1) Calculation Braking Energy reuirements for a given Drive cycle A driving cycle is a series of data points representing the speed of a vehicle versus time. Driving cycles are produced by different countries and organizations to assess the performance of vehicles in various ways In this calculation UDDS Drive cycle data…
Aakash Ram Chandran
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Study the effect of notches on crash tube model by simulating six different test cases using Hypercrash and Radioss
OBJECTIVE To simulate six different test cases of a crash tube experiment using Hypercrash and the solver Radioss. Analyse and compare all six outputs to study effects of contact interfaces Test case setups Run the crash tube model with default setup. Change the Inacti=6 and run. Create the type 11 contact and run. Remove…
08 Aug 2020 01:42 PM IST
Battery Chemistry of six types of Lithium Ion batteries
OBJECTIVE To create a table including materials & chemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode of LCO, LMO, NCA, NMC, LFP and LTO type of lithium ion cells. …
19 Jul 2020 01:59 PM IST
Parametric study on a frontal car crash simulation using explicit dynamics module of Ansys
OBJECTIVE To perform a parametric study on a frontal car crash simulation using 3 different values of thickness for the car body. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment The wall is given material structural steel…
29 Jun 2020 05:16 AM IST
Simulating a bullet penetrating the bucket using explicit dynamic module in Ansys with three different explicit materials
OBJECTIVE To simulate a bullet penetrating into a bucket with three different materials and comparing the results. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment The bullet is assigned with material TANTALUM. The bucket is…
28 Jun 2020 02:09 PM IST
Explicit dynamic analysis of a planar machining setup with different cutting speed values
OBJECTIVE To perform an explicit dynamics simulation on a planar machining setup with different cutting speed of the tool Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment The tool is assigned with structural steel and the stiffness…
28 Jun 2020 07:37 AM IST
Simulating Tension and Torsion test of a specimen in Ansys using Explicit Dynamics module
OBJECTIVE To perform the tension and torsion test on the specimen provided Tension test - displace one end of the specimen to 18mm while keeping the other fixed. Torsion test - displace one end of the specimen to an angle of 1200 degree. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked…
27 Jun 2020 06:51 AM IST
Performing Transient analysis on Worm Gear using Ansys
OBJECTIVE To perform a Transient structural analysis on a worm gear assembly and get results for Equivalent stress, Equivalent elastic strain and the total deformation in the model. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment…
26 Jun 2020 03:08 PM IST
Transient analysis of Long Piston With Cam using Ansys and studying effect of frictional coefficient on induced stress and strain
OBJECTIVE To perform a transient analysis on a piston and cam mechanism model and run the analysis with Frictionless contact, Frictional with 0.1 and 0.2 as the frictional contact for a total of 3 cases. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation…
26 Jun 2020 02:54 PM IST
Performing Transient analysis on a Double Universal Joint with three different materials.
OBJECTIVE To perform a transient structural analysis on a double universal joint with a spring using three different materials Structural Steel, Stainless Steel and Titanium alloy. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment…
26 Jun 2020 02:53 PM IST
Simulating Bending of iPhone
OBJECTIVE To simulate the bending of an iPhone in different cases by using Ansys Workbench Importing the CAD model The CAD model of the Iphone is imported using spaceclaim and checked for any geometry errors. Simulation setup Material Assignment The display is assigned with Glass material. The frame is assigned with Aluminium…
19 Jun 2020 12:09 PM IST
Simulating a steel sphere pressing over a steel plate and calculating the induced plastic strains in the plate
OBJECTIVE To perform an analysis to simulate a sphere pressing on a plate. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported and viewed using spaceclaim. The CAD model is checked for any errors. Since the sphere and plate are symmetry about 2 axis, only a quater part is simulated and this results can be used fro the symmetric…
18 Jun 2020 12:08 PM IST
Simulating Wire Bending with three different materials and comparing the results
OBJECTIVE To perform an analysis to simulate the bending of a wire in ANSYS and using three different materials Copper Alloy (Non Linear), Aluminium Alloy (Non Linear) and Magnesium Alloy ( Non Linear) for the wire alone. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported and viewed using spaceclaim. The CAD model…
18 Jun 2020 05:44 AM IST
Rolling operation
OBJECTIVE To perform the simulation of a rolling operation of copper wrokpiece using Ansys Workbench and study the output results such as equivalent stress , plastic strain and lateral deformation. Importing the CAD model The CAD model is imported and viewed using spaceclaim, the width of the copper workpiece is reduced…
14 Jun 2020 01:46 PM IST
Analysing Sheet metal Bending process with three different materials
Objective To perform Sheet metal bending for 3 different materials mentioned below. Case 1: Aluminium Alloy 1199( mentioned in the course video),Copper Alloy NL and Magnesium Alloy NL. Case 2: With the material as Aluminium Alloy, value of friction coefficient is 0.19. Case 3: …
13 Jun 2020 04:22 PM IST
Weld Joints Analysis using Ansys Workbench
Objective To Simulate three different types of welding joints under 12000 N using three different weld materials Weld Material used: Case 1. Stainless Steel for all parts Case 2. Aluminium Alloy for weld parts and Stainless steel for ribs and plates Case 3. Bronze for weld parts, Stainless steel for plates…
12 Jun 2020 02:19 PM IST
Simulating a Rail Wheel and Track setup for determining induced stress and studying effect of bearing load on Fatigue life of the model
Objective To Perform a static structural analysis on the Railwheel and Track setup using Ansys Compare a user defined result with inbuilt results. Importing the model The CAD model is imported and viewed in spaceclaim and making sure there are no errors in the geometry. Simulation Setup Contact Definition The material…
12 Jun 2020 09:48 AM IST
Performing Grid dependency test on Bevel Gear setup
Objective To perform Grid dependency test for the Bevel gear simulation for mesh sizes of 6,5 and 4 mm Grid dependency test is and its use. Grid dependency is also Known as Mesh Convergence in FEA. Coarse meshes can yield inaccurate results in analyses using implicit or explicit methods. The numerical solution provided…
11 Jun 2020 10:40 AM IST
Structural analysis of a Spur Gear setup with three different materials
Objective - The objective of this simulation is to perform structural analysis on a Spur gear setup with three different materials, namely Cast Iron, Cast Bronze and Cast Steel using Ansys Model Import The static structural ansys system is used for this simulation. The Spur gear model is imported and checked for any…
11 Jun 2020 10:30 AM IST
Modelling a detalied design of an Electric Vehicle in Matlab using Simscape
Creating a Matlab model of an Electric Vehicle using Simscape In creating a simscape model of an electric car, the Vehicle Body and car tire data must be defined first. Vehicle Body This block Represents a two-axle vehicle body in longitudinal motion. The block accounts for body mass, aerodynamic drag, road incline, and…
09 Jun 2020 11:35 AM IST
Powertrain for aircraft in runways
1) Aircraft An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air. It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, helicopters, airships…
02 Jun 2020 09:48 AM IST
Braking energy calculation for a given drive cycle and different methods of regenerative braking.
1) Calculation Braking Energy reuirements for a given Drive cycle A driving cycle is a series of data points representing the speed of a vehicle versus time. Driving cycles are produced by different countries and organizations to assess the performance of vehicles in various ways In this calculation UDDS Drive cycle data…
25 May 2020 12:37 PM IST
Creating a Simulink model to generate duty cycle values for a power converter with closed and open loop configurations.
1) Efficient operation of Power electronics Power electronics is the application of Solid-state electrnics to the control and conversion of electric power. In contrast to electronic systems concerned with transmission and processing of signals and data, in power electronics substantial amounts of electrical…
25 May 2020 02:44 AM IST
Simulating Frequency control of an Induction motor and explaining the equivalent circuit of an induction motor
Explaning the equivalent circuit network of induction motor MATLAB model. Induction motors are frequently used in both industrial and domestic applications. Within the induction motor, an electrical current in the rotor is induced by a varying magnetic field in the stator winding. The rotor current produces it's own magnetic…
17 May 2020 11:27 AM IST
Static structural analysis of two types of plates and studying their stress concentration
OBJECTIVE To conduct a static structural analysis on a plate with a hole geometry Case 1: Plate with a hole (increased thickness). Case 2: Plate with multiple holes. PROCEDURE CASE 1 Plate dimensions Length = 300mmHeight …
04 May 2020 04:36 AM IST
DC motor control using 4-Quadrant chopper and H-Bridge circuit
SPEED CONROL OF A DC MOTOR USING H-BRIDGE H-Bridge is a circuit which enables the user to change the direction of rotation of the motor. The H-brdige is made up of four switches Q1,Q2,Q3,Q4 and four free-wheeling diodes D1,D2,D3,D4 The IGBT's act as electronic switches which can be either ON state or OFF state. When the…
02 May 2020 01:11 AM IST
Study of Induction motor characteristics and calculating starting time and operational stability
1. Similarities between mechanical Clutch and Induction motor. Clutch operation Consider driving shat of a mechanical clutch with Torque T and speed w1 and the driven shaft has Torque T and speed w2. If we consider there are no losses then torque of driving shaft is same as torque is driven shaft. The relationship…
02 May 2020 01:09 AM IST
Analysis of a rupture plate element by using different material laws in Altair Radioss and comparing the results of all the seven cases
OBJECTIVE : Analysing different Material Law Properties in Altair Radioss solver by conducting 7 different cases os rupture plate simulation and deciding the best suitable material law based on the given simulation scenario. 7 Simulation Cases : Case (1) - Run the model as it is with the name Law2_epsmax_failure_0000.rad …
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
Curve fitting using python and finding error between original data set and predicted data set values using goodness of fit parameters
OBJECTIVE To perform the curve fit operation for the given data set and calculate the error between the original and generated curves using goodness of fit parameters. CODE FOR THE CURVE FITTING PROGRAM import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from scipy.optimize import curve_fit import numpy as np def read_file(): temperature…
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
FILE PARSING OF NASA THERMODYNAMIC DATA USING MATLAB
OBJECTIVE To extract the coefficients of different compounds and calculate the specific heat capacity, enthalpy, entropy of all the compounds and plot their values against the temperature range. CODE close all clc % opening the data file f = fopen(\'THERMO.dat\',\'r\'); header = fgetl(f); % extracting the global temperatures…
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
USING GENETIC ALGORITHM TO OPTIMIZE THE RESULTS OF A STALAGMITE FUNCTION
OBJECTIVE To determine the global maxima of the stalgamite function using genetic algorithm. GENETIC ALGORITHM (ga) ga is a in-bulit funcion in matlab to calculate the global minima of a function. It follows the theory of \'survival of the fittest\'. Random population is created from the inputs and these population are…
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
MODIFYING STARTER FILE BASED ON COMPONENT PROPERTIES AND CREATING 3D TETRA AND HEXA MESH FOR SOLID COMPONENTS
OBJESCTIVE To create tetra mesh and hex mesh for given solids with given specifications in Hypermesh. Modify the engine file and edit the properties of Steel rail component by using Radioss PROCEDURE 1. The Radioss starter file is imported in the Hypermesh window and the component is displayed 2. The Radioss…
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
GEOMETRY CLEAN UP AND 2D MESHING OF COMPONENTS USING HYPERMESH
OBJCTIVE To carry out the geometry cleanup operation on the given 3 files. Practice Clip Repair Mounting Bracket PROCEDURE Geometry cleanup. Extracting midsurface. Cleaning midsurface geometry. Creating 2D mesh with target length 5mm, min 3.5mm max 7mm. Assigning property thickness GEOMETRY CLEANUP In hypermesh the…
25 Apr 2020 10:33 PM IST
Design and assembly of american Chopper model using SOLIDWORKS
OBJECTIVE To create 3d CAD model of all components of an American Chopper using SOLIDWORKS and assemble it properly and then create a photorealistic rendering of the assembled Chopper model. PROCEDURE Individual components are created seperately in Part modelling window of solidworks. The individual components of the Chopper…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
SURFACE MESHING AND GEOMETRY CLEAN UP OF BMW M6 CAR MODEL FOR EXTERNAL FLOW ANALYSIS IN A WIND TUNNEL.
OBJECTIVE The main objective of the project is to perform geometry clean-up and mesh the outer surface of the car for external flow analysis. At the end a wind tunnel is created for flow analysis over the body the of the car. PROCEDURE GEOMETRY CLEANUP.…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
SOLVING SECOND ORDER ODE USING MATLAB AND ANIMATING THE PENDULUM MOTION
OBJECTIVE To write a program in matlab to simulate the transient behaviour of a simple pendulum and to create an animation of its motion CODE % constant inputs b = 0.05; g = 9.81; l = 1; m = 1; % intial displacement and velocity initial_conditions = [0;3]; % time intervals for calculating displacement and angular velocity…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
MESHING THE AUTOMOBILE FRONT HOOD FOR STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND PERFORM VIRTUAL HEMMING IN ANSA
OBJECTIVE To mesh the hood for structural analysis and create virtual hemming model in ansa. PROCEDURE GEOMETRY CLEANUP OF THE INNER HOOD PANEL. EXTRACTING THE MIDDLE SURFACE FROM THE INNER PANEL AND OUTER PANEL. MESHING THE INNER PANEL AND RELEASING THE…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
PYTHON CODE TO SOLVE AN OTTO CYCLE AND CALCULATE THE THERMAL EFFICIENCY
OBJECTIVE To write a python code to solve the otto cycle and plot the P-V diagram of the otto cycle and displaying the efficiency of the cycle as an output. CODE import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np import math def engine_kinematics(bore,…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
MESHING CYLINDRICAL GEOMETRY USING ANSA FOR INTERNAL FLOW SIMULATION
OBJECTIVE The main objective of this project is to mesh the given cylindrical geometry using the preprocessing software ANSA for internal flow simulation. PROCEDURE 1. CHECK FOR GEOMETRY ERRORS. 2. ASSIGNING RELEVANT PID\'S. 3. MESH GENERATION. 4. CHECK…
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
GEOMETRY CLEAN UP AND VOLUMETRIC MESHING OF A TURBOCHARGER FOR FLOW SIMULATION
OBJECTIVE The main objective of this project is to do geometry clean up and mesh the turbocharger using the preprocessing software ANSA. PROCEDURE GEOMETRY CLEANUP. PID ASSIGNING . SURFACE MESHING. VOLUMETRIC MESHING. GEOMETRY CLEANUP …
25 Apr 2020 10:32 PM IST
Analysing steel rail component using Radioss and comparing results of base simulation and simulation with improved shell element properties
OBJECTIVE To Compare the results of base simulation and results from simulation with improved shell element properties. At the end of the simulation, do the energy error and mass error checks and determine whether results would be acceptable Commenting whether there is any change in the results and why there is…
25 Apr 2020 10:31 PM IST
Meshing a Plastic Side door component using Ansa
OBJECTIVE To mesh the interior plastic component of the side door of a passenger vehicle with given quality criteria in three different ways Auto mid surface extraction using mid surface option Manual extraction using middle and offset method. combination…
25 Apr 2020 10:31 PM IST
Data analysis of the converge output file from an engine simulation test using python
OBJECTIVE To create a data visualizer tool using python which will extract data from a converge output file and plot the values according to the user\'s preferences. The converge output file contains 17 different parameters of an I.C engine…
25 Apr 2020 10:31 PM IST