Workshop8 MultistepAnalysis

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Thegoalofthisworkshopistoperforma3stepanalysisonthepipeclamp shownhere: TheboltwillreceiveapretensionboltloadinLS1(lockedforLS2and3). ThepipewillreceiveaninternalpressureduringLS2. ThepipewillreceiveanaxialforceloadduringLS3.

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ProjectSchematic
BeginanewWorkbenchsessionand,fromtheProject page,chooseRestoreArchive...andbrowsetothe fileWS08_Pipe_Clamp.wbpzandOpen(location providedbyinstructor). Whenprompted,Saveusingthedefaultnameandthe samelocation.

FromtheUnitsmenuverify:

ProjectunitsaresettoMetric(kg,mm,s,C,mA,N,mV). DisplayValuesinProjectUnitsischecked(on).

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1. FromtheStaticStructuralsystemdouble click(orRMB>Edit)theModelcell.

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2. WhenMechanicalopens,verifytheunits aresettoMetric(mm,kg,s,mV,mA).

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Beforewebeginpreprocessingletsinspectthemodel asitiscurrentlysetup. 3. ExpandtheConnectionsandContactbranchesto viewthecontacts.
Browsethe4contactpairs.Theyappeartobescoped correctlybutallbehavioriscurrentlybondedwhichwe willchange(seebelow). Contactbelowthebolt headandbetweenthe upperboltandhole: assumednoseparation. 3.

Contactinthreaded area:assumedbonded.
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Contactbetweenthe clampandpipe: assumedbonded.

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4. 5. Highlightthe1stand3d contactregions. InthedetailschangetheTypetoNo Separation.
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Ourassumptionofnoseparationcontactmeans someslidingcanoccurinthoselocations. Note,thecontactbetweentheclampandthepipe wouldnormallybefrictionlessinanapplicationlike this.Howeverintheinterestoftimewewishto avoiddoinganonlinearanalysisandonly demonstratemultistepsolutions.Thusbonded contactisretained. 6.

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Highlightthemeshbranchandinspectthemesh.
Noticeabodysizecontrolhasbeenaddedtothe bolt.Asdocumented,itisrecommendedthatamore refinedmeshbeusedwithboltpretension.
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7. 8. HighlighttheAnalysisSettingbranch. InthedetailssetNumberOfSteps=3.
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Highlightthecylindricalfaceonthebolt, RMB>Insert>BoltPretension.

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10. Inthetabulardataenterapreloadof1forthe firstloadstep(row1). 11. Inrows2and3changethefirstcolumnto Lock.
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Whencompletethetableshouldappearas shownhere.

12. Highlighttheinnersurfaceofthepipe.
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13. RMB>Insert>Pressure. 14. Inthetabulardataenteravalueof0.1inrow2.
Whencomplete,thetableshouldappearasshown below.Note,thefirst2rowsshoulddefaultto0while the3d rowshouldmaintaintheloadentered. Thegraph(onleft)providesavisualconfirmation. 13.

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Noticeinthetablethereappearstobeaduplicationofrows.Why?In nonlinearandtransientanalysesloadsareoftenrampedfromastartingtoan endingvalue.Step1appearstwiceinthetabletoallowrampingfrom0to1.In staticanalysisitismeaningless.

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15. Highlighttheendfaceofthepipe. 16. RMB>Insert>Force. 17. Inthetabulardataenteravalueof10inrow3 (LS3).
Note,whencompletethetableshouldappearas below.Itmaybenecessarytoentera0forLS2. 16.

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18. Highlightthecylindricalfaceofthemounting hole. 19. RMB>Insert>FixedSupport.
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20. Solve:thiswillcauseallloadstepstobesolved sequentially.

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Note,highlightingtheSolutionInformationbranchanddisplayingthe legendasbelow(RMB>ShowLegend),graphicallyshowsthesolution processesthatwilloccur.

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8. Requestdeformationandstressplotstoreviewthesolutions.Retrieve differenttimepointstoseethecompletesolution.

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