Workshop 1
Crush of Filled Soda Can
14.5 Release
Introduction to ANSYS Autodyn part II
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Workshop Goal and Procedure
Goal
Crush an aluminum beverage can
Procedure
– Create an Explicit Dynamics Analysis System
– Import and mesh the soda can geometry
– Define analysis settings and boundary conditions
– Initiate the solution and review the results
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Step 1 Create the Project
• Start ANSYS Workbench
• Create an Explicit Dynamics Analysis system by doubleclicking on the system
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Edit Engineering Data to add new materials
– Double-click on Engineering Data cell
– Select the last slot to add new materials:
• Soda_Can
• Water
• Soda_Can_Failure
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Add the following Physical Properties by dragging
and dropping them to the specified material
– Soda_Can and Soda_Can_Failure
• Density
• Isotropic Elasticity
• Bilinear Isotropic Hardening
– Soda_Can_Failure Only (additional)
• Plastic Strain Failure
– Water
• Density
• Isotropic Elasticity
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Material property data of Soda_Can
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Material property data of Soda_Can_Failure
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Material property data of Water
Poisson’s ratio = 0.49999999
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Step 2 Define Material Data
• Return to the Project Schematic
• Save the project.
– Use the name “crush_soda_can”
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Step 3 Import the Geometry
• Right-click on the Geometry cell to import the geometry
file named “filled_soda_can.agdb”
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Step 4 Specify Materials
• Right-click on the Model cell and then Edit to open
Mechanical
• Define the properties for
Soda, Punch, and Die
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Step 4 Specify Materials
• Define Soda Can properties
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Step 5 Specify Contacts
• Select Body Interactions
– Set Shell Thickness Factor
to 1.0
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Step 6 Mesh the Geometry
• Right-click on Mesh and then
click on Generate Mesh
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Step 7 Edit Analysis Settings
• Specify End Time to 6E-4 s
• Change the Scope to Eulerian
Bodies only (there is no need
to extend the Euler mesh to
cover the punch and die)
• Reduce the Total Cells from
250000 to 25000 (this is a
simple model, so a very fine
Euler mesh is not needed)
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Step 8 Set Boundary Conditions
• Right-click on Explicit Dynamics to insert Fixed Support and
then scope it to the Die
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Step 9 Set Boundary Conditions
• Right-click Explicit Dynamics to insert Displacement and then
scope it to the Punch
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Step 9 Set Boundary Conditions
• Set up Displacement for X/Y/Z Components
• Enter Tabular Data as follows
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Step 10 Define Result Set
• Right-click on Solution to insert Directional Velocity
(Orientation: X Axis)
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Step 11 Run Explicit Dynamics
• Save the project
• Click Solve to run the Analysis
• Choose Solution Information to see progress
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Step 11 Post-Process the Results
The X velocity plot should look like this:
Soda material flows out
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