How to add cam and follower contacts in ANSYS RBD ?

Hi all, i have to make an RBD analysis for the cam and follower assembly. I have setup the model and applied the joints accoringly (body to body and body to ground). But I am struggling in...

31 December 2018 9,199 3 View

How to merge opposite trias in ansys workbench ?

Dear all, is there any possible ways to avoid/merge the opposite trias in Ansys workbench. Opposite trias in my model is shown in the attached image. I was working in hyper mesh. In that tool, it...

11 December 2018 7,689 4 View

Sensors for measuring oxygen and carbon di-oxide ?

Dear all, I am doing a project in hydrophonics. I am struck in selecting sensors for my work. Can you please suggest me sensors for the following.. 1. Measuring the amount of oxygen in water. 2....

10 November 2018 8,300 4 View

Equation to find the co-ordinate of point on a circle ?

Hi all, Consider a plane with circle on it. The circle and the plane have same vector/normal (i,j,k). The inputs i have are Radius of the circle (4mm), co-ordinate of the circle center point on...

07 August 2018 1,366 5 View

How to get the length of multiple RBE2 elements at a time ?

06 July 2018 3,636 3 View

How to create node with particular node number ?

Hi All, I have meshed a sheet metal part using hyper mesh. I need to take the output in particular co-ordinates. So, I have renumbered all the nodes from 1000. Now using *createnode (x) (y) (z) ,...

04 May 2018 9,537 2 View

Where to define 2G, 3G and other G forces ?

HI All, We have crossed the G (gravity) force during FEA analysis. Is there any specific conditions for the application of 2G and 3G loads and even higher. Where should we apply 2G, 3G and...

01 February 2018 6,668 0 View

How to find the Software used?

Hi all, I am converting a Solid Works / Creo / CATIA file into a STEP or IGES file. Is it possible to trace the history of the file. Is it possible to get the details from the STEP file - reg., on...

05 June 2017 496 2 View

What kind of contact type should I apply in ANSYS workbench?

Hi all, I have to analyze a structure which have welded and non welded contacts. For welded portions, i have assigned bonded contact type. For the non welded portions, what type of contact should...

11 December 2015 6,975 4 View

Does teaching of CAD / CAE softwares comes under Engineering Services ?

Generally Engineering Services refers to engineering works related to industries. I have a doubt, that, does teaching CAD / CAE softwares to college students come under Engineering Services.

05 June 2015 6,389 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

What is the most Operating System (OS) which can be INSTALL on Tiny hard devices like Raspberry Pi (RPi) hardware ?

I'm targeting to deploy a mesh network and manually configure MANET routing protocols. I'm preparing scenarios, architectures, and hard devices needed to do that. Are there some step-by-step...

03 March 2021 1,931 5 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,

02 March 2021 0 0 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...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View