Workshop 11

Turbine Blade Break

15.0 Release

Introduction to
ANSYS Explicit STR
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December 12, 2013

Turbine Blade break

Goal:
Model the breakage of a turbine
blade
Procedure:
Import turbine geometry
Start Mechanical
Mesh the geometry
Apply appropriate initial
conditions
Solve the problem
View the results
Create animations of the results
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Quick Instructions
Start an Explicit Dynamics system and import the
geometry file turbine.agdb

Modify the geometry file so that one blade will

not have a coincident mesh with the drum
(In DM RMB on one of the bodies making up
a blade and select Form new part)
Load Steel 4340 from the Explicit Materials data
source
Change its yield stress to 600 Mpa

Suppress any bonded contact that may have

been automatically generated
Apply the modified steel 4340 material to the
Parts making up the blades and drum of the
turbine (i.e. Part 2 and the separated blade
Part)
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Quick Instructions

Create the default mesh for the

model

Apply an initial condition of a

rotational velocity of 8,000
rad/s to the 7 bodies making up
the turbine (select a circular
edge of the drum for the
direction)

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December 12, 2013

Quick Instructions
Create a cylindrical coordinate system
based on the small front face of the
body as follows:
RMB coordinate systems Insert
coordinate system
Change type to cylindrical
Define by geometry selection and
pick the face indicated and click on
click to change and then Apply

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December 12, 2013

Quick Instructions
Apply a zero velocity constraint based on this
coordinate system to the front and rear
cylindrical faces of the body as follows:
RMB on Explicit Dynamics and Insert
velocity
Pick the two cylindrical faces of the body
Define by components
Change coordinates to Coordinate
system
Enter an X component of 0.0

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Quick Instructions

Run the analysis for 1.5 ms (0.0015 s)

generating 30 save files

Create some animations of the results

The problem takes over an hour to solve.

Alternatively, view the animation

supplied in the workshop directory

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December 12, 2013