Nonlinear Structural
Chapter Overview
The following will be covered in this Chapter:
General Background on Nonlinear Theory
Setting Up Nonlinear Analyses
Metal Plasticity
Solving Nonlinear Models
Reviewing Results
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Newton-Raphson Method
The actual relationship between load and
displacement (shown with a yellow dotted line) is not
known beforehand
Consequently, a series of linear approximations with
corrections is performed. This is a simplified
explanation of the Newton-Raphson method (shown
as solid red lines)
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Newton-Raphson Method
In the Newton-Raphson Method, the total
load Fa is applied in iteration 1. The result
Fa
is x1. From the displacements, the internal
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forces F1 can be calculated. If F a F1, then
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the system is not in equilibrium. Hence,
F1
a new stiffness matrix (slope of red line) is
1
calculated based on the current conditions.
The difference of Fa - F1 is the out-of-balance
or residual forces. The residual forces must
x1
x
be small enough for the solution to converge.
This process is repeated until F a = Fi. In this example,
after iteration 4, the system achieves equilibrium and the
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Fb
Fb2
Fb1
Fa
Fa1
xa
In the example on right, the iterations between the dotted white lines
indicate equilibrium iterations.
xb
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Recall that ANSYS Professional does not support largedeflection analyses for solid bodies
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Load Orientation
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Deflection
Direction After
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All other external loads are then applied in the second load step,
once the grip length is shortened.
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C. Metal Plasticity
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What is plasticity?
Elasticity
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Review of Elasticity:
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Yield Strength y
Review of Plasticity:
Unloading
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Rate-Independent Plasticity
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Rate-Independent Plasticity:
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eng
eng
Up until the point at which necking occurs:
eng 1 eng
ln 1 eng
Beyond necking:
There is no conversion equation relating engineering to true stress-strain at
necking. The instantaneous cross-section must be measured.
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Inside the yield surface, as noted earlier, behavior is elastic. Note that the
multiaxial stress state can exist anywhere inside of the cylinder. At the edge of
the cylinder (circle), yielding will occur. No stress state can exist outside of
the cylinder. Instead, hardening rules will describe how the cylinder changes
with respect to yielding.
Plastic
Elastic
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Hardening Rules
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Plastic
Yield Surface after Loading
Hardening Rules:
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Initial Yield Surface
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Isotropic Hardening
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Subsequent
Yield Surface
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Initial Yield
Surface
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Isotropic Hardening:
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Bilinear
Multilinear
Curve shapes
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Material Properties
Linear elastic material properties must be supplied
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Bilinear Stress-Strain
The Bilinear Stress-Strain requires two input values:
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Multilinear Stress-Strain
The Multilinear Stress-Strain allows stress-strain input:
Right-click on the spreadsheet to add rows
Input as many Strain and Stress values as needed
The stress-strain plot will be displayed dynamically
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Workshop 2A
Compare and contrast results using small deflection, large deflection and large
deflection with metal plasticity on a model with identical loads and boundary
conditions.
Model Description
3D large deflection of spring plate
Spring plate
Ductile steel
Fixed support
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This project contains a Design Modeler (DM) geometry file Spring_ws01.agdb and a
Simulation (S) file Spring_ws01.dsdb.
Highlight the the Model, Small Deflection-Linear Matl (Spring_ws01.dsdb) file and
open a Simulation Session.
Steps to Follow:
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After solution run is complete, open the Solution Information folder and scroll to near
the bottom of the output. Note the solution still solves in one substep, but 9 iterations
were made on the stiffness matrix during the run to account for large deflection effects.
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Review the large deflection analysis displacement and stress results and compare with the
first run. Note: Total Deformation is larger, but max equivalent stress is actually slightly
lower and in a different location then the linear run.
Extra Credit: To better understand the differences, try post processing x and y deflections
and equivalent strains separately for both runs. Note the dramatic increase in the y
deflections especially and the different distributions of strain energies.
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This last solution run can take up to two minutes depending on machine.
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Review the displacement and stress results and compare with the large deflection run.
Note: Total Deformation is considerably larger and stresses come down due to the
dramatic loss of stiffness as part goes plastic.
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Add Equivalent Plastic Strain to the solution branch for a better picture of where most
of the yielding occurs.
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Nonlinear Solution
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In this example, the initial penetration 7e-5 may be very small compared
to the dimensions of the model, so it can be ignored. These small values
of penetration or gaps may be caused by the mesh discretization.
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Note that for each equilibrium iteration, the residual forces (FORCE
CONVERGENCE VALUE) must be lower than the CRITERION
Ideally, the residual or out-of-balance forces should be zero for a
system to be in equilibrium. However, because of machine
precision and practical concerns, Simulation determines a value
small enough to result in negligible error. This value is the
CRITERION, and the FORCE CONVERGENCE VALUE must be
smaller than the CRITERION for the substep to be converged.
In the example below, after 3 equilibrium iterations, the residual
forces are lower than the criterion, so the solution is converged.
Informative messages (such as convergence or bisection) are
noted with >>> and <<< in the output.
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Text Output
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Results Tracker
Besides monitoring the out-of-balance forces, a
Results Tracker is available from the Solution
Information branch
The Results Tracker enables users to monitor
deformation at a vertex and/or contact region
information during the solution.
For Results Tracker > Deformation, select a
vertex of interest and specify whether x, y, or z
deformation is to be monitored.
For Results Tracker > Contact, a pull-down
menu enables users to select a contact region.
Then, the quantity to track (such as number of
contacting elements) can be displayed.
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F. Reviewing Results
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Workshop 2B
G. Workshop 2B Goals
Goal:
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We will assume the material used for the pipe is a copper alloy
while all other parts are steel.
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. . . Workshop 2B Preprocessing
Change the working unit system to metric mm.
1. Units > Metric (mm, kg, MPa, C, s)
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Create a local coordinate system along the
pipes axis. Note, we will use the local
coordinate system for post processing 12.
later.
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With the Coordinate system branch highlighted:
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. . . Workshop 2B - Environment
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27. RMB > Insert > Stress > Equivalent (von Mises).
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Solve
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The solution for this workshop will take several minutes or more
depending on the available hardware.
The use of the pretension bolt load also causes 2 solutions to be run.
The first applies the pretension load and locks it down. The second
applies any remaining loads.
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Here we can see that the reaction in the weak springs is of the
order e-5, a negligible value.
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Highlight and plot the result Directional Deformation.
In this case the result is scoped only to the pipe section. Also,
since we employed a local cylindrical system at the pipe axis,
the X direction here is displayed in the radial sense.
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