05 - Week - v1

Department of Mechanical Engineering Advanced Vehicle Engineering – ANSYS
In this week, you will learn how to apply loads and boundary conditions to chassis models
and solve for stress and deformation. We will also analyze the effect of aerodynamic loads
during cornering and perform a front impact test.
1 Boundary Conditions and Solving

In this week, we will apply the loads and boundary conditions on our chassis model to
simulate two different cases.
1- Looking at the influence of aerodynamic loads during cornering.
2- A frontal impact test.
2 Aerodynamic + Cornering Test

To add a new analysis system click on new analysis tab select the static structural option as
displayed in Figure 1.
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Figure 1 New analysis tab.

Rename the new system as is arrow plus cornering test as displayed in Figure 2.
Figure 2 Rename the new system.
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To simulate this condition, we will apply a 2G acceleration in the positive x-direction and
standard earth gravity in the negative y-direction. The uprights will be fixed to restrict any
translational or rotational motion. Right click onto the arrow plus cornering tab and select
acceleration as displayed in Figure 3.
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Figure 3 Acceleration option.

Change the defined by tab to components and add to 2G acceleration in x-component as
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Figure 4 Change the defined.

From the same tab at standard earth gravity acting in the negative y-direction as displayed
in Figure 5.
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Figure 5 standard earth gravity.
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Figure 6 Negative y-direction.
To fix the uprights, we can drag and drop the fixed supports from cornering analysis to the
new system as displayed in Figure 7. This automatically applies the same boundary
condition on the uprights as defined before. We can see the four fixed supports acceleration
and earth gravity have been added and ready to be solved.
Figure 7 Drag and drop the fixed supports.
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Insert solution for the total deformation and beam tool in the model as displayed in Figure
8.
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Figure 8 Total deformation.
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Figure 9 Beam tool.
Solve the system as displayed in Figure 10.
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Figure 10 Solve the system.

Once solver completed its iterations, check the solutions by clicking onto the total
deformation button as displayed in Figure 11.
Figure 11 Deformation button.

During animation the solver automatically scales up the result for easier visualization as
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Figure 12 Animation.
By clicking on the auto scale and changing it to true scale the actual displacements can be
visualized as displayed in Figure 13.
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Figure 13 True scale.

Similarly open the beam tool to visualize the stress contours in the model as displayed in
Figure 14.
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Figure 14 Beam tool.
3 Front Impact Test

Add a new static structural system to the model and rename it as frontal impact test as
displayed in .
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Figure 15 New static structural.

Rename it as frontal impact test. To simulate the frontal impact test, we will apply a force of
30 000 Newton on front bulkhead while the four nodes at the rear structure will be simply
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supported corresponding to the suspension mounting points. Right-click on the frontal

impact test and insert a force as displayed in Figure 16.
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Figure 16 Force.
Click on the node selection filter and select the four nodes on front bulkhead of the frame
then click apply as displayed in Figure 17.
Figure 17 Node selection.

Change the defined by tab from vector to components and add a negative 30 000 N force in
the z component as displayed in Figure 18.
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Figure 18 Force in the z component.

To restrict the translational motion of the rear bulkhead, open the torsion test system and
drag the simply supported condition on the current system as displayed in .
Figure 19 Simply supported.

Insert solutions for the total deformation and beam tool in the model as displayed in Figure
20 and Figure 21.
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Figure 20 Total deformation.
Figure 21 Beam tool.

Solve the system as displayed in Figure 22.
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Figure 22 Solve the system.

One solver completed its iterations, check solutions by clicking onto the total deformation
button in the beam tools as displayed in Figure 23.
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Figure 23 Check solution.

We can see that the front members of the chassis do not experience much stress as
Figure 24 Stress.
This is due to the location of the applied load namely the front bulkhead nodes. The force
appears to be transmitted through the line of force application point through to the back of
the frame. Therefore location of the highest stress is at the rear structure. Note that this is a
static structural analysis and hence a simplification of an actual frontal impact load. The
results from this analysis will not be a realistic representation of what would occur in a real-
life crash case. To accurately simulate this it would be necessary to perform a dynamic
analysis.
4 Highlight
 Boundary Conditions and Solving
 Aerodynamic + Cornering Test
 Frontal Impact test.
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Department of Mechanical Engineering Advanced Vehicle Engineering – ANSYS

1 Boundary Conditions and Solving

2 Aerodynamic + Cornering Test

Figure 1 New analysis tab.

Figure 2 Rename the new system.

Figure 3 Acceleration option.

Figure 4 Change the defined.

Figure 5 standard earth gravity.

Figure 7 Drag and drop the fixed supports.

Figure 8 Total deformation.

Figure 10 Solve the system.

Figure 11 Deformation button.

Figure 13 True scale.

Figure 14 Beam tool.

3 Front Impact Test

Figure 15 New static structural.

supported corresponding to the suspension mounting points. Right-click on the frontal

Figure 17 Node selection.

Figure 18 Force in the z component.

Figure 19 Simply supported.

Figure 20 Total deformation.

Figure 21 Beam tool.

Figure 22 Solve the system.

Figure 23 Check solution.

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