Manoj Pradhan

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How to calculate the Effective Mass of a Spring Mass System?

Bearman, et al. (1987) in his paper: EXPERIMENTS ON FLOW-INDUCED VIBRATION OF A SQUARE-SECTION CYLINDER, outlines his method of calculating Effective Mass as follows: "The effective mass of the...

08 August 2021 2,133 2 View

In Flutter Analysis for Bluff bodies, Is Phase Lag ψ somehow related to logarithmic damping 𝛿?

Here, Phase Lag ψ is between vertical deflection displacement and torsion displacement. This is a 2 DOF Heavig and Torsional Analysis. I am not sure how to relate the graph for ψ with 𝛿. I am...

23 April 2021 2,638 1 View

Low value of Cd for Flow Past a Square Cylinder Simulation?

Hi everyone, Happy New Year! I am carrying out a Simulation for Flow Past a Square Cylinder. I am using Ansys Fluent. I get a very low value of Cd in the simulation. The solution converges but...

04 January 2021 4,677 3 View

How to export Unstructured Mesh from Pointwise to Fluent?

I have a mesh in pointwise, Unstructured close to the bluff body, and Structured towards the outside of the domain. I can export the structured part as .cas after I define my boundary conditions...

02 January 2021 9,744 1 View

Why do I get Floating Point Error! on simulating with very fine mesh using k-w SST model in Ansys Fluent?

Hi everyone, any insight is appreciated. I am simulating with a D/1000 [first boundary layer height] mesh the flow past a square cylinder (inside a Circular domain). For Coarser mesh, I had no...

22 December 2020 5,910 10 View

How do I turn off the wall function for k-w SST simulation in Ansys Fluent?

I am using a very fine mesh (D/1000). Since I cannot find an option to turn off the wall function in Fluent GUI, could you please let me know how I can turn it off? From some forum I got to know...

22 December 2020 9,565 15 View

What does it mean by "Background Effect" when talking about Wind Loads?

Generally, Wind Loads can be divided into three parts: 1) Average Wind effects 2) Background Effects 3) Fluctuating Effects I understand Mean wind effects and instantaneous fluctuating wind...

11 December 2020 8,870 5 View

Is it possible to add Japanese codes to Etabs or SAP2000?

I suppose Staad Pro has that option.

18 June 2018 9,394 4 View

How do I simulate the effects of drilling holes into a laminate in Midas NFX?

To check if the development of cracks on the blade root of a Wind Turbine is due to the drilling procedures during the manufacturing (glass-Epoxy laminate). Any help is appreciated.

27 September 2017 604 0 View

What methods can be used for picking uniform points (to collect samples) in mountainous regions for mapping of engineering Soil parameters(in ArcGIS)?

We are using various krigging methods available in ArcGIS to map engineering soil parameters in mountainous region. Usually points with uniform distances picked by making grids are used in plane...

27 March 2015 4,498 2 View

Can index engineering soil parameters be related to any spectral data, digital elevation model or a satellite Imagery? Has anyone tried it out yet?

And is ArcGIS a good platform to carry out the project of determining Index soil parameters for an area?

09 September 2014 808 5 View

How does one classify Clay and Organic matter using Thermal Band of Landsat TM in ArcGIS ?

The thermal band of the Landsat TM has shown to be significant in contributing to the separability of soil categories through its ability to characterize the clay, organic matter, and iron-oxide...

22 August 2014 2,984 8 View