Course Description

You should attend this course if you analyze the dynamic response of structures. You should have a B.S. in engineering or equivalent engineering experience, and should have already attended Course 101 or have similar ANSYS experience. Using the traditional ANSYS (non-Workbench) interface, this two-day course will help you to perform basic types of dynamics analyses. After completing the course, you will be able to:

Calculate the natural frequencies and mode shapes of linear elastic structures (modal analyses).

Analyze the response of structures under the action of time-varying loads (transient analyses).

Analyze the response of structures whose loads vary sinusoidally (harmonic response analyses).

Reduce model sizes using matrix reduction options.

Perform analyses in both the time and frequency domains (spectrum analyses).

Perform random vibration analyses (PSD analyses).

Perform modal analyses on structures whose models have been prestressed.

Perform modal analysis on cyclically symmetric (repeatable wedge) structures.

Utilize Component Mode Synthesis for modal analyses of large structures.