Pre-Analysis & Start-Up

Pre-Analysis

In the Prepre-Analysisanalysis step, we 'll review the following:

• Mathematical model

  : (e.g.: We'll look at the governing equations + boundary conditions and the assumptions contained within the mathematical model.)

• Numerical

  solution procedure in ANSYS: (e.g.: We'll briefly overview the

  solution strategy

  used by ANSYS and contrast it to the hand calculation approach.)

• Hand

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  calculations of expected results

  : (e.g.: We'll use an analytical solution of the mathematical model to predict the expected stress field from ANSYS. We'll pay close attention to additional assumptions that have to be made in order to obtain an analytical solution.)

Mathematical Model 

Numerical Solution Procedure in ANSYS

Hand-Calculations of Expected Results

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Start-Up

The following video shows how to launch ANSYS Workbench and choose the appropriate analysis system (which, under the hood, sets the governing equations that one will be solving). The video also shows how to add a new material to the material list for this project. We'll later assign our material to the model in the Physics Setup step.

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Start-Up

Go to Step 2: Geometry

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