ANSYSAqwa in Workbench

PaulSchofield ANSYSHouston
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Overview
Introduction ANSYSWorkbenchoverview Dataintegratedapplications DesignModeler Aqwa Loadmapping Demonstration

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Introduction

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CorePrograms ThehistoricalPerspective
AGS

ANSYS Mechanical

LINE

WAVE

LIBRIUM

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NAUT

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ANSYS ASAS (FE model)

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AQWAHydrodynamicSimulationProcedure

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AQWAWorkbenchApplication
HydrodynamicDiffractionandHydrodynamicTime WorkbenchProject Responserepresent anANSYSWorkbench implementationoftheANSYSAQWAhydrodynamic WorkbenchProject ANSYS ANSYS software
ANSYS DesignModeler

Hydrodynamic Hydrodynamic Diffraction Time Response ANSYS ProvidesaANSYS commonlookand feel across the ANSYS ANSYS CADImport Hydrodynamic Hydrodynamic product suite DesignModeler Diffraction TimeResponse Mechanical withother Providesforfutureinteroperability CADImport
Parameter Variation

physical modelsintheANSYSproductsuite,e.g., Vesselparticulars Fluent/CFX ANSYS and ANSYSCFD Mechanical Environmental conditions

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Multiphysics Simulation

Geometry modelling

AQWA

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Hydro-Structural Design in Workbench

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ANSYSWorkbench

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LaunchingANSYSWorkbench
TherearetwomethodsoflaunchingWorkbench:

FromtheWindowsstartmenu:

FromtheCADsystem

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TheWorkbenchEnvironment
FormostsituationstheWorkbenchGUIisdividedinto2primarysections.

The Toolbox

The Project Schematic

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TheProjectSchematic
TheWorkbenchprojectschematicisagraphicalrepresentationoftheworkflowdefininga systemorgroupofsystems. Fromthetoolboxaselectioncanbedraggedanddroppedontotheschematic(ordouble clicked).

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...TheProjectSchematic
Bydroppingapplicationsand/orsystemsintovariouslocationsintheschematic, anoverallanalysisprojectisdefined. IntheexamplebelowaHydrodynamicTimeResponse systemisdraggedand droppedontoaHydrodynamicDiffraction system.

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...TheProjectSchematic
AschematiccanalsobeconstructedbyRMBandchoosingtoTransferDataTo NeworTransferDataFromNew. Theseselectionswillvarydependingonwhichcellinaparticularsystemyou highlight.

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Parameterisation

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WorkbenchFileManagement
FromtheWorkbenchViewmenuactivatethe Filesoptiontodisplayawindowcontainingfile detailsandlocations.

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WorkbenchFileManagement
Workbenchcreatesaprojectfileandaseriesofsubdirectoriestomanageall associatedfiles. Whenaprojectissavedaprojectfileiscreated(.wbpj). Aprojectdirectorywillbecreatedusingtheprojectname.Inthisexamplethefile iscalledCylinder.wbpjsothedirectorycreatedisCylinder_files. ThesubdirectoriescreatedaredependentontheWorkbenchapplicationsusedin theproject.

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DirectoryStructure: dpn:thisisthedesignpointdirectory.Thisessentiallyisthestateofallparametersforaparticular
analysis.Inthecaseofasingleanalysistherewillbeonlyonedp0directory. AQWn:containssubdirectoriesforeachapplicationintheanalysis.Intheexamplebelowthe AQWdirectorywillcontainthedatabase,andotherassociatedfilesfromtheAQWAHD application.AQW1directorywillcontaintheresultsofthetimeresponseanalysis.TheAnalysis subdirectorywouldcontainthefilesassociatedwiththatparticularsolution. user_files:containsexternaluserdefinedfilesthatmaybeassociatedwithaproject.Theuserisfree tousethisdirectoryasdesired.

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Archive:quicklygeneratesasinglecompressed filecontainingallpertinentfiles.

Fileiszipformat(.wbpz)andcanbeopened
usingtheRestoreArchive...utilityinWB2.

Severaloptionsareavailablewhenarchiving
systemsasshownhere.

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LaunchingApplications
DataintegratedapplicationssuchasAqwa andDesignModeler can belauncheddirectlyfromtheprojectpagewithadoubleclick.

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ModellinginANSYSDesignModeler
ImportmanynativeCADformats
IGES Parasolid

DirectCADlinks (Bidirectionalassociativityandconnectivity)
AutodeskInventor CATIAV4&V5 SolidEdge SolidWorks UGNX Pro/ENGINEER SpaceClaim

Anyarbitraryshape Geometrydefinitionwithparametricdimensioning Geometrycleanupandsimplification

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Diffractingornondiffractingpanels Morisonelements TUBE STUB DISC Pointmasses Mixedmodels Connectionpoints Additionalhydrostaticstiffness,damping andaddedmass Windandcurrentforcecoefficients

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Moorings
Linearsprings Elasticcatenaries Intermediatebuoys Clumpweights Pulleys&winches

Fenders Articulations Stiffnessmatrix

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Waves WaveSpectra

Regular/irregular Timehistory
Current

Uniform Profile
Wind

PiersonMoskowitz JONSWAP Gaussian Userdefined Crossswell

Uniform Spectra Timehistory

Multiplesimultaneous spectra Interactionbetweenspectra fromdifferentdirections

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Surface&PressurePlots

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Animation

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Graphing

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Reports

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LoadMapping

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LoadTransfer/Mapping
CalculationandtransferofhydrodynamicloadstoANSYSforstructural analysis

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Pre14ANSYSLoadTransferRequirements
ANSYS DM Geometry

Hydrodynamic Mesh

Structural Mesh

ANSTOASAS

AQWAWB Solve
Structural Data

Hyd Database Pressure and Acceleration Data

/TITLE, CASE 1001 'H = 2.0 T = 62.8 D = 0.0 ! COMPONENT ANSY SFEDELE,ALL,ALL,PRES FDELE,ALL LSCLEAR,INER SFE, 2409, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, -1.9740E+02, SFE, 2411, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, SFE, 2412, 2,PRES,0, -1.9558E+02, -1.9503E+02, SFE, 2416, 2,PRES,0, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, SFE, 41361, 2,PRES,0, -3.9148E+02, -3.8728E+02, SFE, 41362, 2,PRES,0, -3.9092E+02, -3.8734E+02, SFE, 41363, 2,PRES,0, -3.9490E+02, -3.9511E+02, SFE, 41364, 2,PRES,0, -3.9014E+02, -3.8543E+02, ACEL, 1.9891E-07, 4.2397E-07, -1.0044E-02 CGLOC, 0.0000E+00, 0.0000E+00, 2.5400E+01 DCGOMG, 3.0279E-08, -2.4966E-08, 3.1457E-10 P = 0.0'

Control Data

AQWA WAVE

-1.9576E+02, -2.0081E+02, 0.0000E+00, -2.8120E+01, -3.8728E+02, -3.8728E+02, -3.8924E+02, -3.8734E+02,

0.0000E+00 -1.9777E+02 0.0000E+00 0.0000E+00 -3.9161E+02 -3.9148E+02 -3.9014E+02 -3.9092E+02

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Geometry Modeler

3D Hydrodynamic Panel Model

Global Structural FE Model (Coarse Mesh for Yielding and Buckling Check)

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Panelpressuresareextractedfrom database Nodalvaluesarecomputedfrom weightedaveragingofpressuresof connectedpanels Finiteelementnodalpressures computedfromweightedaveraging ofhydrodynamicnodalvalues
P1 N1 P2 N2 P3 P7 P6 P5

P4

N1

N3

N2

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*DIM,_aqwaAnalysis,STRING,248 _waveDir = arg1 *DIM,_runCommand,STRING,248 _waveHeight = arg2 _aqwaAnalysis(1) = _wavePeriod = arg3 'C:\ANSYS\LoadMapping_14.0\LoadMapping_files\dp0\AQW\AQW\AQ\Analysis\Analysis' _wavePhase = = arg4 _runCommand(1) '"C:\Program Files\ANSYS Inc\v140\aqwa\bin\winx64\AQWA2NEUT"' *cfopen,run,txt octype,_idwav,WAVE *vwrite,_runCommand(1),_aqwaAnalysis(1) ocdata,8,_waveDir /SYS,%s %s octable,_waveHeight,_wavePeriod,_wavePhase *cfclos /input,run.txt ocread,_aqwaAnalysis(1),ahd _aqwaAnalysis(1) = '%_aqwaAnalysis(1)%_1' _waveDir = = arg1 _aqwaDensity _waveHeight = _aqwaGrav = arg2 _wavePeriod = _wavePhase = _matwat = 2000 _idwat _idwav = 2001 = 2003

! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent mp,dens,_matwat,_aqwaDensity _aqwaDensity= ! This should be passed as a parameter since units dependent acel,0,0,_aqwaGrav _aqwaGrav= ! Set up basic wave information octype,_idwat,basic,ocean,,_idwav ocdata,1000.0,_matwat /PREP7 _maxEtypes = ETYIQR(0,14) *do,_et,1,_maxEtypes *if,ETYIQR(_et,1),le,0,cycle *if,ETYIQR(_et,-2),eq,154,then keyopt,_et,8,_idwat *endif *enddo /SOLU

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