How to analyze welded joints in Ansys ?

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How to overcome the error in Ansys "Deformation is too large compared to bounding box dimensions" ?

When I am in need to define displacement for the object the bounding box being constraint for me ? So What shall I do ?

01 February 2017 4,751 0 View

What kind of colloidal solutions can be used in heat storage applcation ?

In colloidal solutions, liquid/solid particles are dispersed in other solid/liquid . Among that what kind of colloidal solution can be used in heat transfer application

31 December 2016 3,339 2 View

How to use imprint faces option in design modeller (Ansys-Workbench) to model a moving heat source ?

I need to model a Gaussian Heat Source that moves over a plate with a constant velocity/ constant heat flux using Workbench

31 December 2016 8,728 3 View

What tool should be used to model a moving heat source in Ansys ?

In Ansys Workbench , Fluent, CFX, Static-structural & thermal, Transient -structural & thermal, etc are available. Which is better to use and how ?

31 December 2016 2,641 4 View

I need to define velocity of an object in Ansys, but bounding box dimensions become limitatation, what to do ?

I need to move object by displacement option in Ansys solver but the dimension of bounding box of the object remains constraint for the process, is there any other method to do it ?

31 December 2016 8,073 1 View

In Ansys Fluent , how to analyze the quantity of distilled water produced in the solar still ?

I have done analysis in Ansys Fluent for the temperature distribution only, but not for the yield of the still. Any of you please give me some useful suggestions

10 November 2016 449 3 View

How to set boundary conditions for solar stills in Fluent ?

Solar still absorbs radiation to evaporate water, so it involves muti-phase. What are the boundary condition when solar still basin (metal) insulated(wood) and top surface is closed with glazing...

10 November 2016 4,649 5 View

How to perform TIG welding , with a moving heat source Analysis in Ansys Workbench ?

I know to use Ansys Fluent only. Is that possible to perform the above analysis in Fluent or should I go for CFX/Multi-physics/Transient-thermal

10 November 2016 1,643 1 View

How to calculate the cost of distilled water produced per litre and payback period of solar still ?

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Is there any possibility of using oil as a sensible heat storage ?

Oil are relatively cheaper compared to other energy storage material. If Oil is used as Sensible heat storage what is the maximum heat that can be stored in the oil ? What is the useful life of...

01 January 1970 9,478 16 View

Resistor definition in Piezoelectric bimorph with ANSYS workbench

Hello, good day! I am trying to simulate similar bimorph piezoelectric harvester with below commands. However, the output power doesn't change with resistor value. Please help to find the reason. ET,10,CIRCU94,0 !SET UP RESISTOR R,1,100000 !RESISTANCE VALUE TYPE,10 !SET ELEMENT TYPE E,1,2 !CREATE RESISTOR BETWEEN NODES 1 AND 2 Thanks in advance Regards,

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Waters 2707 HPLC autosampler problem?

I am using a 2707 waters HPLC device. When I try to inject a sample, it says missing plate or rack. I changed the needle and calibrated its position but I still get the same problem. I even get...

02 March 2021 1,408 1 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

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Should we change media after1st 6hrs after plating HUVEC bought from INVITROGEN?it's not recomended by invitrogen.Will DMSO present in stock matter?

We have HUVEC bought from Invitrogen. Cat no -C-003-5c. while first plating the cells we have bought the protocol suggests not to centrifuge the cell with media to remove the DMSO. Should we...

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How to normalise data on OPM package from R Studio ?

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02 March 2021 3,584 1 View

LOAD DISPLACEMENT CURVES Stiffness increasing in ANSYS non linear analysis. HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Hi. I am doing non linear FE analysis using a new material beam under flexural 2 point loading using ANSYS. I have defined a bilinear material model. The solution has converged. In results I am...

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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 to show arrows over the streamlines in CFD-post?

I follow this to make streamlines like the photos attached below: (software- CFD post-processing) First I plot the 2D streamline over a surface "streamline 1". them I plot a vector by the...

01 March 2021 8,668 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...

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Can Virtual Servers (remote dekstop manager) run heavy ANSYS Fluent CFD simulation ?

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Pankaj Biswas

You have to do the transient thermal and elasto-plastic thermo-mechanical analysis. For thermal analysis you have to use SOLID 70 thermal element and for structural analysis you have to use SOLID 45.

Veeramanikandan M

Dear karthickmunisamy,

It is the easiest one, please follow the below attached link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2-kf_3UN8

Nader Batehi

Hey ,do you have any idea were i could find an APDL code example for thermar and structural welding simulation?