Discussion Closed This discussion was created more than 6 months ago and has been closed. To start a new discussion with a link back to this one, click here.
Bending a cylinder without fixed constraints?
Posted 9 mai 2018, 15:46 UTC−4 Structural & Acoustics Version 5.3 1 Reply
Please login with a confirmed email address before reporting spam
Hi all,
I’m new to the Structural Mechanics module and I’m having trouble finding out which constraints & loads I need for my simulation. I would like to simulate the strain along a bent cylinder. All of the examples I’ve seen in the documentation have one end of the beam/cylinder fixed. Is there a way to bend a geometry & calculate its strain without fixing one end? The end geometry I want would look something similar to the picture I’ve attached. I’ve been playing around with the tutorials & testing different constraints but I’m not having luck. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!
Best,
Clayton
Attachments:
Please login with a confirmed email address before reporting spam
Clayton,
I think you can achieve that with a Prescribed Displacement in the cylinder domain or on its boundaries. You have to find the expressions for the displacement components according to the deformed shape you want.
Cheers Edgar
-------------------Edgar J. Kaiser
emPhys Physical Technology
www.emphys.com