Several Ansys, Inc. publications, particularly the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual, describe additional transient dynamic analyses.
The Mechanical APDL Verification Manual consists of test case analyses demonstrating the analysis capabilities of the program. While these test cases demonstrate solutions to realistic analysis problems, the Mechanical APDL Verification Manual does not present them as step-by-step examples with lengthy data input instructions and printouts (unnecessary if you have at least some finite element experience). Be sure to review each test case's finite element model and input data with accompanying comments.
The Mechanical APDL Verification Manual includes a variety of transient dynamic analysis test cases:
| VM9 - Large Lateral Deflection of Unequal Stiffness Springs |
| VM40 - Large Deflection and Rotation of a Beam Pinned at One End |
| VM65 - Transient Response of a Ball Impacting a Flexible Surface |
| VM71 - Transient Response of a Spring, Mass, Damping System |
| VM72 - Logarithmic Decrement |
| VM73 - Free Vibration with Coulomb Damping |
| VM74 - Transient Response to an Impulsive Excitation |
| VM75 - Transient Response to a Step Excitation |
| VM77 - Transient Response to a Constant Force with a Finite Rise Time |
| VM79 - Transient Response of a Bilinear Spring Assembly |
| VM80 - Plastic Response to a Suddenly Applied Constant Force |
| VM81 - Transient Response of a Drop Container |
| VM84 - Displacement Propagation along a Bar with Free Ends |
| VM85 - Transient Displacements in a Suddenly Stopped Moving Bar |
| VM91 - Large Rotation of a Swinging Pendulum |
| VM156 - Natural Frequency of Nonlinear Spring-Mass System |
| VM158 - Motion of a Bobbing Buoy |
| VM179 - Dynamic Double Rotation of a Jointed Beam |
| VM182 - Transient Response of a Spring-Mass System |