The document provides an overview of ANSYS' Engineering Data Manager tool for defining, storing, and organizing material property data. It demonstrates how to enter material properties for different parts of a fan and case thermal-structural analysis model. The Engineering Data Manager allows adding materials from libraries, modifying existing materials, importing properties from CAD systems, and organizing materials into custom libraries for reuse across projects. Properties like temperature-dependent aluminum and steel specifications can be applied to different model components from the data tables and libraries within the Engineering Data Manager interface.

1. CAE Associates ANSYS e-Learning
Series
Managing Material
Property Data with theProperty Data with the
Workbench Engineering
Data Manager
Steve Hale
CAE Associates Inc
© 2012 CAE Associates
CAE Associates, Inc.

2. Introduction
 Objectives: Objectives:
— Provide an overview of the Engineering Data manager.
— Demonstrate the procedure for using the Engineering Data manager to enter,
store view organize and import material property datastore, view, organize, and import material property data.
 Why?
— To enter critical material property data.
— To organize and share material property data.
— Speed up the analysis process and improve work flow
Material Properties
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3. Introduction
 What is the Engineering Data Manager? What is the Engineering Data Manager?
— It is a tool for defining, storing, and organizing material properties.
— Can use properties stored in material libraries.
P ti b d t lib i f i th W kb h j t— Properties can be saved to libraries for use in other Workbench projects.
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4. Demonstration
 Model: Fan and case thermal-structural analysis Model: Fan and case thermal-structural analysis
— Cyclically symmetric sector model
 Define different material properties for the fan/rotor and for the case
— Fan/rotor: Aluminum properties – temperature-dependent
— Case: Steel (Modified properties from an existing library)
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5. Material Properties
 The Engineering Data application is native to the Workbench The Engineering Data application is native to the Workbench
environment.
— Engineering Data can be added as a standalone or as part of an Analysis
SystemSystem.
Standalone Component Included in Analysis System
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6. Material Properties
 The Engineering Data display is controlled by two icons on the toolbar: The Engineering Data display is controlled by two icons on the toolbar:
 The Physics Filter toggles between displaying all The Physics Filter toggles between displaying all
materials/properties and displaying only materials/properties relevant to
the active analysis system.
 The Data Source/Project toggle controls the Engineering Data
Sources display.
Engineering Data Sources = Material Libraries— Engineering Data Sources = Material Libraries
— Can add library materials to the Project
Engineering Data Source
W kb h P j t
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g g
(Material Library) Workbench Project

7. Material Properties
 The Engineering Data application in Data Source view: The Engineering Data application in Data Source view:
P t T bl
Data Sources
(material libraries)
T lb
Property Table
Toolbox
P t
Individual Materials
Property
Chart
Material Properties
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Material Properties

8. Material Properties
 The Engineering Data Table:g g
— These are the materials that are available for use in the analysis.
Materials available for the current analysisMaterials available for the current analysis
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9. Material Properties
 ANSYS supplies a number of material libraries shown above New user ANSYS supplies a number of material libraries shown above. New user
defined libraries may be added by entering a name and a location for the
library file.
 Materials can be added to the Favorites area from multiple data sources
making it a custom library available in every project.
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10. Material Properties
 The Toolbox provides numerous material property definitions that can bep p p y
added to new or existing materials.
 To modify materials in existing libraries the library must first be unlocked To modify materials in existing libraries, the library must first be unlocked.
— Materials can be modified or added to the library.
— Materials from other libraries can be added.
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11. Material Properties
 Other info: Other info:
— Material Property import is available with Inventor, ProEngineer and NX.
— Materials imported from CAD will appear in the “Engineering Data” item of the
l i tanalysis system.
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12. Summary and Conclusions
 The Engineering Data Manager The Engineering Data Manager
provides a powerful tool for defining,
organizing, and storing material
properties.properties.
— A great variety of material models are
available in the Toolbox menu.
— Material data can be stored in librariesMaterial data can be stored in libraries
which can be accessed in any project.
— Properties can be temperature
dependent and will be plotted for
review.
— To use Materials in a project, materials
must be added to the Engineering
D t t blData table.
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