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  1. KWilliston

    Reynolds Number Question - Tube pinched slightly (picture inside)

    Thank you for the help so far everyone. Let me provide some more context so you know what exactly the scenario is. The tube I showed above is actually a compressible plastic tube. At the point of deformation the tube is actually being pinched by a plunger (this is a tube for a machine that...
  2. KWilliston

    Reynolds Number Question - Tube pinched slightly (picture inside)

    Hello everyone, I have a question regarding the Reynolds Number (Re) of water in a tube that is slightly pinched in the center (see attached image). I'm trying to calculate the Re at the point of the greatest deformation in the center. From what I have found Re for this case could be calculated...
  3. KWilliston

    Bushing wear in a food zone (granulated material)

    Hello fellow engineers, I have recently started to learn about bushings to try and solve a problem that I have. Currently I have a bushing that holds an auger to push granulated food products through a a nozzle at the other end. The problem is that the bushing wears very quickly because the...
  4. KWilliston

    FEA Software for these use cases

    Thank you for the input so far. I guess I should also note that we use Creo 2.0 as our CAD software currently and compatibility with that program would be useful. I will look into the mentioned software, I know Abaqus can be quite expensive so if I am looking at purchasing multiple software I...
  5. KWilliston

    FEA Software for these use cases

    Hi everyone, I have been tasked with determining the appropriate FEA software at my company. Only myself will be using the software, at least initially. In the past I have used LS-DYNA for about 1.5 years and ABAQUS and ANSYS for a fraction of that time (introduction to the software during...
  6. KWilliston

    Extracting features from a part to create a new part

    Hello everyone, I added features to an existing part and now I would like to make them into its own part. The thing is those features need to retain the shape after collision with the existing geometry. I added a picture below. If anyone knows a good way of accomplishing this or a better way to...
  7. KWilliston

    ANSYS 12.1 - Modal & Symmetry Question

    Thank you this worked perfectly!
  8. KWilliston

    ANSYS 12.1 - Modal & Symmetry Question

    Hello Eng Tips, I am using ANSYS 12.1 to obtain the mode shapes of a thin 2mx2m plate. This worked perfectly when using no symmetry BCs. Now I am trying to obtain all these mode shapes/frequencies using quarter symmetry of the plate but when I setup the symmetry BC it seems to only have a few...

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