2009

Index
A
analyses 7–9, 11, 14, 22–23, 25, 28, 31,
34–35, 42
complex 42
meshing 8
modal 23
post processing 9
reports 35
rerunning on edited designs 31
results, reading 25, 28
solving 7
types, setting 22, 34
updating 34
vibration 11
workflows 14
analysis (.ipa) files 40–42
exporting 42
repairing disassociated 41
ANSYS WorkBench 42, 45
B
bearing loads 18
body loads 18
Boundary Condition command 30
browser, Stress Analysis 13
C
chains, kinematic 60
Choose Material dialog box 15
coherent masses and inertia 48
color bar 26
constraints 14, 19–20, 32, 50–51
assembly 50
browser display 14
converting assembly 51
deleting, adding, and editing 32
fixed displacements 20
selecting and applying 19
continuity of laws 48
contour colors 28
D
damping, adding to springs 69
deformation results 10, 29–30
displaying 30
degree of freedom 49
dialog boxes 15, 17, 20–21, 23–24, 56
Choose Material 15
Fixed Constraint 20
Force 17
Frequency Options 24
Parameters 20
Simulation Panel 56
Solutions Status 23
Stress Analysis Settings 21
dynamic simulation 45, 47–48
assumptions 47
coherent masses and inertia 48
continuity of laws 48
relative parameters 48
results 47
E
Element Visibility command 30
equivalent stresses 10, 28
exercises, prerequisites 4
Export to FEA dialog box 77
F
factor of safety results 10
FEA Load-Bearing Faces Selection dialog
box 78
file type .ipa 40
files, analysis 41
reassociating 41
Fixed Constraint dialog box 20
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