Memory
  • GUI
  • The Database and Files
  • Exiting ANSYS
  • On-Line Help
  • Workshops
Chapter 4: ANSYS Basics
  • Overview
  • Plotting
  • Picking
  • Select Logic
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Components
  • Workshop
Chapter 5: General Analysis Procedure
  • Preliminary Decisions
  • Preprocessing
    • Create Solid Model
    • Create FEA Model
    • Define Material
  • Solution
    • Define Loads
  • Postprocessing
    • Review Results
    • Verification
Chapter 6: Creating the Solid Model
  • What to Model?
  • Importing Geometry
    • IGES Imports
    • Connection Products
    • Workshops
  • ANSYS Native Commands
    • Definintions
Chapter 7: Creating the Finite Element Model
  • Overview
  • Element Attributes
  • Multiple Element Attributes
  • Workshop
  • Controlling Mesh Density
  • Mesh Order Control
  • Generating the Mesh
  • Changing a Mesh
  • Mapped Meshing
  • Hex-to-Tet Meshing
  • Mesh Extrusion
  • Sweep Meshing
  • Finite Element Imports
  • Workshops
Chapter 8: Defining the Material
  • Units
  • ANSYS Defined Materials
  • Material Model GUI
  • Listing Defined Materials
  • Workshops
 Chapter 9: Loading
  • Define Loads
  • Nodal Coordinate System
  • Displacement Constraints
  • Concentrated Forces
  • Verifying Loads
Chapter 10: Solution
  • Solvers
  • Definitions
  • Multiple Load Steps
  • Workshops
Chapter 11: Structural Analysis
  • Preprocessing
  • Solution
  • Postprocessing
  • Workshops
Chapter 12: Thermal Analysis
  • Preprocessing
  • Solution
  • Postprocessing
  • Workshops
Chapter 13: Postprocessing
  • Query Picking
  • Results Coordinate System
  • Path Operations
  • Error Estimation
  • Load Case Combinations
  • Workshops
  • Results Viewer
  • Variable Viewer
  • Report Generator
  • Workshops
Chapter 14: Short Topics
  • Toolbar and Abbreviations
  • Start File
  • APDL
  • Defining Parameters
  • Using Parameters
  • Retrieving Database Information
  • Batch Mode
  • Input Files
  • Session Editor
  • Workshops
Appendix
  • ANSYS Native Geometry Creation
  • Definitions
  • Top-Down Modeling
  • Workshop
  • Bottom-Up Modeling
  • Workshops
  • Best Modeling Practices

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