Ansys Workbench LS-DYNA

Overview

This course covers the use of ANSYS LS-DYNA inside Workbench Mechanical.  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.

Learning Outcome

Upon successful 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.

Prerequisites

Completion of the ANSYS Mechanical Getting Started course is required.

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. An engineering degree is not required.

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

Teaching Method: Lectures and computer workshops to give students the knowledge and confidence they’ll need to apply what they’ve learned to their own designs. 

Learning Options: Training materials for this course are available with a ANSYS Learning Hub Subscription. If there is no active public schedule available, private training can be arranged. Please contact us.