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Ansys Assignment 2 (Redo)

The document describes an ANSYS assignment to analyze a Z-bent bracket model. It includes: - Figures of the original and simplified bracket models - The simplified model has sharp corners for easier meshing - Meshes were created with tetrahedron and hex dominant methods - Smaller element size of 0.001m improved average element quality from 0.7913 to 0.9309 and reduced skewness

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Ansys Assignment 2 (Redo)

The document describes an ANSYS assignment to analyze a Z-bent bracket model. It includes: - Figures of the original and simplified bracket models - The simplified model has sharp corners for easier meshing - Meshes were created with tetrahedron and hex dominant methods - Smaller element size of 0.001m improved average element quality from 0.7913 to 0.9309 and reduced skewness

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ANSYS Assignment 2

Name : Mohamad Nabil Aklif b. Bero


SID: 0318783
Model: Z-Bent Bracket

Figure 1: Original Sheet Metal Mounting Plates / Brackets Z Bent Type

Figure 2: Simplified Sheet Metal Mounting Plates / Brackets


- Z Bent Type

The part/model show in figure 1 depicts the

Model in figure 2 shows the simplified

original model without any modification from

version of the sheet metal mounting plate/z

the Misumi Malaysia website. The CAD

bent type bracket. Chamfers and fillets has

drawing provided is then imported to

been removed to make the corners to have

Solidoworks to be simplified and features

sharp edged corners for the aforementioned

editing. From observation, the chamfer and

purposes. By having a regular geometry

fillet for the corners should be edited to

shape, meshing will be much easier as the

simplify the shape which will ease the

meshing shape fits the model shape. This is

meshing analysis later on in this assignment

also to provide a much faster analysis and no

by using Workbench.

parts are to be suppressed during this


analysis as it is a one-unit model.

Figure 3: Combine screenshot of Workbench (Tetrahedron)

Figure 4: Combine screenshot of Workbench (Hex Dominant)

Figure 5: Combine screenshot of Workbench (Refined Hex Dominant)

Discussion
Table 1: Compilation of analysis data

Element Size (m)


0.003
0.003
0.001

Average Element
Quality
0.7913
0.8063
0.9309

Average Skewness

Mesh Method

0.2898
0.2732
0.1254

Tetrahedron
Hex Dominant
Hex Dominant

From the results obtained from Workbench analysis, it is shown that hex dominant has the higher
element quality and lower average skewness as compared to the tetrahedron meshing method
with a fixed element size of 0.003 m. Element quality and skewness is however related to each
other. This is because as the skewness of the element increases, the element quality will be lower.
Average value is taken because the element of mesh is not as similar to the selected model at
some region. For example, at the hole in the model, the skewness at a particular point will be
higher due to the effort of trying to fit to the shape. The element quality could be increase by
using smaller element size as proven in screenshot in figure 5. It shows that by using 0.001 m
element size, it will give much better element equality and skewness as this provides the analysis
with more nodes and elements which in turns give a better finite element analysis. However, this
will cost more time to analyze the model because it will be more complicated and more thorough
compare to larger element sizes. Skewness in this case is reduced due to the smaller element size
because more element can be easily arranged to fit the region which requires skew, thus reduces
the skewness of the element.
By studying the trend of the graphs, the element quality shifted to the right side when element
size is reduced from 0.003 m to 0.001 m. Note that the right side of the x-axis of the graph
represent to the unity of element quality (which is 1) and the higher the number of element
quality is the better. Other than that, element quality can be improved by using smaller element
size for the surface of the hole in the z-bracket as this will reduce the skewness of element at
that particular region.

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