ANSYS PLA Izod Impact Simulation
Budget: ₹1,500 – ₹12,500 INR
I have an STL/STEP model of a standard Izod specimen and need a complete ANSYS Workbench setup that will let me quantify its impact strength when printed in PLA.
Simulation requirements
• Impact hammer: 25 J energy, striking the vertical specimen 15 mm from the top with the notch facing the hammer.
• Boundary conditions must lock the lower grip exactly as in the physical Izod rig; hammer mass, velocity and contact need to be defined so the delivered energy matches 25 J.
• Material: PLA with strain-rate–dependent data (I will supply the basic curve, feel free to extend it with published high-rate values).
• Infill: 70 % density. I would like the study built around a Gyroid pattern but set up so I can quickly swap to Concentric or Trihexagonal if I decide to compare outcomes later.
Please include
• A fully editable Workbench project file showing geometry import, meshing strategy, explicit dynamics module, and all boundary conditions.
• A short read-me explaining every key setting so I can rerun with different infills or hammer energies.
• Results that clearly show
– visual fracture propagation
– numerical impact strength (kJ/m² as per Izod standard)
– graphs of force-time, energy-time and displacement-time.
Screenshots or animations of the crack path are welcome.
Acceptance criteria
1. Simulation reproduces a clean fracture at the notch without secondary failure zones.
2. Reported impact strength is automatically calculated from reaction forces and specimen dimensions.
3. Workbench file opens without missing dependencies and solves on the default Explicit Dynamics solver.
Deliver everything in a single compressed folder containing the Workbench archive, the post-processing scripts or user-defined results, and the brief documentation. Feel free to propose any additional tip or refinement that would make the model more realistic or easier to extend.
Simulation requirements
• Impact hammer: 25 J energy, striking the vertical specimen 15 mm from the top with the notch facing the hammer.
• Boundary conditions must lock the lower grip exactly as in the physical Izod rig; hammer mass, velocity and contact need to be defined so the delivered energy matches 25 J.
• Material: PLA with strain-rate–dependent data (I will supply the basic curve, feel free to extend it with published high-rate values).
• Infill: 70 % density. I would like the study built around a Gyroid pattern but set up so I can quickly swap to Concentric or Trihexagonal if I decide to compare outcomes later.
Please include
• A fully editable Workbench project file showing geometry import, meshing strategy, explicit dynamics module, and all boundary conditions.
• A short read-me explaining every key setting so I can rerun with different infills or hammer energies.
• Results that clearly show
– visual fracture propagation
– numerical impact strength (kJ/m² as per Izod standard)
– graphs of force-time, energy-time and displacement-time.
Screenshots or animations of the crack path are welcome.
Acceptance criteria
1. Simulation reproduces a clean fracture at the notch without secondary failure zones.
2. Reported impact strength is automatically calculated from reaction forces and specimen dimensions.
3. Workbench file opens without missing dependencies and solves on the default Explicit Dynamics solver.
Deliver everything in a single compressed folder containing the Workbench archive, the post-processing scripts or user-defined results, and the brief documentation. Feel free to propose any additional tip or refinement that would make the model more realistic or easier to extend.