Workshop 1 Intro.

(Fly Wheel)
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Workshop 1 Introduction
In this workshop, the vibration characteristics of a spinning flywheel will be investigated.

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Workshop 1 Project Schematic

Drop a Static Structural system into the Project Schematic. In this system, the rotational velocity will be applied.

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Drop a Modal system onto the Results cell of the Static Structural system. In this system, the prestressed modes will be found.

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Drop a Harmonic Response system onto the Model cell of the Static Structural System. In this system, a harmonic load will be applied to the static flywheel.

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Import the geometry file

Flywheel.igs
Edit the Model cell to open the Mechanical application.

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Workshop 1 Units
In Mechanical, set the following units system:

mm, kg, N, s, mV, mA Degrees RPM Celcius

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Workshop 1 Preprocessing
Create a new cylindrical coordinate system at the global origin.

You may want to rename the system for easy identification.

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Select the inside surface of the hub and insert a Fixed support.

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Insert a Rotational Velocity inertial load.

set the Z component to 600 RPM

Solve the model.

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Insert a Directional Deformation.

set the Coordinate System to the Cylindrical Coordinate System

The X-Axis orientation is now the radial component.

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Duplicate the Directional Deformation.

set the Orientation to Y Axis

This is now the tangential component of deformation.

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Using the cylindrical coordinate system again, insert radial and tangential components of stress.

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Workshop 1 Modal Postprocessing

Move down to the Modal branch and Solve. Insert total deformation plots to review the mode shapes.

Highlight all rows in the frequency table. Right click and Create Mode Shape Results.

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Workshop 1 Harmonic Preprocessing

Drag and drop the Fixed Support from the Static Structural branch into the Harmonic Response Branch.

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Insert an Acceleration inertial load.

set the Z component to 2 G (~20000 mm/s^2)

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Workshop 1 Harmonic Solution Settings

Modify the Analysis Settings.

set the Range Maximum to 500 Hz set Cluster Results to Yes set Constant Damping Ratio to 5%
Solve the model.

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Insert a Deformation Frequency Response result on the outer surface of the flywheel.

set the Spatial Resolution to Use

Maximum set the Orientation to Z Axis

Make note of the frequency and phase angle at which the maximum amplitude occurs.

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Insert a Directional Deformation result.

set the Orientation to Z Axis use the frequency and phase angle for the maximum amplitude, noted from the previous slide (~240
Hz @ 93)

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