Variables is Thickness . (lower limit and upper limt)
and constraints will be deflection / Stresses (< Umax or S max/S von
Thanks & regards Ravi Krishna
> -----Original Message----- > From: Muralidhara D. N [mailto:muralidhara.d@s...] > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 5:04 PM > To: xansys@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [xansys] optimization problem
> Hi Ansys users
> I have a sheet metal component of 1.8mm thick and the cad model is > imported from > pro/e to ansys as mid surface.i have done the static analysis for the > component and > the stress levels are much well with in the yeild stress for the > material.
> now i want to do the optimization for the component keeping stress and > deflections as > variables, and then optimizing the sheet thickness.
> now my problem is, how do i defeine these variable while doing > optimization??because, i have'nt > done the geometric modeling in ansys using parameters.