Determining Which Support to Use in Ansys Mechanical - Lesson 1

Supports are used to represent parts that are not present in the model but are interacting with it. Supports help truncate the domain, which helps in efficiently obtaining numerically accurate results without modelling parts of the geometry that are not of primary interest. There are different types of support available, and choosing the appropriate support is essential as it assures that the simulation model will properly represent the boundary condition. This video will help you to understand the different support types so you can determine which to use for different situations.
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0:00 - Intro
0:25 - Sources of variability in Analysis
1:33 - How do supports help to truncate the model?
2:22 - Fixed Support
3:01 - Displacement Support
3:49 - Frictionless Support
4:31 - Cylindrical Support
6:01 - Compression-Only Support
6:34 - Elastic Support
7:24 - Remote Displacement Support
8:17 - Where to Truncate the Domain
9:03 - How to find the Reaction Force of Support
10:11 - Use of Frictionless Contact in Modelling
10:43 - How to use Boundary Conditions and Symmetry to simplify the model
11:46 - How to define Symmetry Region for Planar Geometry of Model
13:10 - Using Frictionless Support for the Problem
13:52 - Which options to use in the Result Tab to better see the Deformation Result
16:13 - Using Compression-Only Support for the Problem

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[@anhaihanane7804]

very helpful thank you so much

[@biljanaprochaska6922]

Odličan video! Great video!

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[@tanxinghong164]

great video

[@BrunoSilva-ur7sb]

Very helpful!

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[@dansemereify]

Cool stuff

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Awesome

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[@yuanxu4685]

Thank you very much for the video! I am new to ANSYS and find this video very helpful. I also wonder if there is a kind of support like frictionless support or compression only support but in which you can prescribe the frictiton coefficient? Or do you have to use frictional connection in this case?

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[@lucarutigliano6539]

Should I use a cylindrical support (together with fixed ones on the bolt holes) if I'm doing a thermo mechanical analysis of a brake disc?

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[@chaaggate]

Facing a problem applying the cylinder support to the brake disc. When I select the surface, the support does not apply. This is the problem. Please help me.

[@PedroNSilva-wr5zg]

What If I want to restrain -Y and +Y. I mean there is no option, since the remote displacement restrains in +Y and -Y

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great video

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