Allow me first to apologize in advance for the long post. I have tried to keep it right-to-the-point as possible!.
Objective
To simulate suspension of solid particles using CAD software/create a medium with a concentration of suspended particles in the air.
However, I would like to give everyone a heads up; I am of little to no experience with anything pertaining to CAD softwares - though I have started reading about and experimenting with it end of last year - and this marks my first attempt to include it in my ongoing research 🙏🏻
Proposition
A chamber of a particular shape – such as cubical, cylindrical or spherical… etc.
The shape is projected to have an air inlet (an opening connected to a fan) to blow a certain quantity (e.g., in kg) of solid particles (mixtures of diameters, if possible) positioned at the bottom of the chamber prior to investigation.
Questions
Is it possible to..
- Set/create number of particles?
- Set the diameter of particles (a specific range)?
- Obtain particles’ statistical distribution in the chamber as air flow/inlet design and placement varies?
Tools that I have access to:
Ansys 2020 R2 (student version) and Solidworks 2018 (with flow simulation add-in).
I have taken the liberty of exploring various sources to get a hold of some drawing and simulation basics using the aforementioned CAD tools in addition to familiarizing myself with some terminologies.
However, I found myself drawn to solidworks more than any other program due to its simplicity and user-friendly GUI. Using solidworks and its flow simulation add-in, I have managed to draw basic shapes (such as a cylinder with an inlet pipe) and conducted some air flow simulations, but without validations.
Unfortunately, that’s the maximum I can achieve within a reasonable time and any further attempts to figure out the meaning/inclusions of additional parameters maybe time consuming. Therefore, I would appreciate any comments/feedbacks/guidance that could steer me in the right direction.
Looking forward to your kind replies :)
Stay safe 🙏🏻
you will make all parts(particles) individual then you will do getting the array command in a different direction. I hope it thus may be possible. you will try.
Govindkumar Amaliar Thank you so much for the suggestion :) though I've thought of something similar, ultimately I believe it is a very inefficient method. Given that the particles are a variable in my experiments, it would be of convenience to find a built-in function to handle particle concentration variations rather than creating them manually.
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