ANSYS® AUTODYN®

Explicit Software for Nonlinear Dynamics

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Product Features ANSYS® AUTODYN® software is an explicit analysis tool for modeling nonlinear
dynamics of solids, fluids and gases as well as their interaction. It is a versatile
Solver Methods
Lagrangian (volume and structural) explicit numerical tool providing advanced capabilities backed by first-class support.
Eulerian (volume) ANSYS AUTODYN software has been used in a number of applications:
Arbitrary Lagrange-Euler
Meshfree (SPH)
Block structured  Optimization and design of armor and
Unstructured
Large deformation anti-armor systems
Nonlinear  Mine protection scheme design for
Solid mechanics
Fluid mechanics personnel carriers
Shock waves  Building protection measures and insurance
Coupled
risk assessment for blast effects in city ANSYS AUTODYN in ANSYS
Pre-Processing centers Workbench at ANSYS 11.0
Interactive intuitive interface
Integrated with solvers and  Aircraft impact risk assessment for power stations
post-processor  Performance studies of oil well perforating charges
Wizards for ease of setup
Visual checking of data  Decommissioning of offshore platforms
Data checking during model creation  Shielding system design on the International
Comprehensive restarting capabilities:
all valid data can be modified/added/ Space Station
removed at any stage  Safety assessment of particle accelerators
Material data libraries (200+)
Context-sensitive online help  Characterization of materials subjected to high
Blast analysis in city center
dynamic loading
Interfaces
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NASTRAN® Based on continuous development since 1986, ANSYS AUTODYN software is a

ANSYS® LS-DYNA®
TrueGrid®
Post-Processing
Visualization for large datasets
Interactive intuitive interface
Integrated with solvers and
pre-processor
Animation wizard and editor
Stand-alone free viewer for 2-D
and 3-D animations
Contours and isosurfaces
Element examine probe
Vectors
Material location and status
Gauge time history plotting
Part histories
Results profile
Parallel Processing
Shared/distributed memory
Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®
Automatic decomposition
User-defined decomposition
Supported Systems
Windows®, NT/2000/XP, Linux®, UNIX®
user-friendly package that includes:
 Finite elements (FE) for computational structural dynamics
 Finite volume solvers for fast transient computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
 Mesh-free/particle methods for large deformation and fragmentation (SPH)
 Multi-solver coupling enabling a wide range of multiphysics solutions
 Wide suite of material models incorporating constitutive response and
coupled thermodynamics
 Models and data for metals, ceramics, glass, concrete, soils, explosives,
water, air and many other solids, liquids and gases
New at ANSYS® 11.0 is the introduction of
the ANSYS AUTODYN software into the
ANSYS® Workbench™ family of products,
creating the first explicit dynamics product in
the world with:
 Bi-directional connectivity to parame- Typical Workflow with parametrically linked
tric ANSYS DesignModeler and CAD ANSYS AUTODYN in ANSYS Workbench
models
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Product Features  Access to powerful meshing tools based in ANSYS

Workbench
Material Modeling
Strength models • Explicit dynamics-specific mesh preferences
• Elastic • Tet/hex, shell, beam
• Viscoelastic
• Strain hardening models
• Mesh sizing and refinement controls
• Strain rate hardening models • High-quality hex meshes
• Thermal softening models • Mesh smoothing/optimization
• Porous compaction models
• Concrete/soil (Drucker-Prager, RHT) • Manual mesh modification
• Ceramic/glass (Johnson -Holmquist) • Mesh operations (reflect, copy, transform) Material data libraries
• Third invariant dependence
• Orthotropic yield  Persistent link to ANSYS AUTODYN
• Orthotropic solid • Updates to geometry/mesh feed directly back into ANSYS AUTODYN model
• Orthotropic shell
• Laminated shell • Realistic and practical explicit dynamics parametric studies
Equations of state
• Linear
• Ideal gas
ANSYS AUTODYN software is the platform of choice for structural dynamics, fast fluid
• Mie -Gruneisen flow, material modeling, impact, blast and shock response at many leading institutions
• Analytic multiphase worldwide. The loyalty and growth of the ANSYS AUTODYN user base is testament to:
• Tabular multiphase
• Two-phase liquid _ vapor  Excellence of ANSYS AUTODYN software
• Explosives support services
• Tabular porous
• P-alpha  Focus on developing products that help solve problems
Failure models  Ongoing emphasis on R&D and continuity of
• Maximum stress/strain
• Effective stress/strain management and sales teams
• Shear damage
• Orthotropic damage
• Johnson -Holmquist
An integrated product, ANSYS AUTODYN software
• Johnson-Cook tightly integrates the pre-processing, post-processing and
• Orthotropic stress/strain Buried mine blast and its effect
analysis modules for maximum productivity. It can be run in on an armored fighting vehicle
• Tsai -Wu, Tsai -Hil
• Crack softening serial or parallel mode on Microsoft® Windows® as well as
• Stochastic Linux® and UNIX® systems. Both shared memory and
User-specified models can be defined
in all aspects distributed cluster are supported.
Virtually all models can be used in
every solver
Virtually all models can be used with Compelling Features
erosion (element death) ANSYS AUTODYN software is not an average explicit
Five erosion criteria
User-defined erosion
finite element or computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
program. From the very beginning, ANSYS developed
Analysis Techniques this technology to handle — naturally and effectively —
Explicit
Transient dynamic the nonlinear behavior of fluids and structures in an
Conditionally stable integrated fashion. A key component is the seamless
Hypoelastic Oblique hypervelocity impact
Nonlinear way that users can couple sophisticated material test (left) compared to analysis
Compressible flow models with a fluid structure program. ANSYS (right). Courtesy of UDRIS NASA.
Dynamic relaxation for quasi-static
analysis AUTODYN software is different from other explicit
Automated contact programs in a number of ways:
Automated fluid -structure coupling
 Integrated and coupled response of fluids, structures and materials
Coupling of Solvers  Multiple solvers including FE, CFD and smooth particle hydrodynamics
Euler -Lagrange coupling (SPH), as well as the coupling between FE and the other solvers
• Fast automated solver
• Across arbitrary mesh interfaces  Use of materials with strength, such as metals, in all solvers, in addition
• Coupling to thin structures to fluids and gases
• Doubly wetted thin structures
• Porous structures  Comprehensive remapping capabilities from FE to CFD and vice versa
Joins between structural elements  Interactive GUI with leading-edge visualization
 Solvers seamlessly integrated pre- and post processors
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 Extensive material model library combining Product Features
thermodynamic and constitutive responses
Coupling of Solvers (continued)
 Serial and parallel computation on shared memory Joins between structural elements
and distributed memory systems and SPH
Subcycling
 Direct support from experienced developers Combined structured and
 Intuitive user interface with ANSYS Workbench unstructured FE meshes
integration Ceramic armor impact: Symmetries and Remapping
 Extensive validation with physical experiments simulation (top) 1-D Cartesian and spherical
2-D Cartesian and cylindrical
3-D Cartesian
Applications 3-D reflective (1/8, 1/4, 1/2)
Remapping
ANSYS AUTODYN software can be used in a vast array • Within solvers
of real-world projects and nonlinear phenomena: • Between solvers
• 1-D to 2-D to 3-D
 Designing the shielding system on a space station • Dezoning
 Modeling a building’s impact and structural collapse in
forensic investigations Structural Solvers
Unstructured meshes
 Performing assessment of protection layers for Multi-block structured meshes
foreign object damage on civil aircraft Combined unstructured and structured
meshes
 Conducting vulnerability assessment of composite 3-D reflective (1/8, 1/4, 1/2)
aircraft components to fragmenting warheads 2-D and 3-D solids elements
Shaped change analysis • Axial and planar solids
 Performing intercept of ballistic projectiles and • Hexahedral (bricks)
using multi-material Euler
lethality investigations for defense • Pentahedral (wedges)
• Tetrahedral (tets)
 Modeling impacts on power stations • ALE (adaptive rezoning)
 Determining asteroid impacts on earth 2-D and 3-D surface elements
 Designing mine protection schemes for personnel • Axial and planar shells
• Quadrilateral (quads)
carriers • Triangular (trias)
 Optimizing passive and reactive armor systems • Layered shells
• Membrane
 Designing, assessing and optimizing anti-armor Beams
devices Springs
Dampers
 Conducting performance studies of well Fast large deformation elements
perforating charges Accurate extreme deformation elements
Coupled heat conduction
 Assessing satellite damage from space debris Erosion (death) of elements
impacts Stand-alone free viewer for Rigid bodies
 Determining blast effects in city centers interactive and 2-D and 3-D
animations Fluid Solvers
 Conducting safety assessment of a particle Eulerian solvers
accelerator beam dump Lagrangian solvers
ALE solver
 Analyzing fragmentation of solid bodies 2-D and 3-D finite volumes
 Performing optimization of mine disposal devices Fast accurate ideal gas solver (FCT)
Multi-material VOF solvers
Material viscosity/strength
Free surfaces
Multi-block structured

Contact
Self contact
Node to surface
Edge to edge
Deformable to deformable contact
Deformable to rigid contact
SPH to deformable structural and rigid
contact
Damage and collapse of a brick Fragmenting ring using Eroding contact
building due to an internal explosion Friction
stochastic properties
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Product Features  Performing assessment and design of kinetic

energy penetrators
Detonation Models
Automatic detonation logic  Determining blast propagation in underground tunnels
Multiple detonation points and structures
2-D and 3-D
 Improving sheet metal stamping
Nonlinearity  Analyzing bird strike on aircraft
Large strain Armor/anti-armor analysis
 Determining hydraulic ram effects in aircraft fuel tanks
Large rotation
Elastoplastic  Performing structural response analysis of a
Viscoplastic containment vessel under hydrogen detonation
Fragmentation
Shock capturing  Simulating response and breakup of glazing under blast loading
Phase changes  Analyzing fuel slosh in racing cars
Boundaries and Loads  Analyzing explosive welding and cutting
Initial conditions  Analyzing powder compaction of sintered metals
Translational velocity
Angular velocity  Determining progressive damage of composite
Gravity structures to impacts loads
Arbitrary time varying  Analyzing explosive forming of aerospace
Energy deposition
Pressure components
Point load  Performing perforation and behind-armor debris
Edge load
Wave transmission analyses of various armor configurations
Fluid/material flow inlet  Developing water/sand barrier assessment for
Fluid/material flow outlet Penetration in a
Rigid wall mitigation of explosives fragmentation and blast masonry structure
Clamped  Predicting blunt trauma injuries
Pinned
Translational velocity constraint  Performing optimization of transparent armor on wheeled vehicles
Rotational velocity constraint  Performing safety distance assessments for hazardous storage sites
Angular velocity constraint  Determining damage of (reinforced) concrete structures under impact
User specified
and explosive loading
Thermal  Decommissioning of offshore platforms
Deformation heating
Thermal expansion  Analyzing blast-structure interaction assessment of onshore
Thermal softening petro-chemical plants
Multiphase transitions and states
Heat conduction  Determining structural damage of an offshore module to a dropped object
 Predicting blast-induced rock fragmentation
Documentation
Context-sensitive online help  Developing design of rockfall galleries
User’s manual  Assessing concrete damage caused by high-frequency ground motions
Installation  Modeling of cavitation and yawing of a supersonic projectile traveling in water
Tutorials
Theory manual  Investigating pipe rupture incident at a nuclear facility
Release notes  Analyzing ceramic fracture under intense loading
Product Support  Assessing disturbed flow field during rocket stage separation
Ongoing support, maintenance and
enhancement
Training
User group meetings
Update seminars

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