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Bolt Torque
Bolt Torque
Workshop Supplement
Apply a torque load to the bolt model below using surface effect
elements. Solve and review the global cylindrical UY results in the
postprocessor.
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Bolt Torque
Workshop Supplement
Bolt Torque
Workshop Supplement
Enter ANSYS in the working directory specified by your instructor using bolt-torque
as the jobname.
2.
3.
Enter the preprocessor and select areas 7 and 8, and then select all the nodes
attached to areas 7 and 8:
NPLOT
1.
Bolt Torque
Set the element type attribute pointer to 2 (SURF154) and create the surface effect
elements:
5.
Select all TYPE 2 elements and plot them with their element coordinate system
display turned on:
6.
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Attributes- Define > Default Attribs
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Create > Elements > -Surf / Contact- Surf Effect > No extra Node +
Or issue:
TYPE,2
ESURF,ALL
Utility Menu > WorkPlane > Local Coordinate Systems > Create Local CS > At Specified Loc +
Or issue:
LOCAL,11,1,0,0,0
4.
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Change the element coordinate system (ESYS) for the SURF154 elements to 11:
Main Menu > Preprocessor > -Modeling- Move / Modify > -Elements- Modify Attrib +
7.
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Create a component named e_surf of all TYPE 2 elements:
Utiltity Menu > Select > Comp/Assembly > Create Component ...
Or issue:
CM,e_surf,ELEM
9.
EPLOT
8.
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Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Pressure > On Elements +
Or issue:
SFE,e_surf,2,PRES,,10000
10. Apply a 10,000 psi tangential pressure (along the element X direction) on the
SURF154 elements:
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Bolt Torque
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Bolt Torque
Main Menu > Preprocessor > Loads > -Loads- Apply > -Structural- Displacement > On Areas +
Or issue:
DA,1,ALL
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/SOLU
EQSLV,PCG
SAVE
SOLVE
15. Enter the general postprocessor and switch to the cylindrical results coordinate
system, and then turn on element outlines for contour plots:
Utility Menu > PlotCtrls > Style > Edge Options ...
Or issue:
/POST1
RSYS,1
/EDGE,1,1,45
/GLINE,1,0
14. Save the database and obtain the solution using the PCG iterative solver:
Bolt Torque
Main Menu > General Postproc > Plot Results > -Contour Plot- Nodal Solu ...
Or issue:
PLNSOL,U,Y
in the Toolbar
Or issue:
SAVE
FINISH
/EXIT
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