Ansys Mechanical Link Example

An example Twin Builder project for an Ansys Mechanical Link is provided in the
<installation_directory>\Examples\Twin Builder\Components\Interfaces\Mechanical folder.

The example shows three separate reduced order models generated by Ansys Mechanical for Twin Builder:

• Clamped Free Beam

  

• Clamped Free Beam with a 20 kg mass at the free end

  

• Clamped Free Beam with a spring (stiffness of 10000 Newton per meter) and 20kg mass at the free end

  

The Ansys Mechanical source project files are also included in the BarExample_SimplorerMechanicalLink.zip file.

The Twin Builder project was created by first bringing the three models into Twin Builder. Three separate instances of the Clamped Free Beam were created and one instance each of the other two models were created on the schematic. A 20kg mass was applied to one instance of the Clamped Free Beam and a 10000 N/m spring and a 20 kg mass were applied to the third instance of the Clamped Free Beam. The results for TR and AC simulation are compared against the corresponding reduced order models.