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1. Basic Sandwich Panel Tutorial
1.1. Project Description
1.1.1. Lay-Up Information
1.2. Setup and Solution
1.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
1.2.2. Configuring the Engineering Data in Ansys Workbench
1.2.3. Configuring Properties in ACP
1.2.3.1. Defining Fabric Properties
1.2.3.2. Defining Stackup Properties
1.2.3.3. Examining Stackup Properties
1.2.3.4. Defining Sub Laminates
1.2.3.5. Creating Rosettes
1.2.3.6. Creating an Oriented Selection Set
1.2.3.7. Creating Plies
1.2.4. Running the Analysis in Ansys Mechanical
1.2.4.1. Adding a Static Structural Component
1.2.4.2. Adding Boundary Conditions
1.3. Post-Processing
1.3.1. Setup ACP-Post
1.3.2. Deformation Plot in ACP
1.3.3. Failure Plot in ACP
1.3.4. Stress Plot in ACP
1.3.5. Through-the-Thickness Plot in ACP
1.4. Summary
2. T-Joint Tutorial
2.1. Project Description
2.2. Setup
2.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
2.2.2. Checking the Engineering Data and Model
2.2.3. Defining Fabrics
2.3. Modeling
2.3.1. Creating the Base Plate
2.3.1.1. Defining the Rosette
2.3.1.2. Defining the Base Plate's Oriented Selection Set
2.3.1.3. Defining a Section Cut
2.3.1.4. Defining the Base Plate's Plies
2.3.2. Creating the Stringer
2.3.2.1. Defining the Second Rosette and the Stringer's Oriented Selection Set
2.3.2.2. Defining the Stringer's Plies
2.3.3. Creating the Left Bonding
2.3.3.1. Defining the Left Bonding's Oriented Selection Set
2.3.3.2. Defining the Left Bonding's Plies
2.3.4. Creating the Right Bonding
2.3.4.1. Defining the Third Rosette and the Right Bonding's Oriented Selection Set
2.3.4.2. Defining the Right Bonding's Plies
2.3.5. Creating the Cover
2.3.5.1. Defining the Cover's Oriented Selection Set
2.3.5.2. Defining the Cover's Plies
2.3.6. Reviewing the Final Model
2.4. Summary
3. Selection Rules Tutorial
3.1. Project Description
3.2. Setup
3.3. Reinforcements
3.3.1. Checking Initial Failure Results in ACP (Post)
3.3.2. Modifying the Deck in ACP (Pre)
3.3.2.1. Defining Parallel Selection Rules
3.3.2.2. Defining a Boolean Selection Rule
3.3.2.3. Removing the Deck's Core around the Kneel Tower
3.3.3. Checking Failure Results of the Modified Deck in ACP (Post)
3.3.4. Adding a Reinforcing Patch for the Deck in ACP (Pre)
3.3.4.1. Creating a Ply in ACP
3.3.4.2. Creating a Ply Using Excel
3.3.5. Checking Failure Results of the Reinforced Deck in ACP (Post)
3.4. Summary
4. Advanced Sandwich Panel Tutorial
4.1. Project Description
4.2. Setup
4.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
4.2.2. Modifying the Mesh
4.3. Reinforcement
4.3.1. Creating Edge Sets
4.3.1.1. Creating an Edge Set in Mechanical
4.3.1.2. Creating an Edge Set in ACP
4.3.2. Defining Local Reinforcements using a Tube Selection Rule
4.3.3. Tapering the Core
4.3.4. Applying a Cut-Off Selection Rule on the Core
4.4. Summary
5. Solid Modeling Tutorial
5.1. Project Description
5.2. Setup
5.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
5.2.2. Checking the Engineering Data
5.3. Solution
5.3.1. Generating a Composite Model
5.3.1.1. Creating a Fabric
5.3.1.2. Defining a Rosette and an Oriented Selection Set
5.3.1.3. Creating Plies
5.3.2. Extruding a Solid Model
5.3.3. Assembling the Solid Composite Part and the Metal Parts
5.3.3.1. Transferring Data to Mechanical
5.3.3.2. Checking Automatically Defined Contacts
5.3.3.3. Adding Boundary Conditions
5.3.3.4. Solving the Model
5.4. Post-Processing
5.4.1. Connecting ACP (Pre) and Static Structural to ACP (Post)
5.4.2. Evaluating 3D and 2D Puck Failure Criteria
5.5. Summary
6. Solid Modeling with Cut-Off Selection Rule Tutorial
6.1. Project Description
6.2. Setup
6.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
6.2.2. Checking the Model's Properties
6.3. Modeling
6.3.1. Creating the First Modeling Ply
6.3.2. Importing the Geometries
6.3.3. Applying the Cut-Off Selection Rule
6.3.4. Creating the Second Modeling Ply and Extruding the Model
6.3.5. Smoothing the Model's Surface
6.4. Summary
7. Kiteboard Tutorial
7.1. Project Description
7.2. Setup
7.2.1. Opening the Project Archive in Ansys Workbench
7.2.2. Configuring the Engineering Data
7.2.3. Modifying the Model and Mesh
7.2.4. Configuring the Material Data
7.3. Modeling
7.3.1. Defining the Rosette and Oriented Selection Set
7.3.2. Creating the Bottom Modeling Ply and Defining a Section Cut
7.3.3. Creating the Core and Top Modeling Plies
7.4. Solution
7.5. Post-Processing
7.5.1. Post-Processing in Mechanical
7.5.1.1. Total Deformation in Mechanical
7.5.1.2. Composite Failure Tool in Mechanical
7.5.2. Post-Processing in ACP (Post)
7.5.2.1. Deformation Plot in ACP (Post)
7.5.2.2. Stress Plot in ACP (Post)
7.5.2.3. Failure Plot in ACP (Post)
7.5.2.4. Through-the-Thickness Plot in ACP (Post)
7.6. Summary
8. Parameters in ACP Tutorial
8.1. Project Description
8.2. Setup
8.3. Parametrization 1
8.3.1. Defining Input Parameters in ACP (Pre)
8.3.2. Defining Output Parameters in Mechanical
8.3.3. Defining Output Parameters in ACP (Post)
8.3.4. Solving Additional Design Points
8.4. Parametrization 2
8.5. Summary
9. Other Training Resources