bicycle frame analysis in ansys

Armin Yousefi Kanani

15 Jul, 2014 06:22 PM

you can find this tutorial in Alberta university site but they have done it for ansys 9 and I have just modified it for new version. please pay attention to the red line and Please accept my apologies for poor English.

1. Step 1:

   In first step we should choose element type, in old version I think under version 10 you should choose ( pipe>> Elast straight 16 ) and you should give section details in ( Real constants ) but in new version we use 3D finite strain and then in sections part we input section details.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   

3. Step 3:

   give material data to software
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Now we want to make bicycle frame. we have 6 point and each points are made with (x,y,z)
   

   

5. Step 5:

   these are other points do it like previous picture.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Now we should connect point to each other
   

   

7. Step 7:

   our frame is ready