i need to analyse a circular membrane of 72m dia and 7mm thick using shell element in ansys workbench. the edges are fixed. I am getting very large deflections at the bottom. i have turned on the large displacement option 'on' in analysis settings. am not able to validate the result with roarks...
i need to analyze 4 inch 1500# wnrtj flange. when i modelled cad according to pipe data, i am getting a clearance of 6mm between the flange faces. when i referred ASME B16.5 ,a 3mm gap between flange face is mentioned. In real time, will the gap between flange faces be zero after applying the...