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ANSYS ACT guide

Most interesting ACT to complete Workbench’s solutions

V1


Bolt and weld

• Bolt Toolkit• Weld Strength

Codes assessment

• ASME Local Strain Assessment• Pressure Vessels Automatic Paths Creation• ASME Pipe Check• Beam End Release• Wind Load• Spreadsheet Based Load Case Combination• Stress Envelop• Linearized Stresses

Fatigue

• Weld Fatigue• Fatigue Scanning• Fatigue Crossland

Miscellaneous Simulations

• Convection• Acoustics• Hydrostatic Fluid exposure • Exposure of MAPDL Offshore features

General preprocessing

• Analysis Settings Importer• Multi Step Parametric• LoadsBodies/Instances Converter• Mesh Settings

General postprocessing

• Modal Mass• Report Generator• Extended Probe


Bolt and weld


Bolt Toolkit 1200 $

DESCRIPTION

The Bolt Toolkit app simplifies and speeds up the creation and post processing of bolts. Features includes:

• Pretension on groups of existing bolts (CAD bolts).• Creation of groups of simplified bolts (NVH-bolts)

with pretension• Creation of groups of advanced bolts (brick mesh)

with contacts, thread interaction and pretension• Post processing of the bolt types including

Eurocode 3 and VDI 2230

TargetEnergy, construction, Automotive, Consumer Products


Weld Strength

DESCRIPTION

Post processing tool to evaluate weld strength according to Eurocode 3 for fillet and butt welds. All types of FE-models can be used; shell/solid, contact/multi-body, with or without weld geometry

The Weld Strength app can create weld stresses and forces for one or all load steps (maximum over time)

The app can calculate minimum required weld section thickness based on one or all load steps.

1200 $

TargetEnergy, construction, Automotive


Codes assessment


ASME Local Strain Assessment FREE

DESCRIPTION

Perform local strain assessments according to ASMESection VIII division 2 part-5 for pressure vessels bycalculating the local strain limit and a usage factor

The calculation will display the Local Strain Limit results asa contour plot and also give the parameter values

The ACT does not calculate results for shellThis limitation was put there on purpose as the ASME localstrain assessments meant to be used on a well refinedsolid mesh in order to capture the true 3D behavior of themodel

TargetPressure vassels, energy, construction


Pressure Vessels Automatic Paths Creation

DESCRIPTION

Automate the creation of paths & linearized stress results to meet pressure vessels standards

FREE

TargetPressure vassels, energy, construction


ASME Pipe Check FREE

TargetPipeline, subsea manifolds, Offshore, energy, construction

DESCRIPTION

Check stress against established industry codes, such as ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission & Distribution Piping Systems


Beam End Release

Target

DESCRIPTION

Expose the end release feature for beam elements and enable advanced graphicpost-processing for beam results

The pre-processing focuses on the end release definition which is available with theelement BEAM 44.

FREE


Wind Load

DESCRIPTION

This extension expose the capability of apply wind loading on beam/shell/solid structures per API 4F guideline

Applicable to different geometry types. Either solid, shell or beam structures can utilize this extension

Wind front faces(windward) detection is programmed

FREE

TargetPipeline, subsea manifolds, Offshore, energy, construction


Spreadsheet Based Load Case Combination

DESCRIPTION

This extension expose the capability of doing load case combination based on spreadsheet in ANSYS Mechanical

FREE

TargetSubsea manifolds, Offshore, energy, construction


Stress Envelop

DESCRIPTION

This App allows user to create an Envelope of Max/MinStresses over all the time steps (substeps).

User is allowed an option to select any of the six stresscomponents along with Equivalent and Principal Stresses

This app would help user to identify the Max tensile andcompressive stresses in a multi step Static/Transient analysisplot.

FREE

TargetSubsea manifolds, Offshore, energy, construction


Linearized Stresses

Target

DESCRIPTION

Create Linearized Stresses results for Static and Transient Structural analyses and export them to MS Excel

FREE


Fatigue


Weld Fatigue

DESCRIPTION

Post processing tool based on IIW recommendations toevaluate weld fatigue according to Nominal, Hot-Spotand Effective Notch method

The Weld Fatigue app can create results for life,damage, safety factor and stress range along all theweld sections in the model

The cumulative damage for multiple load cases can becalculated.

2200 $



Fatigue Scanning

DESCRIPTION

Post processing tool to evaluate maximum stress or strain range from a selected range of solution steps. Results are saved in a csv file for external fatigue analysis and plotting using “CSV Plot”

With the Fatigue Scanning app you select the geometry ofinterest (typically a number of faces of a body) and let theapp run all possible load case combinations from theselected steps.

The result is the highest stress or strain range from theselected range in the time history

FREE



Fatigue Crossland

DESCRIPTION

Fatigue post-processing tool based on the Crossland criterion for Static and Transient simulations

The computation of the Crossland criterion is based on two stress fields:

• The stress fields have to come from the same model (same mesh)

• The stress fields can come from steps of different analyses, or from two different steps of the same analysis

• The second stress field can be null

5000 $



Miscellaneous Simulations


Convection

Target

DESCRIPTION

Expose convection with pilot node capability in steady-state and transient thermal analyses

The Convection ACT extension permits to define aconvection boundary condition connected to an extranode, its temperature becomes the bulk temperature

This allows to consider the temperature variation of thefluid

FREE

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Acoustics

DESCRIPTION

Expose 3Dacoustic features in Mechanical withoutthe need for APDL

• Define acoustics properties• Apply acoustic boundary conditions & loads• Postprocess acoustic results• Create customized Results• Ability to connect a third party solver in a

standard Workbench process

FREE

TargetConstruction, Automotive, Consumer Products


Hydrostatic Fluid exposure

DESCRIPTION

ACT Hydrostatic Fluid extension is a customization made with ACT to integrate ANSYS hydrostatic fluid element capabilities in Mechanical

• 2D & 3D analyses • Create hydrostatic elements and assign fluid material

model Apply boundary conditions & loads: temperature, pressure, mass flow rate

• Plot hydrostatic results: pressure, volume, mass, mass flow

FREE

TargetEnergy, construction


Exposure of MAPDL Offshore features

TargetOffshore

DESCRIPTION

ACT Offshore extension is a customization made with ACT tointegrate MAPDL offshore capabilities in Mechanical

Ability to input the basic environment through OCTYPE,BASIC alongwith the ability to adjust and graphically view the mean water leveland sea bed level from the global origin

Ability to input ocean current both as a simple and tabular form ofinput as handled under OCTYPE, CURR commands at any load step

Ability to control the flooding and the input of local variation of dragand inertia coefficients based on Z level, Component based ashandled under OCZONE, ZLOC/COMP commands

FREE


General preprocessing


Analysis Settings Importer

TargetAll

DESCRIPTION

Allows the user to use a .csv file to import analysis time stepping

Step,End Time,Time Stepping,Define By,Initial Step/Time,Min Step/Time,Max Step/Time

1,3600,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

2,7200,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

3,10800,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

4,14400,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

5,18000,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

6,21600,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

7,25200,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

8,28800,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

9,32400,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

10,36000,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

11,39600,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

12,43200,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

13,46800,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

14,50400,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

15,54000,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

16,57600,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

17,61200,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

18,64800,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

19,68400,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

20,72000,On,SubSteps,1,1,10

FREE


Multi Step Parametric Loads

TargetAll

DESCRIPTION

To make parametric a structural load in a multistepanalysis, including transient ones. The loads taken intoconsideration are: force, pressure, moment anddisplacement

FREE


Bodies/Instances Converter

TargetAll repetitive bodies

DESCRIPTION

Simplify repetitive multi-body adjustments by easily defining group and layer instances of similar yet independent solid bodies (e.g., bolts, screws, washers, ...)

You only need to modify one to change all same bodies

FREE


Mesh Settings

TargetAll

DESCRIPTION

Mesh utility tool to export/import all global meshsettings in Mechanical meshing for re-use indifferent Workbench projects

FREE


General postprocessing


Modal Mass

TargetAll

DESCRIPTION

Allow users to easily view a modal analysis’ effectivemass data without searching through the Solver Outputfile

FREE


Report Generator

TargetAll

DESCRIPTION

Create Word report direct from a Mechanical model

The Word template can be modified by the userCustomer tailored versions can be made to includedadditional Mechanical features, section headingsand text objects etc.

1200 $


Extended Probe

DESCRIPTION

A simple app to measure deformed nodal positions, distances and angles

The extension consists of a single button, which will beloaded along with Mechanical GUI when model is opened

This button displays three different behaviors, based on the number of nodes selected when it is clicked

FREE

TargetAll

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