I created the cylindrical axis and it was giving me errors. I ignored the preload and just did cyclic loading and got very strange results. For the model described, do you think an evenly applied pressure over the curved face is the best load method for the periodic loading, or should I apply...
Geometry - see image:
http://www.mathalino.com/sites/default/files/reviewer-strength/01-stress/000-fbd-pressure-cylinder-tangential-stress.gif
The material is an elastomer, it has metal plates on both sides in the assembly, however I have modeled only the elastomer and have put an encastre...
