Ansys Workbench - Analysis Engineering Training Program

Explore the finite element method, its static, dynamic, and harmonic analyses, and how mesh quality, boundary conditions, and material models enable accurate, optimized engineering simulations.

Explore starting a project in Ansys Workbench, choosing thermal or static structural templates, linking thermal and structural analyses, and using input and output parameters and units to optimize results.

Select and manage materials in Ansys Workbench by using engineering data, linking and unlinking material properties, and adding or customizing materials for static analyses.

Set up a static structural analysis in the Ansys mechanical interface by importing geometry, defining materials, and applying boundary conditions. Mesh the model, run the solution, and post-process results.

Navigate the Ansys Workbench interface by creating a simple 3d model, applying surface temperatures, meshing, and performing a static structural analysis with fixed supports and an x-direction force.

Learn chapter 5 mesh model techniques in Ansys Workbench, from automatic mesh generation to size control, local refinements, and contact sizing for accurate mechanical analysis.

Explore chapter 6 context and boundary conditions in static structural analysis by defining displacement, using rigid or flexible options, and detailing bonded, frictional, and frictionless contacts, supports, and beam elements.

Analyze an aluminum part under external pressure with a static structural study in Ansys Workbench, applying boundary conditions, friction supports, and evaluating deformation and safety factor.

Analyze force reaction in a gear with Ansys Workbench, applying a 2500 N load in 2D, using a remote point and sliding contact to obtain moment reaction and total deformation.

Change geometry dimensions in the design modeler, define them as input parameters, and use a static structural analysis to obtain maximum equivalent stress as an output parameter.

Learn how to save all files after finishing an analysis in Ansys Workbench, including saving to another folder, viewing files and results, and saving the project as a template.

Create a line-based model, define a cross section to form a solid geometry, and run a static structural analysis with fixed supports and applied forces, analyzing deformation and reactions.

Run a static analysis in Ansys Workbench to assess bearing load on a belt pulley impeller, using polyethylene housing and a 100 N load, ensuring deformation stays under 0.75 mm.

learn to set units, import geometry, and generate a static structural mesh in ansys workbench, using virtual topology, face meshing, and sizing to improve quality, then evaluate mesh statistics.

Perform a static structural analysis in ANSYS Workbench on a bracket made of structural steel, applying a force along the y axis, and assess stress, deformation, and safety factor.

Perform a static structural analysis of a bridge by modeling line and surface bodies, applying a 50,000 force, and examining deformation, stresses, and bonded contacts.

In this static structural analysis in Ansys Workbench, assemble parts with bolt connections using beam elements, apply a remote force, enable frictional contact, and evaluate total deformation and equivalent stress.

Explore how defining a 0.39 mm gap between a cylinder and piston affects contact definitions and simulation results in Ansys Workbench, including fix supports, forces, and displacements.

Explore defining joint connections in an Ansys Workbench analysis by creating joint groups, automatic connections, rotary and fixed joints, supports, and piston loading to study deformation and stress.

Perform a static analysis in Ansys Workbench for a 2D axisymmetric model with stainless and structural steel, applying 0.1 MPa pressure, enabling symmetry, and assessing stress and deformation.

Explore modal analysis in ANSYS Workbench to compute natural frequencies and prevent resonance under linear elastic conditions. Set up models, contexts, and contact types in assemblies, and generate shape results.

Perform a modal analysis of a motor cover to examine resonance at 1000 hertz, defining fixed and frictional supports, setting US customary units, and modeling a 0.05 inch thickness.

Design and analyze a prosthesis model in ansys workbench using modal and static structural analyses, applying fixed supports and a 4000 N force, and examining frequencies and mode shapes.

Conduct a static structural analysis of a bolted ventilation pipe assembly in ANSYS Workbench, applying a 1000 N y-axis force and evaluating stress and deformation.

Apply symmetry region options to a CAD model to analyze a bearing load on a quarter of the model in a static structural study, observing stresses and deformation.

Analyze a pulley using a partial circle model with symmetry and cyclic region in Ansys workbench, applying cylindrical coordinates and rotational velocity to reveal about 9.5–10 MPa stress.

Create a three-stage workflow coupling steady-state thermal, static structural, and modal analyses to reveal temperatures, deformations, and natural frequencies.

Perform static structural analysis of a crane apparatus in ANSYS Workbench with bonded roller contacts, fixed supports, and minus y axis loads, revealing 0.58 mm deformation and 78 MPa stress.

Perform a static structural analysis of a stainless steel spring in ANSYS Workbench, defining a fixed bottom support and minus-y force, meshing the model, and evaluating deformation and stress.

Demonstrates static structural analysis of a stainless steel pressure vessel in ANSYS Workbench, including importing the 3D model, meshing, bonded contacts, fixed supports, internal pressure, and stress results.

Analyzes a bike frame aluminum under static structural analysis, defines 2 mm thickness, applies 20 MPa pressure with fixed supports, and examines stress, deformation, and reaction forces and moments.

Perform a static structural analysis of a prosthetic bone in Ansys workbench, using titanium alloy and tetrahedral meshing to evaluate maximum stress against a safety factor of five.

Perform a torsion analysis of a shaft in a static structural study, using hex-dominant meshing and a 100000 N·m moment along the x axis, to assess deformation and stress.

Perform a static structural analysis of a pipe–bolt connection under internal pressure in Ansys Workbench, importing 3D model, meshing, applying fixed supports, and evaluating deformation and bolt and nut stress.

Generate a mesh model with default options in Ansys Workbench, assess mesh quality, and explore improvements using adaptive sizing, captured curvature, and captured proximity.

Explore creating and comparing meshes in Ansys workbench using cartesian, sweep, and hex-dominant methods across three bodies, with quality checks and SpaceClaim separation.

This example shows how varying element size and using adaptive sizing with curvature and proximity controls impacts mesh quality and element count in an ANSYS Workbench model.

Apply a practical meshing workflow in ANSYS workbench for valve assembly using tetrahedral and patch conforming methods, with local sizing and curvature capture to improve mesh quality.

Learn to mesh a shell pressure vessel in ANSYS Workbench with quadrilateral elements, face sizing, captured curvature, and inflation, then assess quality metrics like skewness and refine.

Explore bomb geometry meshing workflows in ANSYS Workbench, using SpaceClaim to improve geometry, apply virtual topology and split operations, and generate hex-dominated meshes for explicit analysis.

The example application shows manifold geometry meshing in ANSYS Workbench, detailing a matching operation, virtual topology, face splitting, and inflation and sizing for CFT analysis with mesh quality checks.

Explore static vs dynamic analysis and the decision criteria. Learn about modal analysis, harmonic analysis, spectrum analysis, vibration analysis, and transient analysis, and when to apply them to time-varying loads.

Explore how modal analysis reveals the vibration characteristics of linear elastic structures, identifies natural frequencies and potential resonance, and informs static versus dynamic analysis and damping strategies.

Perform a plate modal analysis in Ansys Workbench by importing a 3D aluminum plate, meshing, and applying fixed support to study stress, deformation, and natural frequencies.

Conduct a static structural analysis of a plane wing under bottom pressure, then perform a modal analysis to determine natural frequencies and mode shapes with preload.

Analyze responses to sinusoidal harmonic loads and assess damage in rotating parts such as crankshafts and turbine blades. Compare full harmonic response with the position response method near natural frequencies.

Analyze a fixed-fixed beam under two harmonic forces of structural steel to determine natural frequencies, mode shapes, and harmonic response from 0 to 50 Hz, with damping and amplitude insights.

Perform static structural and model analyses on a flywheel in structural steel, using frictionless supports and coordinate systems, then apply harmonic response analysis to study natural frequencies and mode shapes.

Use spectrum analysis to replace time history analysis for predicting structure response to random loads such as earthquakes, leveraging natural frequencies, single point and multipoint analyses, and damping parameter options.

Perform static structural, model, and response spectrum analyses on a bridge under seismic load using imported 3D geometry, gravity, fixed supports, and earthquake data.

Learn to perform random vibration analysis in Ansys Workbench, using power spectral density to characterize a structure's response and derive input groups, amplitudes, and sigma-based statistics.

Evaluate a girder assembly's random vibration with a power spectral density input to determine displacement, stresses, natural frequencies, and mode shapes.

Explore transient analysis in Ansys Workbench to capture a structure’s dynamic response under time-dependent loads, including inertia, damping, and non-linear effects, with rigid vs flexible geometry and near time integration.

Explore transient and rigid dynamic analyses in Ansys Workbench using a structural steel model with joints. Set initial time steps and energy checks to compare deformation and stress across analyses.

Execute a transient structural analysis of a caster wheel under a side impact. Define frictional contact, apply gravity and velocity, mesh the geometry, and review stress and deformation results.

This example demonstrates damping effects on a five-mass mechanical system, using modal analysis to obtain natural frequencies and mode shapes, then harmonic response analysis with damping.

Demonstrates a car crash analysis in Ansys Workbench, from constructing a simple car surface and barricade to defining materials, boundary conditions, and analyzing deformation and stress.

Demonstrates an explicit dynamics crash analysis of an aluminum car body hitting a barricade, modeling nonlinear material, defining boundary conditions, meshing, and evaluating deformation and stress results.

Demonstrates a two-car crash analysis in Ansys Workbench, defining boundary conditions, meshing, and material changes (steel to aluminum alloy nonlinear), solving explicit dynamics, and evaluating results.

Explore a pileup analysis in explicit dynamics on three vehicles and a pillar in Ansys workbench; import 3d models, define boundary conditions, nonlinear materials, and review results and animation.

Conduct a bullet impact analysis in explicit dynamics, modeling a plate and a bullet with aluminum and structural steel, varying plate thickness and evaluating deformation and stress.

Simulate a crash analysis for two objects in Ansys Workbench using explicit dynamics, varying velocities, materials, and boundary conditions to observe deformation and post-impact results.

demonstrates a circular gears rigid dynamics analysis in ansys workbench, defining linear contact and boundary conditions, setting rotational velocity to 1.5, and evaluating deformation, moments, and angular velocity.

Perform a rigid dynamic analysis of conic gears in ANSYS Workbench using no-separation linear contacts and rotational boundary conditions to analyze deformation, velocity, and acceleration.

Demonstrates how to set up a copper pipe heat transfer analysis in Ansys workbench, including boundary conditions, convection, and radiation, then mesh, solve, and review temperature contours for interior water.

Simulate heat transfer analysis with contacts between two parts of different materials, defining a pinball contact region, refining the mesh, and applying ambient boundary conditions to study temperature distribution.

Perform a transient thermal analysis of a heater model in copper alloy using ANSYS Workbench, defining ambient temperature, material properties, mesh, time steps, and evaluating temperature and heat flux results.