Overview of Workbench 8.1’s Capabilities for Midsurface Extraction and Shell Meshing for Assemblies (August 2004).  This presentation gives a brief overview of Workbench’s capabilities at Version 8.1 for modeling assemblies using shell finite elements. The presentation covers midsurface creation from 3D solid parts in DesignModeler. It continues by describing two methods for connecting part midsurfaces in assemblies in Workbench Simulation. One Simulation method for connecting midsurfaces involves midsurface extension, and the other method makes use of Simulation contact objects. You can download the document here. (A password is required if you have not obtained one already. Select WB_Shell_Meshing_Overview 8.1 from password topic list).

Summary of DRD's Parallel Performance for ANSYS (PPFA) Testing at Release 8.0 (August 4, 2004). This presentation discusses an optional add-on product - the Parallel Performance for ANSYS - which is a group of additional solvers that allow solutions to be performed with multiple processors in shared or distributed memory and the results of testing one of them over a Windows PC network at ANSYS 8.0. You can download the document here. (A password is required if you have not obtained one already. Select PPFA 8.0 from password topic list).

Brick Meshing of a Nonlinear Mechanical Connector Finite Element Model using Workbench DesignModeler (July 20, 2004). This document describes how Workbench DesignModeler can be used to slice a 3D solid model of a mechanical connector assembly into multiple body parts for brick meshing. In this example DRD defines face-face and edge-face nonlinear contact, and explains how the model can be solved in Workbench or in ANSYS Classic after it is meshed in Workbench. It also explains how to export the sliced up model to ANSYS Classic for meshing there. You can download the document here. (A password is required if you have not obtained one already. Select DM Brick Meshing from password topic list).

ANSYS 8.1 Segelman-Reese Von Mises Stress Calculation for PSD Spectrum Analysis (May 5, 2004). This document provides the mathematical basis for the ANSYS 8.1 Segelman-Reese Von Mises stress calculation for PSD spectrum analysis. This document will only be of interest to people who do PSD spectrum analysis. You can download the document here. (A password is required if you have not obtained one already. Select Segelman-Reese from password topic list).

Maximizing ANSYS PC Memory of 32-Bit Windows Systems (February 27, 2004) - This presentation provides an overview of how to diagnose the memory usage on your PC and possibly remove or rebase DLLs that can fragment your memory. This allows larger -m settings for your simulations. The /3GB switch is discussed as well. Two executables that may be used for your PC memory management are included. You can download the presentation here. (A password is required if you have not obtained one already. Select PC Memory  from password topic list).