Ansys Workbench LS-DYNA | Training Course

This course covers the use of Ansys LS-DYNA inside Workbench. Ansys LS-DYNA is useful for the analysis of problems involving contact, large deformation, nonlinear materials, transient response, and/or problems requiring explicit solutions. Common applications for which LS-DYNA excels include safety and stability, crash test and drop test simulation, as well as forming applications.

Following completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Understand how the explicit solution method differs from other methods used to performed dynamic analysis in Ansys and to choose when it is most appropriate.
• Choose the proper solution parameters unique to Ansys LS-DYNA that will ensure an accurate and efficient solution.
• Take advantage of common modeling abstraction techniques (rigid bodies, point and distributed masses) to produce efficient and realistic simulations.
• Understand and apply various Contact conditions unique to Ansys LS-DYNA according to best practice guidelines.
• Leverage the robust nonlinear analysis capabilities afforded by LS-DYNA in the solution of quasi-static problems.
• Assign mesh controls required to produce accurate and efficient explicit solutions.
• Choose from several LS-DYNA element formulations while understanding the trade-offs between accuracy and efficiency.
• Access advanced functionality of LS-DYNA using keyword snippets.

Who Should Attend?

Mechanical Engineers, Impact Dynamics Engineers, Drop Test Engineers and Designers working with structures that experience short-duration and/or high-speed impact events.

Prerequisites

• Completion of the Ansys Mechanical Getting Started course is required or significant experience of Ansys Workbench.
• A technical education and a background in the fundamentals of finite element analysis are recommended.
• A basic background in the following areas is also recommended: dynamics, mechanics of materials, material modeling, and the physics of transient dynamic events.

Typical Learning Pathway

Duration

2 Days

The course commences at 9:00am and finishes at approximately 5:00pm.

Course Fee

£980, including lunch and refreshments.

Online Training Option

An online course is also available. Please contact us for details.

Registration / Further Information

• Complete the form opposite
• Call us on +44 (0) 333 996 9930
• Email us at training@wildeanalysis.co.uk

We can also run this course on a date of your choosing or as a bespoke course. Please let us know if you are interested in this option.

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Course Topics Include:

Each course chapter is followed by “hands-on” workshops and exercises

Sessions

Session 1 

• Module 01: Explicit Theory and Workbench LS-DYNA
• Module 02: Solution Setup, Boundary Conditions, Rigid Bodies
• Workshop 01.1: Taylor Impact
• Workshop 02.1: Rotary Draw Bending
• Workshop 02.2: Drop Test Wizard

Session 2

• Module 03: LS-DYNA Results and Postprcoessing
• Module 04: Connections
• Module 05: Quasi-static Analysis and Result Verification
• Workshop 03.1:  Postprocessing with LS-PrepPost
• Workshop 04.1:  Impact on Tubes
• Workshop 05.1:  Quasi-static

Session 3

• Module 06: Engineering Data and Material Models
• Module 07: Meshing
• Workshop 07.1: Meshing

Session 4

• Module 08: Element Formulations
• Module 09: LS-DYNA Keywords
• Workshop 08.1: Drop Test
• Workshop 08.2: Bird Strike
• Workshop 09.1: Crimping Process