The application of co-simulation technology of ANSYS and MSC.ADAMS in structural engineering

Author

Zhang, Jingjun ; Zhong, Jitao ; Gao, Ruizhen ; He, Lili

Author_Institution

Dept. of Sci. Res., Hebei Univ. of Eng., Handan, China

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 June 2010

Firstpage

1033

Lastpage

1036

Abstract

The combination of ANSYS and ADAMS can improve the precision of system simulation. In this paper, first, a cable-stayed space truss, consisting of stay cables, columns, and the space truss, is built in ANSYS. Second, the modal neutral file (mnf) needed in ADAMS is generated by executing the macro command “ADAMS” and then imported into ADAMS software. Third, the flexible body in the mnf file is connected to the rigid body built in ADAMS through the external nodes specified in ANSYS, and then the dynamic analysis can be carried out. Subsequently, the load file needed by ANSYS could be obtained by clicking on the menu “File Export”. Finally, the load file is imported into ANSYS software by the APDL language and the static analyses corresponding to different load steps are carried out. The simulation analysis shows a good performance and some results we are interested in are obtained.

Keywords

digital simulation; flexible structures; structural engineering computing; supports; ANSYS technology; APDL language; MSC.ADAMS technology; cable-stayed space truss; co-simulation technology; dynamic analysis; flexible body; modal neutral file; structural engineering; system simulation; Analytical models; Boundary conditions; Cables; Civil engineering; Educational institutions; Helium; Performance analysis; Stress; Structural engineering; Vibrations; ADAMS; ANSYS; flexible body; simulation; truss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mechanic Automation and Control Engineering (MACE), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wuhan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7737-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MACE.2010.5536730

Filename

5536730