Western Pennsylvania ANSYS User's Group

Fall 2001 Meeting


Date:  Thursday, October 11, 2001 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where:  ANSYS Headquarters, seminar room, in Southpoint, Canonsburg, PA

Directions to ANSYS office: (Note: we will be across the street from Mallett's office)

Exit off I-79 at Exit 48 (Old Exit 10A) -Southpoint/Hendersonville. Turn into the Southpoint Complex on Southpoint Boulevard. Stay on Southpoint Boulevard for 1.4 miles. Straight through at the 1st stop sign, straight through at the 2nd stop sign  (Southpoint Golf Clubhouse), straight through at the 3rd stop sign (Technology Drive), pass the lake on your left. Turn RIGHT at the 4th stop sign (Technology Drive), continue up the hill 0.2 miles. Then turn left onto Hillpoint Drive, go to the top of the hill, and turn right into the ANSYS parking lot.  
In the ANSYS lobby, from the receptionist's desk, the ANSYS seminar room is down the hallway to the right.

TOPIC:  

Agenda:

9:00 - 10:00 am Socialize:  coffee, orange juice, muffins
10:00 am - noon ANSYS 6.0 presented by MTI staff
noon - 1:30 pm Lunch: 
1:30 - 2:45 pm Dr. Phil Burnside, PPG, presented: 

Using ANSYS to build models for LS-DYNA including examples:

  • Dropping a propeller shaft on the USS COLE, and 
  • Improving the crashworthiness of a loaded propane tanker
  • car door slam simulation

Presentation:  click here to view the slides and notes of Phillip Burnside's PowerPoint presentation (~ 400 kB download)

2:45 - 3:00 pm Adjournment (when/where/what topic for next meeting ?)

TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 17 members