Study of Interfaces and Effect of Notch in Buckling on a Crush Tube

OBJECTIVE: Create a Rankine cycle simulator using MATLAB and evaluating the state points in the cycle provided with required inputs. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) The steam cycle is a practical cycle and is the basis of virtually all steam power plants and hence electricity generation.  ii) The main difficulties of the Carnot cycle…

OBJECTIVE: Write a function that extracts the 14 coefficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data file. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) The process of "parsing" can be described as reading in a data stream of some sort and building an in-memory model or representation of the semantic…

OBJECTIVE: Write a program to solve the ODE and simulate the motion of a simple pendulum with damping. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. A simple example is a pendulum.  ii) The way the pendulum moves depends on Newton's second law.  iii) When…

OBJECTIVE: Write a program to optimize the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) Genetic algorithms are randomized search algorithms that have been developed in an effort to imitate the mechanics of natural selection and natural genetics.  ii)…

OBJECTIVE: To extract the manual midsurface of the given component and perform geometry clean up. To mesh the same by following strict quality criteria while obtaining good mesh flow and low tria percentage. PRE-REQUISITES: Finite element method(FEM) is a particular numerical method for solving partial differential…

OBJECTIVE: To extract the manual midsurface of the given component and perform geometry clean up. To mesh the same by following strict quality criteria while obtaining good mesh flow and low tria percentage. Assign thickness to all ribs. PRE-REQUISITES: Finite element method(FEM) is a particular numerical method for…

OBJECTIVE Analysis and Comparison of different material laws used in Radioss.   PROCEDURE a) Initial Setup:      i) Select Radioss from the user interface menu.               ii) First, we need to import the model into Hypermesh.  …

OBJECTIVE Crush Tube Analysis PROCEDURE a) Initial Setup:      i) Select Radioss from the user interface menu.               ii) First, we need to import the model into Hypermesh.     iii) To do so, click on Import -> Import…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a Frontal Crash Analysis on the BIW structure of Dodge Neon and study how the impact forces are distributed throughout the chassis to keep the occupants safe. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) A crash simulation is a virtual recreation of a destructive crash test of a car using a computer simulation in…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a Side Crash Analysis on the BIW structure of Dodge Neon and study how the impact forces are distributed throughout the chassis to keep the occupants safe. PRE-REQUISITES:  i) A crash simulation is a virtual recreation of a destructive crash test of a car using a computer simulation in order…

QUESTIONS: Using the crash beam file to get the model and change the run time to 55 ms. Change the number of animation steps during simulation to a minimum of 25 and a maximum of 60. Run the base simulation without any modification to element properties. At the end of the simulation, do the energy error and mass error…

Questions: Check the material properties of the rail component and calculate the speed of sound in steel rail. Calculate the time taken for a shock wave to travel from one end of the rail to the other if the length of the rail is about 1000 mm. Calculate the time taken for sound to travel the length of the…

OBJECTIVE: To extract a midsurface of the given component and perform geometry clean up. To mesh the same by following strict quality criteria while obtaining good mesh flow and low tria percentage. Assign Property to the models. PRE-REQUISITES: Finite element method(FEM) is a particular numerical method for…

OBJECTIVE: To provide a tetra mesh to the given component and clear all the elements for tet collapse PRE-REQUISITES: A 3-D mesh is the structural build of a 3-D model consisting of polygons. 3D meshes use reference points in X, Y and Z axes to define shapes with height, width and depth. There are two types of 3-D meshing:…

OBJECTIVE: To create appropriate connectors between meshed surfaces and realize them. PROCEDURE: I) Pre-Requisites:  Connectors are geometric entities which are primarily used to represent CAD geometric connections in FEA. Connectors can be created as a spot weld, seam weld, adhesive, bolts, or masses. Successfully…

OBJECTIVE: To perform geometry cleanup of the given component and mesh the same while following the strict quality criterias provided. PROCEDURE: Select Optistruct from the user interface menu. Click on import -> Import Geometry Change file type to STEP and select the required file and click on import.   The…

AIM:  To mesh a given component and deploy a 1D element on it and to later provide cross section to the same element and assign properties to it.  PROCEDURE: Select Optistruct from the user interface menu. Click on import -> Import Geometry The following model opens:   After inspecting the model click…