ACP Tutorials

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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. Postprocessing

1.3.1. Postprocessing Setup in the Mechanical Application
1.3.2. Deformation Plots in the Mechanical Application
1.3.3. Failure Plot in the Mechanical Application
1.3.4. Stress Plot in the Mechanical Application
1.3.5. Through-the-Thickness Plot in the Mechanical Application

1.4. Summary

2. T-Joint Tutorial

2.1. Project Description

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

3.3. Reinforcements

3.3.1. Checking Initial Failure Results in the Mechanical Application

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 the Mechanical Application

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 the Mechanical Application

3.4. Summary

4. Advanced Sandwich Panel Tutorial

4.1. Project Description

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

5.2.1. 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. Postprocessing

5.5. Summary

6. Solid Modeling with Cut-Off Selection Rule Tutorial

6.1. Project Description

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

7.2.1. 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. Postprocessing

7.5.1. Total Deformation
7.5.2. Stress Plot
7.5.3. Composite Failure Tool
7.5.4. Composite Sampling Point Tool

7.6. Summary

8. Parameters in an ACP Application Tutorial

8.1. Project Description

8.3. Parametrization 1

8.3.1. Defining Input Parameters in ACP (Pre)
8.3.2. Defining Output Parameters in the Mechanical Application
8.3.3. Solving Additional Design Points

8.4. Parametrization 2

8.5. Summary

9. Other Training Resources