Hi all,
I know this question was asked a few years ago (with no answers) but the thread has been closed so I'm not able to comment on it (see thread330-170605).
Does anyone know where I can find SN data for LM6 aluminium alloy (or any other fatigue/fracture data)? I have the fatigue strengths...
Hi all,
I'm currently working with ANSY WB version 12.0.
I have a steel pipe flange connected to an aluminium casting via three bolts. To simplify the model I have modelled the bolts as beam elements in ANSYS Mechanical using the "connection - beam" functionality and joined my casting hole to...
Hi,
Thanks for your comments. In the end I ended up digitising the figure using the GetData Graph Digitiser which is free from here:
http://www.getdata-graph-digitizer.com/
It's a great application and will be using it again if I need to and recommend it to you if you ever need to digitise...
Hi,
I have modelled a cantilever beam in Workbench 10mm thick, 100mm long and 30mm wide as shown in the attached picture. I am applying a force at the tip of the cantilever of 100N downwards.
I understand that if I don't have a fillet the analysis will result in a stress singularity at the...
Am using Workbench 12. I'm presuming that you mean the "Thin/Surface" tool and the "faces to keep" option?
I have a 4mm thick panel with three bonded c section stiffeners attached, currently the stiffeners and panel is modelled as a solid. I'm trying to create a shell representation of the...
Excellent, thanks flash3780!
I am a step nearer to being able to do what I want now.
Another question... If the clip and spring had been modelled as solids (albeit with small thicknesses) how would you extract the surfaces? For this example and having checked the DesignModeler file the parts...
Hi flash3780
Thanks for your reply.
I have imported the ANSYS clip geometry into Mechanical and meshed it accepting all defaults. You are right when I mesh it that ANSYS gives it a thickness. I have applied a couple of loads to the clip handles and constrained it at the spring (as per the...
Hi all,
I know it's a bit of a long shot but I thought I would ask.
I am coding up the initial sizing procedure described in section 3.1.4 of Hewitt's Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, "Approximate Sizing of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers" in an Excel spreadsheet.
I've come to the point where I...
Hi all,
I know it's a bit of a long shot but I thought I would ask.
I am coding up the initial sizing procedure described in section 3.1.4 of Hewitt's Heat Exchanger Design Handbook, "Approximate Sizing of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers" in an Excel spreadsheet.
I've come to the point where I...
Hi all,
Attached is a screen grab of the clip used as an example in the ANSYS DesignModeler help in Workbench 12.
I understand that the part is composed of three surface bodies and is then exported to Mechanical where it is meshed but I don't know how it has been meshed. It looks like that...
Hi all,
Working in Workbench 11 - static linear analysis.
I have a steel tube with an aluminium sheet sitting tangentially on top. I am applying a distributed load to the sheet which means I am essentially starting to wrap the Al sheet around the steel tube.
The initial contact is between my...
Hi all,
I'm struggling with an LS DYNA job I'm working on at the moment and would very much appreciate any advice/assistance from someone who might be able to help me.
I am modelling a cabinet sitting on some springs which is subjected to impulse and vibration loading through the foundations...
desnov74,
I will essentially be affiliated with the University and yes I will have the support and backing of academic staff (Researchers, Doctors and Professors). I am in quite a unique position really so will have to seriously think about how best to market this USP in my business plan.
In...
Afternoon chaps,
Have been sent a link to this thread from PeterStock. It seems very relevant to a thread I started in the Engineer Business Practices Forum.
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=257071&page=1
I guess the figures I had in mind were some way between Rons and iwonafish's...
Thanks very much for the link Peter. The thread seems very relevant to my situation.
Very much appreciate your comments. I'll certainly give this some good thought and speak to the University at our next meeting.
Thanks again. :-)
Hi Peter
Thanks for your comments, they are very valid points and if I am honest I haven't addressed each of them specifically with the University yet. I can see what you're saying though.
I have agreed with the University that as the Director of my own Limited Company I will be able to, and...
Hi all,
Having looked through the forums in the past I know the issue of charging rates has been asked on a number of occasions but I would like to request some specific advice from some of those structural engineers (mechanical) out there who have gone it alone. Especially those in the UK.
I...
Dear fellow Engineers,
I have been looking at the forums on this site for quite a while now and have decided to sign up and pose a question. Well, to be honest I'm seeking some advice really!
I graduated from the University of Manchester (UK) with a First Class Degree in Mechanical...
