Who is the course for

This course is designed for engineers wishing to analyse structural non-linear phenomena such as large deflection, plasticity or contact and have already attended an Introduction to ANSYS course or have relevant experience in ANSYS.

Duration

2 days

Course Aims

• Understand nonlinear FEA fundamentals.
• Analyse structures with basic geometric, material and contact nonlinearities.
• Use various preprocessing options, solution controls and postprocessing tools for models containing the three basic nonlinearities.

Topics covered

• Structural nonlinearities overview what are nonlinearities?
• The three types of nonlinearities
• Solution controls
• Solution options
• Non-linear options
• Postprocessing - General Postprocessor, Results Viewer and the Time-History Postprocessor
• Geometric nonlinearities - building model, obtaining solution and postprocessing
• Basic plasticity - Overview, building model, obtaining solution and postprocessing
• Introduction to basic contact analysis - using Contact Wizard and Contact Manager, obtaining the solution and postprocessing