Report Generator. TITLE: Report Generator COMPANY ADRESS CITY COUNTRY. SUBJECT: User Guide Extension V AUTHOR: Magnus Gustafsson

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1 COMPANY ADRESS CITY COUNTRY DATE: NO. of Pages 31 TITLE: SUBJECT: AUTHOR: Magnus Gustafsson PREPARED FOR: First Lastname

2 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION MODEL GEOMETRY General information Pump Housing Point Mass Distributed Mass Part list summary Point mass list summary MATERIAL PROPERTIES COORDINATE SYSTEMS Local Coordinate System CONNECTIONS Contacts Contacts Summary MESH Global mesh settings NAMED SELECTIONS STEADY-STATE THERMAL ANALYSIS SETTINGS CONVECTION INSIDE CONVECTION OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE THERMAL RESULTS TEMPERATURE STATIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS SETTINGS BOUNDARY CONDITIONS Frictionless Support LOADS Bearing Load Bolt Pretension IMPORTED LOAD (A6) STRUCTURAL RESULTS PUMP HOUSING RESULTS BOLT REACTION TOTAL DEFORMATION CONTACT RESULTS Pressure BOLT 1 REACTION FORCE CONCLUSIONS EDRMedeso V

3 1. Introduction This project demonstrates the use of the ACT tool for an ANSYS Mechanical project. This user guide is created entirely from this tool based on the Workbench project "ReportGenerator_V190.8.wbpj" without any additional editing except for some figure cropping or additional page break. A copy of the project archive file is included in the extension installation package. This chapter shows the global settings in Mechanical for figure size and quality how to use the toolbar. The rest of the document is showing how to use Comments, Figures and Images in the project. To create a report using the first set up the analysis project as usual. The order of the report will always be Thermal before Structural before Modal etc. independent of the model tree order. The uses the global settings for figures defined in Mechanical options for "Report" and "Graphics", see figures below. The "Chart" and "Graphics" width and height should be defined based on the Word template page width. Word uses 96 dpi (or 3.78 dpmm) so 640 pixels will give a 169 mm wide image (640/3.78). To enhance the picture quality it is recommended to use Graphics Resolution "Enhanced Print Quality (2:1). To set the background white change the setting for "Background" in Graphics options. The toolbar has a number of buttons used to prepare the report. "Default Comments" will initiate the and create the needed standard comments and the tag "Report" used to select items to be included in the report. It may also perform renaming of objects according to the report template definition. "Tag Object Report" will tag the selected objects to be included in the report. You may un-tag an object from the standard "Tags" window. "New Comments" will add a Comment to the selected objects and tag them to be included in the report. "New Figures" will add a Figure to the selected objects and tag them to be included in the report. "New Images" will take a snapshot of the selected objects, save it to "user_files", add as a "Static Image" and tag them to be included in the report. "Create Report" will create, open and save the report in the "user_files" folder of the project. "Update Figures" will export all Figures of the project to the folder "ReportName_images" in the "user_files" folder of the project. This button can also be used to update the images in the report in case you change the view or contour bar etc. and don't want to lose any edits done in Word after the export. Note: this will only work if you are using the "docx" Word document format. EDRMedeso V

4 "Insert Appendix" will insert a list of the available appendix files. Any.html or.htm file in the "user_files" folder will be included in the list if the name is different than the report name. You may remove or re-order the items in the list. "Help" will open the help documentation report. "Open preference File" will open the preference file for editing formatting options or selecting Word template file. The default comments are used to transfer information to Word. Don't change the name of these comments. Fill in "Author", "Subject" and "Prepared for" in the project details by clicking on the project folder in the model tree. Also rename the project as this will be the title of the Word report. ReportName: File name of Word document, e.g. "ReportGeneratorHelp.docx". Note: Using ".doc" will create a word document where the pictures are saved in the document and using ".docx" will use linked images. A ".docx" document can be saved as a pdf to include the pictures in the document or by breaking the links to all pictures from the menu "File>Edit Links to Files". Introduction: Text for first section of the report. Note: Adding a "Image from File..." and include "Introduction" in the image name will place the image in the "Introduction" section of the report. Conclusions: Text for the final section of the report. Figure 1. Introduction - Report EDRMedeso V

5 Figure 2. Introduction - Graphics Figure 3. Introduction - Mechanical EDRMedeso V

6 2. Model 2.1. Geometry General information When using a comment with the standard name "Comment" this will not give a heading in the report. By setting a name of the comment you will get a heading with heading level one level below the parent object. All parts that are tagged will be included in the part list summary. To avoid duplicate lines from e.g. many bolts you may only tag one of the bolts to simplify the list. You can add "User Defined Graphics Annotations" to set names in the figures. Figure 4. Pump assembly Pump Housing Here you can add a comment to describe the part, add Commands and/or add an image. The image can be a photo or a detail from the model saved to a file. The pump housing is an aluminum pressure die cast component. EDRMedeso V

7 Figure 5. Pump housing Commands (APDL)! Commands inserted into this file will be executed just after material definitions in /PREP7.! The material number for this body is equal to the parameter "matid".! Active UNIT system in Workbench when this object was created: Metric (mm, t, N, s, mv, ma)! NOTE: Any data that requires units (such as mass) is assumed to be in the consistent solver unit system.! See Solving Units in the help system for more information.! Command object to perform some actions! keyopt,matid,1,0 EDRMedeso V

8 Point Mass Figure 6. Point Mass Distributed Mass Figure 7. Distributed Mass EDRMedeso V

9 Part list summary Part name Stiffness Material name Nonlinear Mass [tonne] #Elements #Nodes Pump Housing Flexible Aluminum Alloy True e Impeller Flexible Polyethylene True e Pulley Flexible Structural Steel True e Shaft Flexible Structural Steel True e Nut Flexible Structural Steel True e Base Flexible Structural Steel True e Bolt.1 Flexible Structural Steel True e Total e Table 1. Part list summary Point mass list summary Point mass name Point mass type Mass [tonne] X [mm] Y [mm] Z [mm] Point Mass Point mass e e e e+01 Distributed Mass Distributed mass e Table 2. Point mass list summary 2.2. Material Properties Material name Temp Ex Nuxy Temp Density Temp Alpx Yield limit Ultimate limit [C] [MPa] [-] [C] [Mg/mm^3] [C] [-/C] [MPa] [MPa] Aluminum Alloy e e Polyethylene e e Structural Steel e e Table 3. Structural material properties (solver consistent units) Material name Temp Kxx Kyy Kzz Temp C [C] [mw/(mm C)] [mw/(mm C)] [mw/(mm C)] [C] [mj/(mg C)] e e+02 Aluminum Alloy e e e+02 Polyethylene e e+08 Structural Steel e e+08 Table 4. Thermal material properties (solver consistent units) Note: Material name: "Aluminum Alloy" contains "Isotropic Hardening" not printed. EDRMedeso V

10 2.3. Coordinate Systems Local Coordinate System Figure 8. Local Coordinate System Property Value Type Cartesian Origin - Origin X 0 [mm] Origin Y 0 [mm] Origin Z 0 [mm] Directional Vectors - X Axis Data [ ] Y Axis Data [ ] Z Axis Data [ ] Table 5. Local Coordinate System EDRMedeso V

11 2.4. Connections Contacts General contact information Tagging a contact object will include the contact properties in a contact summary table. Also like for parts you may include command objects and imported pictures. Figure 9. Contact overview Contacts Summary Contact Name Type Friction Coeff Behavior Formulation No Separation - PumpHousing To Impeller NoSeparation N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - PumpHousing To Pulley Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange No Separation - PumpHousing To Shaft NoSeparation N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Frictional - PumpHousing To Base Frictional 0.14 Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange No Separation - Bolt.1 To PumpHousing NoSeparation N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - Impeller To Shaft Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - Nut To Impeller Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - Pulley To Shaft Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - Shaft To Nut Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Bonded - Bolt.1 To Base Bonded N/A Asymmetric AugmentedLagrange Table 6. Contact settings summary EDRMedeso V

12 2.5. Mesh Figure 10. Global mesh Global mesh settings Property Value Simplified Mesh Sizing UI Yes Defaults - Physics Preference Mechanical Sizing - Element Size 8 [mm] Mesh Defeaturing Yes Defeature Size 1 [mm] Growth Rate 1.8 Capture Curvature Yes Curvature Min Size 2 [mm] Max Size 16 [mm] Curvature Normal Angle Default (70 ) Capture Proximity No Quality - Check Mesh Quality Yes, Errors Error Limits Standard Mechanical Target Quality Default Advanced - Straight Sided Element No Triangle Surface Mesher Program Controlled Topology Checking Yes Pinch Tolerance Default Generate Pinch on Refresh No Table 7. Global mesh settings summary EDRMedeso V

13 2.6. Named Selections Named selections may be included in the report if it is tagged Impeller Figure 11. Impeller Scope - Scoping Method Geometry Selection Geometry 1 Body Definition - Send to Solver Yes Solver Name IMPELLER Program Controlled Inflation Exclude Statistics - Volume e+04 [mm^3] Table 8. Details of "Impeller" EDRMedeso V

14 Inside Figure 12. Inside Scope - Scoping Method Geometry Selection Geometry 19 Faces Definition - Send to Solver Yes Solver Name INSIDE Program Controlled Inflation Exclude Statistics - Surface Area e+04 [mm^2] Table 9. Details of "Inside" EDRMedeso V

15 Inside_nodal Figure 13. Inside_nodal Scope - Scoping Method Worksheet Geometry 3199 Nodes Definition - Send to Solver Yes Solver Name INSIDE_NODAL Program Controlled Inflation Exclude Table 10. Details of "Inside_nodal" EDRMedeso V

16 3. Steady-State Thermal 3.1. Analysis Settings Step EndTime [sec] Time Stepping Defined By Initial Minimum Maximum 1 1 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A Table 11. Time steps summary Property Value Solver Type ProgramControlled Weak Springs ProgramControlled Large Deformation False Inertia Relief False Solver Units System ConsistentNMM Table 12. Analysis settings summary Tagging the Analysis Settings will create a summary table for the load steps (time, substeps etc.) and the analysis settings Convection inside Figure 14. Convection inside - oil spash Time [sec] Convection Coeff. [W/(mm^2 C)] Temperature [C] Table 13. Convection inside EDRMedeso V

17 3.3. Convection outside Figure 15. Natural convection outside Time [sec] Convection Coeff. [W/(mm^2 C)] Temperature [C] Table 14. Convection outside EDRMedeso V

18 3.4. Temperature Figure 16. Fixed temperature - Base Time [sec] Temperature [C] Table 15. Temperature EDRMedeso V

19 4. Thermal Results 4.1. Temperature Figure 17. Steady state temperature Details of: Temperature Definition - Type Temperature By Time Display Time 1. [s] Results - Minimum [C] Maximum 95. [C] Average [C] Minimum Occurs On Pump Housing Maximum Occurs On Base Minimum Value Over Time - Minimum [C] Maximum [C] Maximum Value Over Time - Minimum 95. [C] Maximum 95. [C] Table 16. Details of "Temperature" EDRMedeso V

20 5. Static Structural 5.1. Analysis Settings Step EndTime[sec] Time Stepping Defined By Carry Over Initial Minimum Maximum 1 1 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 2 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 3 ProgramControlled N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Table 17. Time steps summary Property Value Solver Type ProgramControlled Weak Springs Off Large Deformation False Inertia Relief False Solver Units System ConsistentNMM Table 18. Analysis settings summary Figure 18. Load summary EDRMedeso V

21 5.2. Boundary Conditions By grouping load objects you create a section where the group name becomes the heading name Frictionless Support Figure 19. Frictionless Support Base EDRMedeso V

22 5.3. Loads Bearing Load Figure 20. Bearing Load Time [sec] X [N] Y [N] Z [N] e+03 =0 = e+03 =0 =0 Table 19. Bearing Load, Global Coordinate System EDRMedeso V

23 Bolt Pretension 1 The same bolt pretension is applied to all eight bolts. Figure 21. Bolt Pretension Step Define By Preload [N] Preadjustment [m] Increment [m] 1 Load N/A N/A 2 Lock N/A N/A N/A 3 Lock N/A N/A N/A Table 20. Bolt Pretension 1 EDRMedeso V

24 5.4. Imported Load (A6) To make pictures from imported load you may take any result object (direct from the "Imported Load" or from "Thermal") and apply selections, section planes etc. and save figure to file using "New Static Images". Then insert the image on any object (Image from File...) and tag the imported image with "Report". The difference betwen ANSYS standard function "Image" and the "New Static Images" is that the former only works for one object at the time with the current graphic size and background color and the later works for multiple objects and uses the report settings graphic size and background color. If you delete the "Image" object in the tree the picture file is still saved in the "user_files". Figure 22. Imported Body Temperature EDRMedeso V

25 6. Structural Results 6.1. Pump housing results By grouping result objects you create a section where the group name becomes the heading name. Grouping results objects (contour, path and probe) of the same type and tagging the group but not the objects will create a summary table of result details. You may include figures from the result objects if the "Figure" object is tagged. Figure 23. Equivalent (von-mises) Stress - Pump housing 1 Figure 24. Equivalent (von-mises) Stress - Pump housing 2 EDRMedeso V

26 Figure 25. Equivalent (von-mises) Stress - Pump housing 3 Equivalent Stress - Pump Equivalent Stress - Pump Equivalent Stress - Pump Details of: housing 1 housing 2 housing 3 Definition Equivalent (von-mises) Equivalent (von-mises) Equivalent (von-mises) Type Stress Stress Stress By Time Time Time Display Time 1. [s] 2. [s] 3. [s] Results Minimum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Maximum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Average [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Minimum Occurs On Pump Housing Pump Housing Pump Housing Maximum Occurs On Pump Housing Pump Housing Pump Housing Minimum Value Over Time Minimum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Maximum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Maximum Value Over Time Minimum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Maximum [MPa] [MPa] [MPa] Table 21. Pump housing results summary list EDRMedeso V

27 6.2. Bolt reaction Grouping results objects (contour, path and probe) of the same type and tagging the group but not the objects will create a summary table of result details. You don't need to have "Figure" objects. Details of: Bolt 1 reaction Bolt 2 reaction Bolt 3 reaction Bolt 4 reaction Definition Type BoltPretension BoltPretension BoltPretension BoltPretension Boundary Condition Bolt Pretension 1 Bolt Pretension 2 Bolt Pretension 3 Bolt Pretension 4 Options Display Time Last Last Last Last Results Adjustment [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] Working Load e+04 [N] e+04 [N] e+04 [N] e+04 [N] Maximum Value Over Time Adjustment [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] Working Load e+04 [N] e+04 [N] e+04 [N] e+04 [N] Minimum Value Over Time Adjustment [mm] [mm] [mm] [mm] Working Load 0 [N] 0 [N] 0 [N] 0 [N] Table 22. Bolt reaction summary list EDRMedeso V

28 6.3. Total Deformation Figure 26. Total deformation LS 3 Details of: Total Deformation Definition - Type Total Deformation By Time Display Time 3. [s] Results - Minimum 0 [mm] Maximum [mm] Average [mm] Minimum Occurs On Base Maximum Occurs On Impeller Minimum Value Over Time - Minimum 0 [mm] Maximum 0 [mm] Maximum Value Over Time - Minimum [mm] Maximum [mm] Table 23. Details of "Total Deformation" EDRMedeso V

29 6.4. Contact Results Pressure Figure 27. Contact pressure Details of: Pressure Definition - Type Pressure By Time Display Time 3. [s] Results - Minimum 0 [MPa] Maximum [MPa] Average [MPa] Minimum Occurs On Pump Housing Maximum Occurs On Bolt.4 Minimum Value Over Time - Minimum 0 [MPa] Maximum 0 [MPa] Maximum Value Over Time - Minimum [MPa] Maximum [MPa] Table 24. Details of "Pressure" EDRMedeso V

30 7. Bolt 1 Reaction force Tagging a graph object will create a section at the end of the report before the "Reference" section. Figure 28. Bolt 1 Reaction force EDRMedeso V

31 8. Conclusions This project shows how to set up a report using the ACT application by EDRMedeso. The Word template can be customized by the user to modify the layout and text styles. Open and edit the Word template from "C:\Users\userName\AppData\Roaming\Ansys\v190\ACT\extensions\ReportGenerator_V190.8\". The Word template name, Table, caption and UCO style can be defined in the file "reportgeneratorpref.py" found in the same folder. The tool can be further customized to your needs to include other fixed headings, text objects etc. Also the content and information from the model can be modified e.g. detailed material properties listings and more. Contact EDRMedeso info@edrmedeso.com for more information. To update a new default version of to a customized version first install the new app version and then replace the files "ReportGenerator.dotm", "reportgeneratorpref.py" and "reportgeneratorcustom.py" with your modifed versions from previous app version. EDRMedeso V