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…
Ashwin K
updated on 23 Mar 2021
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Project 2 - Rankine cycle Simulator
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…
23 Mar 2021 01:54 PM IST
Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data
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…
23 Mar 2021 01:54 PM IST
Solving second order ODEs
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…
23 Mar 2021 09:56 AM IST
Week 4.1 - Genetic Algorithm
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)…
23 Mar 2021 07:42 AM IST
Meshing of Floor Panel
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…
15 Mar 2021 11:39 AM IST
Meshing of Side Door Panel
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…
15 Mar 2021 11:38 AM IST
Study and Comparison of different material laws
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. …
15 Mar 2021 11:37 AM IST
Study of Interfaces and Effect of Notch in Buckling on a Crush Tube
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…
15 Mar 2021 11:35 AM IST
Frontal Crash Analysis of Dodge Neon
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…
17 Feb 2021 06:58 AM IST
Side Pole Impact Analysis of Dodge Neon
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…
04 Feb 2021 04:30 AM IST
Assignment 3
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…
03 Feb 2021 05:14 AM IST
Assignment 2
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…
15 Dec 2020 09:16 AM IST
Assignment 1
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…
14 Dec 2020 01:21 PM IST
Tetra Meshing
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:…
10 Dec 2020 05:39 AM IST
Connectors in Hypermesh
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…
21 Nov 2020 12:08 PM IST
Meshing of Hood model
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…
09 Nov 2020 02:14 PM IST
Meshing of brackets and providing cross section to the deployed 1D element
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…
13 Oct 2020 04:55 AM IST