Well that's kind of the problem that i am a little confused about. When i model the pole vaulter as 5 different limbs and give them the appropriate mass's then my pole does not bend and everything just falls to the ground. Only when i idealize the vaulter as a point mass then the pole bends and...
Thank you for the replies everyone, even to IRstuff whose post was deleted. So overall, this project is too complicated for me to accomplish what i had hoped to accomplish. On the bright side, I have actually been able to mimic the correct pole motions with the bending, simply by placing a point...
Hi, I am stressing over a class project I have to do. I got myself way in over my head with this one. I am trying to simulate pole vaulting through the use of FEA with ANSYS. My professor is new to the topic and has not been able to help me much. All I have to go off of, that I consider useful...
To start, I am a mechanical engineering undergrad and fluid dynamics is a bit of a struggle for me. Yet, I have chosen to do a research project on wind analysis around our college campus and the potential for wind energy turbines/farms. What I have done so far, using google earth, was make a...
