CONTENTS: В 

INTRODUCTIONВ 

• OverviewВ 
• The ProcessВ 
• The TutorialsВ 
• The ANSYS Workbench InterfaceВ 
• SummaryВ 

1 – SOLID MODELING FUNDAMENTALS 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 1A – ExtrusionВ 
• Tutorial 1B – RevolutionВ 
• Tutorial 1C – Sweep SketchingВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

2 – PLACED FEATURES, ASSEMBLY 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 2A – Adding A Hole to the ExtrusionВ 
• Tutorial 2B – Adding a Round to the ExtrusionВ 
• Tutorial 2C – Adding a Chamfer to the ExtrusionВ 
• Tutorial 2D – PatternsВ 
• Tutorial 2E – Clevis AssemblyВ 
• Tutorial 2F – Alternate Solid ModelerВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

3 – MODELING TECHNIQUES 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 3A – ParametersВ 
• Other CAD SystemsВ 
• Surface And Line ModelsВ 
• Tutorial 3B – Planar Surface ModelsВ 
• Tutorial 3C – 3D Surface ModelsВ 
• Tutorial 3D – Line ModelsВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

4 – SIMULATION I 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 4A – Plate with Central Circular HoleВ 
• Tutorial 4B – Plate with Central Square HoleВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

5 - SIMULATION IIВ 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 5A – Cylindrical Pressure VesselВ 
• Tutorial 5B – BracketВ 
• Tutorial 5C – Clevis AssemblyВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

6 – WIZARDS & TOOLS 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 6A – Static Loadings – Ductile MaterialsВ 
• Tutorial 6B – Static Loadings – Brittle MaterialsВ 
• Tutorial 6C – Fatigue Loadings – Ductile MaterialsВ 
• Summary
• ProblemsВ 

7 – HEAT TRANSFER & THERMAL STRESS 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Heat TransferВ 
• Tutorial 7A – Temperature Distribution in a CylinderВ 
• Thermal Stress IВ 
• Tutorial 7B – Uniform Temperature ChangeВ 
• Thermal Stress IIВ 
• Tutorial 7C – Thermal Stress in a CylinderВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

8 – SURFACE & LINE MODELS 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 8A – Sheet with Circular Hole – Plane StressВ 
• Tutorial 8B – Pressure VesselВ 
• Tutorial 8C – BracketВ 
• Tutorial 8D – Line-Body ModelВ 
• SummaryВ 
• ProblemsВ 

9 – NATURAL FREQUENCIES & BUCKLING LOADS 

• OverviewВ 
• IntroductionВ 
• Tutorial 9A – Simply Supported Beam FrequenciesВ 
• Tutorial 9B – Natural Frequencies of a ChimeВ 
• Tutorial 9C – Natural Frequencies of an AssemblyВ 
• Buckling LoadsВ 
• Tutorial 9D – Fixed-Free Column (Flagpole)В 
• Tutorial 9E – Buckling of a Pinned-Pinned ColumnВ 
• Tutorial 9F – Buckling of a Built-Up StructureВ 
• SummaryВ 
• Problems

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Kent L. Lawrence is Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington where he has served as Graduate Advisor, Chair of the Department, and supervised the graduate work of over one hundred masters and PhD students. He is a Life Fellow of ASME, the author of the book ANSYS Tutorial, SDC Publications, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and coauthor with Robert L. Woods of the text Modeling and Simulation of Dynamic Systems, Prentice-Hall, 1997.