What kind of connections (Gas - leak proof) are suitable for quartz - steel at very high temperatures (800 degree Celsius)?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsGE9qeydlw It is a microwave fluidized bed. I think the transparent part of it quartz but how is the quartz connected to the steel jacket? What kind of...

31 December 2017 5,526 3 View

How do to convert Tyre pyrolysis oil to Diesel ( To be used as fuel for emergency backup power generator). What would be percentage of conversion?

What process should be done to the pyrolysis oil to obtain diesel which can run power back up generators. Should vacuum distillation with catalyst be used? Or Are there any other process to do...

10 November 2017 9,243 0 View

Do you have suggestions of potential improvements for material optimization in India?

06 July 2015 289 0 View

What are the types of buildings in India?

Can you classify them according to regional availability of materials in India? How do buildings differ from urban and rural areas? What are the most common types of building materials used? What...

06 July 2015 4,271 0 View

Concrete and Masonry are the most used materials. How can the usage of these materials be optimized?

06 July 2015 3,165 0 View

How to apply residual stress for rolled steel I sections in abaqus?

05 June 2015 4,574 1 View

Is it easy to perform GMNIA in ANSYS for analysis of buckling of beams?

I would have to take residual stress in steel beams, initial imperfections and material non linearity into account. (GMNIA) . I would like to decide between RFEM and ANSYS. I need to perform a...

04 May 2015 6,170 1 View

In abaqus, Can I model an I section using profile option and yet use shell elements to model it?

04 May 2015 7,130 1 View

How to model the following in abaqus?

04 May 2015 9,372 0 View

How do I model fork support in ansys and rfem ?

04 May 2015 9,767 3 View

How to define and get results (stresses) for certain points of a model in abaqus, using python? When the size of the model changes?

I want to do a parameter study of a aixsymmetric cylinder in Abaqus. I want to create several jobs where I get the stresses for 3 different points in my model. These points are defined. I wrote a...

01 March 2021 10,078 1 View

Why the results when using wall thickness and when using shell conduction are different in ansys fluent?

Actually, I am running cfd simulation for a heat exchanger which has two fluids one hot and other one is cold fluid. there is a solid domain between them, which I removed and instead I have used...

01 March 2021 9,537 2 View

Joint behaviour in Abaqus is not captured well?

I am working on roof joint and trying to simulate the behaviour in Abaqus. I am successful in running the model but the final graph does not follow the experimental curve in the negative direction...

01 March 2021 6,661 3 View

How much pressure we can reduce at the outlet to avoid Reverse Flow?

I am simulating Heat Exchanger. I have tried and tested all the methods to resolve this issue from the internet like refining mesh, improving skewness and orthogonal quality ,extending outlet to...

01 March 2021 6,985 3 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

How to assign different material properties to each element in Abaqus ?

Hello, I am writing a python script to generate my model and write the input file. The problem is I have 1000 elements in my mesh and I want to assign different material properties to each...

01 March 2021 9,511 3 View

How to define tie constraint between rigid body and another part in dynamic explicit model of Abaqus?

Hi dear researchers I connected a rigid body into the part of my structure by tie constraint and then I added displacement to rigid body, in static general step every thing is fine and these two...

28 February 2021 3,442 2 View

How to modify Johnson cook equation in ABAQUS?

I wanted to add an extra parameter to the existing Johnson cook equation in the ABAQUS simulation. How to add those extra parameters. Ref: A modified Johnson-Cook material model with strain...

28 February 2021 4,841 3 View

For modelling epoxy-based matrices (in composites), which model in ABAQUS is the most suitable, Concrete damaged plasticity or Drucker-Prager model?

I am working on developing a micromechanical FE model for predicting kink-band formation in UD composites. To model matrix plasticity, which model, out of Concrete Damaged Plasticity and...

28 February 2021 5,415 1 View

How to find the right number of integration points in second order 3d finite elements?

I am familiar with finite element simulations and numerical schemes like the Gauss Legendre quadrature. I also know that the Gauss integration yields exact values for polynomials up to degree 2n-1...

27 February 2021 6,818 3 View