Flutter
Flutter aerodynamic instability is nowadays a well-known phenomenon; although, it still requires quite complex wind engineering knowledge and techniques to be analyzed.
For Torsional Flutter the Critical velocity derivates from a Single degree of…
24. Wind Design Checks
RM Bridge inside OpenBridge Designer can perform Wind Design Checks . The four wind checks are part of a simple Demo example of very complex wind dynamics subjects:
Torsional Divergence : Stability for torsion
Galloping : Vertical oscillation
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FSI Analysis of a Solar Panel Subject to Wind (Vortex Shedding)
Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of a Solar Panel Subject to Wind (Vortex Shedding)
In previous technical briefs , we presented the potential-based fluid elements available within ADINA Structures. These elements can model fluid, and its interaction…
Direct and Iterative FSI Coupling Methods: Hydraulic Engine Mount
Hydraulic Engine Mount
Physical Problem
Hydraulic engine mounts are widely used in the automotive, marine, and construction machinery industries since they are more effective than conventional elastomeric mounts.
The primary function of an engine…
Benchmarking FSI Capabilities
Benchmarking FSI Capabilities
An important task in the development of ADINA is the appropriate verification and benchmarking of the code. This requires comparing ADINA solutions with analytical results, published computed or experimental data, making…
Thermal CFD and Stress Analysis of an Exhaust Manifold
Thermal CFD and Stress Analysis of an Exhaust Manifold
ADINA is a unique tool to perform coupled CFD and structural analyses, and we are strengthening the program continuously for such applications. Here we focus on the analysis of a manifold and consider…
Steered Adaptive Meshing in ADINA — for CFD
Steered Adaptive Meshing in ADINA — for CFD
A specific difficulty in many CFD solutions is to establish a good mesh. For this reason much effort has been focused on mesh generation schemes. However, in general, the "best mesh" depends on the problem…
Physical Instabilities in FSI
Physical Instabilities in FSI
It is well known that some problems involving fluid-structure interactions exhibit physical instabilities. Hence, it is important to study the behavior of systems using only numerical techniques that can accurately resolve…
Fully Coupled Fluid Flow Structure Analysis: Sloshing of Oil in a Tank
Fully Coupled Fluid Flow Structure Analysis: Sloshing of Oil in a Tank
The above animation shows the sloshing of oil in a tank with its base subjected to a horizontal ground motion. For better viewing, the fluid and solid parts are presented separately…
Dynamic Analysis of Piping System
Dynamic Analysis of Piping System
The animation shows the dynamic analysis of a simplified piping system, similar to those used in nuclear power plants. The analysis is performed using the ADINA subsonic potential-based fluid elements to model the water…
Analysis of a Hydraulic Turbine
Analysis of a Hydraulic Turbine
Much effort is being made to develop efficient and cost-effective renewable energy solutions (see Ref.). In conventional hydropower, as well as in the more recent quest to harness the energy from waves and tides, well…
Simulation of Broken Dam
Simulation of Broken Dam
The animation above is a simulation of the flow of water when a dam is broken. The simulation demonstrates the use of the VOF method available in ADINA.
The VOF method is a surface-capturing method for solving flows possessing…
Aerodynamic Analysis of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Aerodynamic Analysis of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has increased in the past decade. The aerodynamic characteristics of a UAV, as given for example by the shape of its fuselage and the shape of its airfoil,…
FSI Analysis of a Hydroelectric Power Plant
FSI Analysis of a Hydroelectric Power Plant
Hydroelectric power plants are used for economic and environmentally friendly electric power generation all around the world. One of the technical challenges in the design of such structures is to consider…
Solving Unsteady Separated Flow Using ADINA CFD
Solving Unsteady Separated Flow Using ADINA CFD
To solve unsteady separated flows, the Detached-Eddy Simulation (DES) turbulence model is available in ADINA 8.4. This recent development is devised to predict, at a manageable computational cost, unsteady…
Solving Unsteady Separated Flow Using Large Eddy Simulation in ADINA CFD
Solving Unsteady Separated Flow Using Large Eddy Simulation in ADINA CFD
Sufficiently accurate and efficient turbulence modeling is obviously most important in CFD. While Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is regarded as very accurate, the computational cost…
Computational Fluid Dynamics
ADINA CFD provides state-of-the-art capabilities for modeling incompressible and compressible flows. ADINA CFD is capable of modeling a wide array of fluid flows, including those in the laminar and turbulent regimes, thin-film Reynolds flow with smooth…
10. CFD
Inside File\Examples\Demo Examples & FAQ users will find the Frequently Asked Questions and Solutions section for RM Bridge in OpenBridge Designer . It has CFD capabilities that allow the simulation of static wind coefficients thru Computer Fluid Dynamics…
Can I use Maxsurf to analise surfboards?
I'm looking for a software that I can use to analise the different effects that changes in the surfboard structure can influnce in its performance. For example, calculate the force of lift for different concavities of the surfboard.
If Maxsurf can't…
RE: IMPORT COORDINATES AND TEXT USING THE XYZ TOOL
Unknown said: 1:Coordinate; x100 y200 z150 text= 1bar. 2:Coordinate; x300 y200 z250 text= 12bar
I don't think that MicroStation's Text XYZ tool can interpret that format. However, it's a relatively simple matter to write a VBA macro to work with that…
Bridge Aerodynamics
Tacoma Narrows: For many of us, the name conjures up the suspension bridge swaying in the wind and ultimately collapsing. Click here to watch an incredible video on YouTube . This bridge collapse in the 1940's highlighted the importance of bridge aerodynamics…
