AIM: To perform the simulation using ELFORM = 1, 2, -1, -2 and calculate the stretch ratio. OBJECTIVE: Perform a uniaxial tensile simulation of a solid block (10x10x10 mm) up to stretch ratio of 5 using Ogden material card with different element formulation (1,2,-1,-2) Compare the uniaxial plots for all element formulation.…
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Project 2
Statement of assignment: Route the Wiring harness on the Given car body and Prepare to flatten the view drawing in CATIA V5. Application of all Packaging rules, Industry best practices studied in this course shall be demonstrated in design. Apply Protection coverings as required. Available connector 3D data can be used,…
19 Jan 2023 06:18 AM IST
Project 1
Statement of assignment: Route the Wiring harness on Given Engine and Prepare flatten view drawing in CATIA V5. Application of all Packaging rules, Industry best practices studied in this course shall be demonstrated in design. Apply Protection coverings as required. Available connector 3D data can be used, or you can…
19 Jan 2023 06:17 AM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 5 & 6 Challenge
Aim: Route two electrical harnesses per the given layout and interconnect them as a single harness assembly check for bundle continuity, and bundle warnings, and then provide annotations for the final harness assembly. Objective: The objective of this project is to first route the two Harness A and Harness B as per the…
13 Jan 2023 07:20 AM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 4 Challenge
Aim: 1) To Route the following harness layout in the Electrical workbench. 2) Add protective covering on all branches connected to DT06-2S & DT06-4S connectors. Given: CAD data of the following Connectors: DT06-4S DT06-6S DT06-2S DT06-08SA Connectors Layout Design: Steps to be followed: 1. Download…
12 Jan 2023 04:00 PM IST
Wiring harness routing & packaging Rules Week 3 Challenge
Task:Objective:1) To Download following P Clamp & define it as Electrical support using Electrical Part design Workbench. Define all the necessary properties.2) To Download following Back shell cad data & define it as Electrical back shell using Electrical Part design Workbench. Define all the necessary…
11 Jan 2023 07:01 AM IST
Wiring harness design in CATIA V5 - 3D modeling Week 2 Challenge
AIM: Download following connectors & Connector clip cad data from given link & define it as Electrical Connector using Electrical Part design Workbench. Define all the necessary properties to Connectors & Clip. Deutsch DT06 – 08SA ( https://www.te.com/usa-en/product-DT06-08SA.html) Tyco 174357-2 (https://www.te.com/usa-en/product-2-174357-2.html?source=header-match)…
11 Jan 2023 04:35 AM IST
Week 14 challenge
Aim Assemble and apply GD&T to the butterfly valve assembly drawing Introduction Butterfly Valve is a mechanical componend used to control the flow of fluid in different application in different areas. The "butterfly" is a metal disc mounted on a rod. When the valve is closed, the disc is turned so that it completely blocks…
03 Jan 2023 05:07 AM IST
Independent Research Project
Aim: To perform a helmet visor integrity test and asses whether the provided specimen is fit for Snell rating. Theory: The test is carried out by a shooting a high velocity projectile(polycarbonate pellet) at the visor(polycarbonate) and assessing the damage to the visor. Visor integrity test beds can…
26 Dec 2022 10:51 AM IST
Week 10 Bullet penetrating a Bucket Challenge
AIM: To perform the bullet penetrating bucket simulation, PROCEDURE: First we will import the given model in ANSYS workbench in Explicit dynamics module. Here we are using three non linear material for the bucket. So we are using Aluminum alloy NL, Copper Allot NL, Stainless stell NL for bucket. Now next is to mesh the…
26 Dec 2022 08:18 AM IST
Week 11 Car Crash simulation
AIM: To perform the Car crash simulation. PROCEDURE: First we will import the given geometry to the ANSYS workbench in Explicit dynamic module. For this we are using Stainless Steel NL material. Now the model is shown below: So here we have to assign the thickness and material to car body. So we are…
25 Dec 2022 03:57 PM IST
Week 9 Tension and Torsion test challenge
AIM: To perform the torsion and tensile test on given specimen. PROCEDURE: So first we will import the given model into ANSYS workbench in Explicit dynamics. The model is shown below: We are using Steel 1006 material here for this simulation. TENSILE TEST Now first we will create two new cordinate system for the specimen. …
25 Dec 2022 11:10 AM IST
Week 9 Machining with Planer Challenge
AIM: To perform machining with planer simulation. PROCEDURE: First we will import the componet in ANSYS workbench. In explicit dynamics. The model is shown below: Now next is to assign the material. So for the workpiece we are choosing STEEL 1006 and for cutting tool its a structural steel with…
25 Dec 2022 07:45 AM IST
Week 8 Worm Gear Challenge
AIM: To perform transient structural analysis on a worm gear assembly. Objective To perform a transient structural analysis on a worm gear assembly and determine the Total Deformation, Equivalent Stress and Equivalent Elastic Strain developed in the model. Procedure - Create Transient structural analysis and in engineering…
25 Dec 2022 06:46 AM IST
Week 8 - Universal Joint
Objective - To perform a transient structural analysis on a double universal joint with a spring using three different materials Case 1 - Structural Steel Case 2 - Stainless Steel Case 3 - Titanium alloy The three materials must be used on the joint with the springs alone. Procedure - Create…
24 Dec 2022 08:48 AM IST
Week 7-Long Piston With Cam
AIM: To perform the simulation for Long Piston with Cam. PROCEDURE: So first we will import the given model in ANSYS workbench using trasient structural module. Now after this we will assign the RIGID behaviour to the Barrel and Barrel-Cam. So because of the solver will consoder them as a point masses…
24 Dec 2022 03:19 AM IST
Week 5 Sphere pressing on a plate
AIM: To perform the simulation for Shpere pressing on plate. PROCEDURE: So first we will import the geometry and apply the required parameters to it. After this we will assign the Structural steel to the spehre and Structural steel Non linear to the plate. Now after that…
22 Dec 2022 10:46 AM IST
Week 4 -Wire Bending Challenge
AIM: To perform the wire bending simulation. PROCEDURE: So first we will import the model in ANSYS workbench. After that we will select the material for the WIRE. The material we are choosing are Copper Alloy (Non Linear), Aluminium Alloy (Non Linear) and Magnesium Alloy (Non Linear.…
22 Dec 2022 07:15 AM IST
Week 4- Rolling operation
AIM: To perform the Rolling simulation on given workpiece. PROCEDURE: First we will import the geometry and edit it. And after that we will assign the conditions to it. So this is how the component looks like. And after this We will use pull operation to edit the component. So the final component is shown below: Now…
22 Dec 2022 05:26 AM IST
Week 3 Sheet metal Bending challenge
AIM: To performt the simulation for sheet metal bending. PROCEDURE: First we will import the model file in ANSYS and after we will edit the model in spcaeclaim. First start the structural analysis and open the model. The model is shown below: Now first we will select the material for the sheet. So in this we are using…
21 Dec 2022 01:51 PM IST
Week 3 Verification of Weld Joints
AIM: Verification o f Weld joints. PROCEDURE: So first we import the file in ANSYS and then edit that model file in Spceclaim. The model is given below: Now after this we have to assign the material to the component as per the requirement. Now after this we will add the connection to the model as given…
21 Dec 2022 11:08 AM IST
Week 2 Railwheel and Track
AIM To Perform a static structural analysis on the Railwheel and Track setup and evaluate results for total deformation, equivalent stress & life under loading condition. Objective- Our main objective is to perform analaysis as per below mentiioned case. Case 1: Multiply the bearing load by 5 times and compare…
21 Dec 2022 10:17 AM IST
Week 2 Bevel Gear Challenge
GRID DEPENDENCY TEST IN BEVEL GEAR OBJECTIVES In this challenge we will perform grid dependency test with bevel gear with different mesh size 4,5 and 6 and verify the result which is suitable mesh. GRID DEPENDENCY TEST This…
20 Dec 2022 02:39 PM IST
Week 1 Spur Gear Challenge
STATIC STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ON SPUR GEAR USING ANSYS OBJECTIVE To carry out a static structural analysis on spur gear with following type of materials, Case-1: Cast Iron Case-2: Cast Bronze Case-3: Cast Steel To find and compare the results of Equivalent stress, Total deformation, Stress intensity for all the cases. To…
19 Dec 2022 05:52 PM IST
Week 1 Stress Concentration on a Plate with hole
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19 Dec 2022 07:57 AM IST
Assignment 7-Side Pole Crash Simulation Challenge
AIM: Side crash analysis, deck setup using hypermesh and hypercrash. OBJECTIVE: To check the unit system and either follow [Mg mm s] or [Kg mm ms]. To create the appropriate interface, friction 0.2 and recommended parameters. To make sure of no penetrations and intersections. To correct rigid bodies if any…
15 Dec 2022 07:42 AM IST
Project 2 Thermal modeling of battery pack
Project 2: Thermal modeling of the battery pack. For a 10 cell series lithium-ion battery model, simulate the thermal effects and compare life cycle performance at various temperatures, charge & discharge rates using MATLAB. Solution: Component Requirement: 1. Battery (Table-Based) to activate the SoC and Thermal Property…
15 Dec 2022 04:36 AM IST
Project 1 Mechanical design of battery pack
Battery pack capacity: 18 kWh Cell: ANR26650M1-B Prepare a detailed battery pack drawing along with its enclosure. State your assumptions. AIM: To Prepare a detailed battery pack drawing along with its enclosure with ANR26650M1-B by a capacity of 18 kWh. ANR26650M1-B is a Nano phosphate high power lithium-ion cell which…
15 Dec 2022 04:36 AM IST
Week 7 State of charge estimation
STATE OF CHARGE ESTIMATION OBJECTIVE: By using the given lithium ion battery management project matlab model Simulate the 3 test cases from harness dashboard and write a detailed report on the results and explain the coulomb counting for SOC estimation implemented…
13 Dec 2022 12:48 PM IST
Week 1 Understanding Different Battery Chemistry
1) Prepare a table which includes materials & chemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode of LCO, LMO, NCA, NMC, LFP and LTO type of lithium ion cells.Give your detailed explanation on it. Lithium ion batteries can be designed for optimal capacity with the drawback of limited loading, slow charging and reduced…
12 Dec 2022 05:34 AM IST
Project - Data Handling and Interpolation
Project : In a laboratory experiment, data of voltage and current has been recorded and the same is attached in an excel file ( Click on this link VI.xlsx ). Read the excel file in the Matlab program and perform the interpolation in the range of -17.3:0.1:0.9. Generate the interactive plot for the interpolated data and…
08 Dec 2022 02:16 PM IST
Project - 2 - Meshing on the suspension Assembly
AIM: Mesh the given rear suspension assembly accordingly with 2D & Volume meshing as per the given quality criteria. Connections to be deployed for the model. Replicate the model symmetrically after all the meshing and connections. OBJECTIVE: Geometry Clean-up. Mid surface extraction & 2D meshing. Solid & Volume Meshing.…
07 Dec 2022 04:08 AM IST
Project 1 - 2D meshing on the instrumental Panel
AIM: Pre-processing of the car instrument Panel using ANSA. OBJECTIVE: The main objective for the given component is to check for the geometrical errors and mesh with the given element Quality criteria. At the end, the thickness has to be assigned to FE each feature accordingly. PROCEDURE : SWITCH PANEL: The IP substrate…
07 Dec 2022 04:08 AM IST
Assignment 6-Frontal Crash Simulation Challenge
OBJECTIVE : To perform frontal crash analysis of a vehicle against a rigid wall in Hypermesh. To simulate the crash behavior of the vehicle in HyperView and discuss the results. To plot the sectional and axial forces at different locations and discuss the results. To obtain intrusion results at dash wall and plot them…
06 Dec 2022 08:39 AM IST
Tool Test 1
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06 Dec 2022 07:15 AM IST
Week - 8 - Morphing
AIM: To perform the Morphing for the given model. OBJECTIVE: -Importing geometry to ANSA software. -Topology clean-up. -Morphing the required surfaces. INTRODUCTION: Morphing Morphing in ANSA is a very powerful and intuitive tool, it can be used to reshape, redesign, and detail a CAE model without the need for a 3D…
05 Dec 2022 10:40 AM IST
Tool Test-2
AIM: VOLUME MESH GENERATION FOR INTAKE MANIFOLD USING ANSA (UNSTRUCTURED MESH) OBJECTIVE: Import the CAD geometry of Intake Manifold Clean up the geometry until no topological error is found Mesh geometry with target/average length of 3mm with no errors. Assign closed volume and generate unstructured volumetric mesh using…
03 Dec 2022 02:54 AM IST
Week 6 - Creating connection for Rear door
AIM: To perform different types of 1D connections to the Rear door FE model in order to set it right for further solving. OBJECTIVE: for the given Rear door FE model, Create and apply different PIDs for different components. Perform suitable connections. [Note: All the connections are to be done in NASTRAN Deck as the…
03 Dec 2022 02:53 AM IST
Week- 5 - Solid meshing
AIM:- For the given Rear view mirror component, check for the geometrical errors and mesh the Surfaces with the given 2D element Quality criteria’s given. Use tetra elements to mesh the Volumes defined in the model and check for the below quality after Volume meshing. OBJECTIVE:- Check for the geometrical errors. Mesh…
02 Dec 2022 04:27 AM IST
Week - 4 - 2D meshing for Plastic components
AIM: 2D meshing for Plastic components. OBJECTIVE: To check for the geometric errors, extract the mid surface with suitable technique and perform meshing on the plastic bottle cap with mentioned quality criteria. PROCEDURE: The following image shows the isometric view of the plastic bottle cap. In order to have a refined…
01 Dec 2022 01:12 AM IST
Week 3 - 2D meshing for sheet metal
Aim: For the given Hood model, Take the mid surface for all the components after checking the geometrical errors and mesh the mid surface with the given element Quality criteria. (Refer to the table below for the Quality criteria) S.No Quality Criteria Value 1 Target/Average length …
29 Nov 2022 03:29 PM IST
Week 12:Project 2-Meshing of Rear Wheel Holder challenge
Mesh Generation on the Trunk model using Hypermesh 1. Introduction In this exercise, a trunk portion of an Automobile BIW was meshed using Hypermesh software. BIW stands for the 'body in white', referring to the automobile sheet metal welded structure or body shell. The most general materials are steel and aluminium alloys…
28 Nov 2022 04:11 AM IST
Week 12:Project-1-Meshing of Door Inner Panel Challenge
AIM MESH the following given model by following the given quality criteria. OBJECTIVE Import the geometry file and clean up the geometrical errors. Extract the midsurface out from the following model. clean the midsurface geometrical errors and mesh the midsurface with given element size. cleanup the elements quality errors…
28 Nov 2022 04:11 AM IST
Assignment 5-RADIOSS Interfaces & Study of Effect of Notches Challenge
Aim: To update and create diffrent contact interface to given model also analyse the behaviour of energies, forces on model in different condition. Objective: To create the mesh for bumper assembly, study the radioss interfaces, and the effect of notches. Problem Specification: Create the mesh for…
24 Nov 2022 02:00 PM IST
Assignment 4-RADIOSS Material Laws Challenge
MATERIAL LAWS CHALLENGE Crashworthiness analysis using RADIOSS and Hypermesh- Assignment-4 AIM: To run crash analysis on the given model by applying different materials laws available in Radioss and post-process the results Objective: To carry out simulations of the given starter files and compare the results. There…
23 Nov 2022 04:12 AM IST
Assignment 3-2D Element Formulation Challenge
AIM: 1) Run the simulation with the default property card (CASE 1). OBJECTIVE: Comparison of results with base simulation and improved shell element properties. 1.Using the crash beam file provided, change the run time to 55 ms. 2. Change the number of animation steps during simulation to a minimum of 25 and maximum of…
22 Nov 2022 05:13 AM IST
Assignment 2-RADIOSS Engine File Editing & 3D Meshing Challenge
Aim :- To solve the given problems on time step and to do Tetra and Hexa meshing on a given component. Software used :- Altair hyper-works student version 2020 Solution :- Check the material properties of the rail component and calculate the speed of sound in steel rail. As we know, Time step Tc = L/C = L/√(E/ρ)…
22 Nov 2022 04:58 AM IST
Assignment 1-2D Meshing Challenge
OBJECTIVE:- To Clean the geometry. Extract mid surface. Clean mid surface geometry. Ignore holes less than dia 5mm. Create a 2D mesh with target length 5mm, min 3.5mm max 7mm. And assign proper thickness, by creating a generic property for…
18 Nov 2022 04:10 AM IST
Week 9-Creation of 1D Connectors Challenge
CREATION OF 1D CONNECTORS CHALLENGE AIM: To mesh the components in the given assembly and connect them amongst themselves using the connectors in HyperMesh. PROBLEM STATEMENT: THEORY: CONNECTORS: They are geometric entities (not FE) primarily used to create spot- and seam welds, but also used to create adhesives, bolts,…
15 Nov 2022 04:46 AM IST
Week 8-3D Tetra Meshing Challenge
AIM To tetra mesh the given models with various tetra mesh options. OBJECTIVE: To create a 3D tetra mesh with given quality parameters in a given model by using hyper works. CAD MODEL IMAGE:- 1. Cad model 2.Cad model 3.Cad model PROCEDURE:- model 1:- 1. Import the given model into hyper works 2.To clean the geometry by…
10 Nov 2022 02:29 PM IST
Week 6-Meshing of Hood Challenge
AIM: To mesh the component given by following the quality criteria specified. To Assign property and thickness to the component. OBJECTIVE: Meshing the model components seperately by creating sepearte mid-surface. Using the 'Mixed' (Not Quad) option to generate the mesh, because the model is preparing for the crash & safety…
09 Nov 2022 04:32 AM IST
Week 4-1D Element Creation Challenge
AIM: To create 1D elements on the given component with given cross-section and DOF using Hypermesh SPECIFICATION: a. Rod element: with only translational DOF and RBE2 link Cross-Section: BOX- Dimension a= 12 mm dimension b=10 mm Thickness t= 0.75 mm b. Beam element:…
07 Nov 2022 02:52 PM IST
Project 1
Modeling a Double-Acting Actuator This example shows how to model a double-acting actuator with Simscape™ Multibody™ and Simscape. Simscape Multibody models the mechanical system of the cylinder, and Simscape models the hydraulic system. You can use Translational Multibody Interface block to connect the two systems. Cylinder…
03 Nov 2022 08:43 AM IST
Week-7 Head Impact
AIM: To perform the Head Impact Simulation and calculate the Head Impact Criterion (HIC) value for the following cases. Simple head model impacting against rigid wall Child headform dummy model impacting against rigid wall Child headform dummy model impacting against hood Objective: In this challenge, a children's head…
31 Oct 2022 08:25 AM IST
Bird Strike - Project - 2
Aim : To stimulate non-linear transient birdstrike stimulation where the bird tries to hit the gas turbine blade by using Ls dyna. Explanation: Introduction to Bird strike simulation and its significance Bird strikes are a major threat to aircraft structures, as a collision with a bird during flight can lead to serious…
31 Oct 2022 08:23 AM IST
week-11 Joint creation and Demonstration
AIM: To create revolute, spherical, cylindrical, and translational joints between 2 deformable and 2 rigid bodies. Introduction: Mechanical joints are designed to provide relative motion between two bodies in one degree of freedom and constrain the other 2 or more degrees of freedom. They provide rotational, cylindrical,…
30 Oct 2022 11:42 AM IST
Week - 10 Hyperelastic Material Models
AIM To calculate the Mooney Rivlin and Ogden material constants and compare the both using stress-strain data from a Dogbone specimen tensile test with 100 percent strain. The given material data is the engineering stress-strain in MPa/(mm/mm). The comparison should be shown from the d3hsp file and using simulation. Note: The…
29 Oct 2022 02:53 PM IST
Week - 9 Material Modeling from Raw Data
AIM: To use the diagram of the true stress-strain curve of graphite iron casting and use the data to create either a MAT_024 or MAT_018 material model and then validate it. MATERIAL MODELLING: Material Modelling is done in CAE industry that involves testing of new material. It is mainly carried out in Research and development…
28 Oct 2022 02:31 PM IST
Week - 8 Mass Scaling
AIM: To use mass scaling to reduce the runtime of a model and ensure the stability of mass scaling. The hard limit on mass scaling is 8% and stability should be completely intact. To run the same model using implicit solver with necessary changes and compare implicit and explicit runtime. OBJECTIVES: To perform the mass…
28 Oct 2022 11:26 AM IST
Week-6 Calculate the Stretch Ratio by comparing the ELFORM (-2,-1,1,2) with Ogden_Material Model.
AIM: To perform the simulation using ELFORM = 1, 2, -1, -2 and calculate the stretch ratio. OBJECTIVE: Perform a uniaxial tensile simulation of a solid block (10x10x10 mm) up to stretch ratio of 5 using Ogden material card with different element formulation (1,2,-1,-2) Compare the uniaxial plots for all element formulation.…
28 Oct 2022 02:57 AM IST
Week - 5 - Modelling Spotwelds
AIM To Run a crash box simulation using beam spotweld and solid hex spotweld and compare the results (axial and shear forces) OBJECTIVE: The objective of this project is to model spot welds to join two sheet metal components using beam elements on the first case and solid elements on the second and compare the axial…
27 Oct 2022 10:04 AM IST
Week - 4 - Crash Box Simulation
AIM To create a complete simulation file for-crash analysis of crash box having two different thickness of 1.2 mm and 1.5 mm from the given FE model of crashbox and produce the following deliverables. OBJECTIVE Input. k file and output files (D3PLOT, GLSTAT, SLEOUT, RCFORC) Animation of the final simulation Cross-sectional…
27 Oct 2022 06:55 AM IST
Week - 3 Drop test Challenge
Aim To conduct drop test simulation on a cell phone using the Ls-Dyna software, create the input deck file and post processing the results. Objective Cell phone model is taken into consideration to check the impact test when the phone drops from a distance to the ground. The drop test is conducted to identify the weak…
26 Oct 2022 04:58 PM IST
Week - 2 - Explicit and Implicit Analysis
AIM To solve this equation, F(u) = u3+9u2+4u using both Explicit and Implicit Methods ( have a tolerance of 0.001). F = Force ; u = displacement OBJECTIVE: To solve the given equation using implicit and explicit methods with a residual tolerance of 0.01. Equation: F(u)=u3+9u2+4u F- Force in the bar, u- Displacement in…
25 Oct 2022 03:25 PM IST
Week - 1 - Consistency of Units
AIM : The aim of this challenge is to convert the given SI unit values of given quantities to all different parameters & also to prepare consistent unit system table for different unit system. ABSTRACT: The objective of this challenge is to create a consisten system of…
25 Oct 2022 07:50 AM IST
Project 2
As discussed in Lecture 11, Project 2 deals with the development of a forward energy-based fuel consumption model of a P1 hybrid vehicle. This model is based on the conventional vehicle model from Project 1. The main goal of this project is to understand the functionality of a P1 hybrid and be able to model it. Honda Insight…
22 Oct 2022 10:17 AM IST
Project 1
1. Project 1 deals with the development of a forward energy-based fuel consumption model of a conventional vehicle. Aim Tabulate the fuel economy numbers (kmpl) for UDDS and HWFET cycle. This forms the baseline numbers for comparing with the future hybrid version.Plot the time trace for engine, transmission input, transmission…
19 Oct 2022 08:34 AM IST
Project - Speed Control of a Direct Current (DC) motor
Aim: To design a Simulink model for the DC motor shown in Figure 1. amd aslo by Using the Proportional, Integral, and Derivative (PID) control design knowledge gained in the training to design, develop and test a controller to maintain a desired speed for the motor. OBJECTIVE To Use the Proportional,…
15 Oct 2022 05:58 AM IST
Project - Analysis of a practical automotive wiring circuit
Analysis of a practical automotive wiring circuit Identify each of the major elements in the above automotive wiring diagram. Explain the purpose and working of any three elements briefly. If the total load is 10A from battery, what should be the fuse rating? If 500W is the load, what is the voltage and capacity…
12 Oct 2022 04:40 AM IST
FINAL TEST
PORT FUEL INJECTION: 1. What is the Compression ratio for the engine? The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values. In a piston engine, the static compression ratio(CR) is the ratio between the…
10 Oct 2022 04:48 PM IST
Week 11: Project 2 - Emission characterization on a CAT3410 engine
Aim: To perform a 3-D simulation in Converge CFD to compare the emission and performance characteristics for a CAT 3410 diesel engine with different piston bowl geometry( namely Open-W and Omega pistons). Methodology: A sector simulation was carried out using two different piston bowl profiles. The bowl profiles…
10 Oct 2022 08:23 AM IST
Week 10: Project 1 - FULL HYDRO case set up (PFI)
AIM To Perform a full hydrodynamic simulation of a Port fuel injection engine using SAGE combustion model in converge CFD. Introduction The purpose of task is to do boundary flagging and surface preparation for the given geometry. After that we will run the simulation for full hydrodynamic case setup and see the motion…
09 Oct 2022 04:25 PM IST
Week 9: Project 1 - Surface preparation and Boundary Flagging (PFI)
The Tasks that you need to perform are 1, Boundary Flagging. 2, Surface preparartion. After setting up the NO HYDRO case set up, make sure you create an animation for NO HYDRO Solution Aim To Surface preparation and Boundary Flagging (PFI) Introduction The purpose of task is to do boundary flagging and…
08 Oct 2022 08:14 AM IST
Week 8: Literature review - RANS derivation and analysis
Apply reynold's decomposition to the NS equations and come up with the expression for reynold's stress. Explain your understanding of the terms reynold's stress What is turbulent viscosity? How is it different from molecular viscosity? SOLUTION Aim: To derive the Reynolds Averaged Navir Stokes(RANS) Equations. Objective:…
07 Oct 2022 04:49 PM IST
Week 7: Shock tube simulation project
Setup a transient shock tube simulation Plot the pressure and temperature history in the entire domain - Explain the result Plot the cell count as a function of time - Explain the result It is expected to show the mesh generation using PARAVIEW. Also create an animation and upload it on You tube and provide the You tube…
07 Oct 2022 10:26 AM IST
Week 6: Conjugate Heat Transfer Simulation
AIM Setup the CHT simulation flow through the pipe in converge CFD. Maintain the inlet Reynolds number as 7000 Turn on the Y+ value before exporting all the setup files. Run grid dependence test by showing outlet temperatures are converging to a particular value. Find out the effect of supercycle stage interval by setting…
06 Oct 2022 05:09 PM IST
Week 5: Prandtl Meyer Shock problem
1. Shock flow boundary conditions Do a literature search on what BC's are typically used for shock flow problems 2. What is a shock wave? In your own words, describe the physics behind shock waves 3. Effect of SGS parameter on shock location In the Prandtl Meyer shock problem, look at the effect of SGS temperature value…
06 Oct 2022 09:32 AM IST
Week 4.2: Project - Transient simulation of flow over a throttle body
Setup and run transient state simulation for flow over a throttle body. Post process the results and show pressure and velocity contours. Show the mesh (i.e surface with edges) Show the plots for pressure, velocity, mass flow rate and total cell count. Also show the calculations on how you calculated an end time for the…
04 Oct 2022 07:24 AM IST
Week 4.1: Project - Steady state simulation of flow over a throttle body
Aim To perform the Steady State Simulation of flow over throttle body using converge Objective Simulate flow over throttle body Post process results and show Pressure contours and velocity contours Show Mesh (Surface with edge) Create the animation in which throttle movement should be visible Steps Imported STL file in…
01 Oct 2022 05:57 PM IST
Week 3: Flow over a backward facing step
Aim: To perform a Backward facing step simulation using Converge and postprocess the result in Para view. Objective: Run 3 simulations and compare the results between all the 3 simulations. 3 different base mesh sizes are, Once you have the base setup ready, run the case for three different base mesh sizes…
30 Sep 2022 07:20 AM IST
Week 1: Channel flow simulation using CONVERGE CFD
Aim: To perform a channel flow simulation using Converge and postprocess the result in Para view. Objective: Run 3 simulations and compare the results between all the 3 simulations. 3 different base mesh sizes are, dx = 2e-4m, dy = 2e-4m, …
29 Sep 2022 11:49 AM IST
Independent Research Project
AIM: To simulation of fluid flow a through pipe. OBJECTIVE: Flow through pipe simulation for fluid of particular properties. Calculate the velocity contours are find out laminar flow through pipe. INTRODUCTION: Fluid flow a through pipe: Fluid flow describes how fluid behaves when in motion.…
23 Sep 2022 06:26 AM IST
Week 10 - Simulating Combustion of Natural Gas.
Part I Perform a combustion simulation on the combustor model and plot the variation of the mass fraction of the different species’ in the simulation using line probes at different locations of the combustor as shown in Fig. You need to plot for CO2, H2O, CH4, N2, O2, NOx emissions & Soot formation. Part II As you must…
20 Sep 2022 01:56 PM IST
Week 9 - Parametric study on Gate valve.
CHALLENGE FOR GATE VALVE SIMULATION: For this challenge, you will have to perform a parametric study on the gate valve simulation by setting the opening from 10 % to 80%. Obtain the mass flow rates at the outlet for each design point. Calculate the flow coefficient and flow factor for each opening and plot the graph.…
19 Sep 2022 08:48 AM IST
Week 8 - Simulating Cyclone separator with Discrete Phase Modelling
AIM To perform analysis on cyclone separator and calculate the separation efficiency and pressure drop. Objective:- To write a few words about any four empirical models used to calculate the cyclone separator efficiency. To perform an analysis on a given cyclone separator model by varying the particle diameter from 1 μm to 5 μm and…
16 Sep 2022 06:09 PM IST
Week 6 - CHT Analysis on a Graphics card
AIM Analysis of steady-state conjugate heat transfer using a graphics card model Objectives: Run the simulation by varying the velocity from 1m/sec to 5m/sec for at least 3 velocities and discuss the results. Find out the maximum temperature and heat transfer coefficient attained by the processor. Prove that the simulation…
15 Sep 2022 04:58 AM IST
Week 5 - Rayleigh Taylor Instability
What are some practical CFD models that have been based on the mathematical analysis of Rayleigh Taylor waves? In your own words, explain how these mathematical models have been adapted for CFD calculations. Perform the Rayleigh Taylor instability simulation for 2 different mesh sizes with the base mesh being 0.5 mm. Compare…
14 Sep 2022 08:44 AM IST
Week 4 - CHT Analysis on Exhaust port
Objectives: Give a brief description of why and where a CHT analysis is used. Maintain the y+ value according to the turbulence model and justify the results. Calculate the wall/surface heat transfer coefficient on the internal solid surface & show the velocity & temperature contours in appropriate…
12 Sep 2022 04:57 PM IST
Week 3 - External flow simulation over an Ahmed body.
AIM-:Study of Flow and Turbulence Structures in the Wake of a Simplified Car Model (Ahmed Model) Theory-:Ahmed Body The Ahmed body is a generic car body (a simplified vehicle model). The airflow around the Ahmed body captures the essential flow features around…
09 Sep 2022 04:38 PM IST
Week 2 - Flow over a Cylinder.
AIM :- Simulate the flow over a cylinder and explain the phenomenon of Karman vortex street. PART-I1. Simulate the flow with the steady and unsteady case and calculate the Strouhal Number for Re= 100. PART-II1. Calculate the coefficient of drag and lift over a cylinder by setting the Reynolds number to 10,100,1000,10000…
08 Sep 2022 05:19 PM IST
Week 1- Mixing Tee
AIM: To set up steady-state simulations to compare the mixing effectiveness when the hot inlet temperature is 360C & the Cold inlet is at 190C creating two versions of the mixing tee. OBJECTIVE: Is to set up steady-state simulations to compare the mixing effectiveness when the hot inlet temperature…
05 Sep 2022 07:25 AM IST
Project 1 : CFD Meshing for Tesla Cyber Truck
AIMFor the given model of tesla's Cyber truck, check and solve all geometrical errors and Assign appropriate PIDs. Perform meshing with the suitable Target length and element Quality criteria and also create a wind tunnel and perform volumetric mesh. STEPS: Import the CAD model Display setup Geometry check-up Creating…
30 Aug 2022 05:58 PM IST
Week 5 Challenge : Surface wrap on Automotive Assembly
Aim: The aim of this project is to surface wrap an automotive powertrain. To Merge all 3 models and perform surface wrap using ANSA software. Engine, Gearbox, Transmission STEPS: Import the CAD model Display setup Geometry check-up Creating the PIDs Defining the Element size or length selection of meshing type Objective:…
29 Aug 2022 05:09 AM IST
Week 4 Challenge : CFD Meshing for BMW car
AIM: The aim of this project is to mesh a BMW car model create a wind tunnel for CFD analysis using ANSA software . Import the CAD model Display setup Geometry check-up Creating the PIDs Defining the Element size or length selection of meshing type OBJECTIVE: The aim of this challenge is to perform geometry clean…
26 Aug 2022 04:17 PM IST
Week 3 Challenge : CFD meshing on Turbocharger
For the given model, check for the geometrical errors to make appropriate volumes. Create and assign PIDs as shown in the video. Perform surface mesh with the given target lengths as per PIDs. Blade stage-1 = 1 mm Blade stage-2 = 1 mm Impeller = 2 mm Shaft rotor = 1 mm Turbo casing = 5 mm Compressor casing = 5 mm Inlet…
23 Aug 2022 10:21 AM IST
Week 2 Challenge : Surface meshing on a Pressure valve
AIM: This project aims to mesh a pressure valve using three different mesh sizes and find out the optimal mesh size. STEPS: Import the CAD model Display setup Geometry check-up Creating the PIDs Defining the Element size or length selection of meshing type OBJECTIVES: Check for the geometrical errors and perform…
20 Aug 2022 05:38 PM IST
Week 6 - Data analysis
Data visualizer (100 points) Your script should take column numbers as the input and plot the respective columns as separate images Each file should be saved by the name of the column The plot labels should be extracted from the file. If, I request for a plot between column 1 (crank angle) and column 8(volume), then the…
17 Aug 2022 09:57 AM IST
Week 5 - Curve fitting
1. What does popt and pcov mean? (Watch the video to get some context) " popt " is an array that stores the values of the coefficients that are being passed in a given function . " pcov " is an two dimensional array that stores the values of the estimated covarience of popt i.e the coefficients . …
17 Aug 2022 07:03 AM IST
Week 3 - Solving second order ODEs
In Engineering, ODE is used to describe the transient behavior of a system. A simple example is a pendulum The way the pendulum moves depends on the Newtons second law. When this law is written down, we get a second order Ordinary Differential Equation that describes the position of the "ball" w.r.t time. Similarly,…
12 Aug 2022 10:51 AM IST
Week 2 Air standard Cycle
Based on the concepts you have learnt during the forward kinematics routine, go ahead and write code that can solve an otto cycle and make plots for it. Here are the requirements 1. Your code should create a PV diagram 2. You should output the thermal efficiency of the engine. The four processes in an Otto cycle…
12 Aug 2022 08:46 AM IST
Week 11 - Simulation of Flow through a pipe in OpenFoam
(1) Calculation of Flow Variables. (2) Generation of blockMeshDict using the wedge boundary condition. Create the blockMeshDict file in MATLAB such that the mesh is automatically created for any wedge angle. (3) Simulating the pipe flow in OpenFOAM using icoFoam solver. (4) Post process the velocity profile and shear stress…
10 Aug 2022 09:58 AM IST
Week 12 - Validation studies of Symmetry BC vs Wedge BC in OpenFOAM vs Analytical H.P equation
To simulate an axis-symmetric laminar flow through the constant cross-sectional of the pipe by applying the symmetry boundary condition. To simulating for the mentioned angles i.e for 10, 25, 45 degrees using both symmetry and wedge boundary conditions and validate them with HP equations. Hagen-Poiseuille's…
10 Aug 2022 09:56 AM IST
Week 9 - FVM Literature Review
Finite Volume Method(FVM): The Finite volume method(FVM) is a method for representing and evaluating partial differential equations in form of algebraic equations. In this method, volume integrates into a partial differential equation that contains a divergence term and is converted into surface integrals, using the divergence…
09 Aug 2022 07:33 AM IST
Week 8 - Simulation of a backward facing step in OpenFOAM
To simulate an incompressible-laminar-viscous flow through the backwards-facing step geometry and perform a transient simulation. Case 1 - To Simulate the flow without using any grading factor (i.e., GF = 1) Case 2 - To Simulate the flow with a grading factor of 0.2. The cells should be finer near the walls…
09 Aug 2022 07:29 AM IST
Week 7 - Simulation of a 1D Super-sonic nozzle flow simulation using Macormack Method
In this challenge you are going to simulate the isentropic flow through a quasi 1D subsonic-supersonic nozzle. You will derive both the conservation and non-conservation forms of the governing equations and sovle them using the MacCormack's technique. You need to determine the steady-state temperature distribution for…
06 Aug 2022 06:45 AM IST
Week 5.1 - Mid term project - Solving the steady and unsteady 2D heat conduction problem
Steady state analysis & Transient State Analysis Solve the 2D heat conduction equation by using the point iterative techniques that were taught in the class. The Boundary conditions for the problem are as follows; Top Boundary = 600 K Bottom Boundary = 900 K Left Boundary = 400 K Right Boundary = 800 K You will implement…
01 Aug 2022 06:29 AM IST
Week 3.5 - Deriving 4th order approximation of a 2nd order derivative using Taylor Table method
Write a program in Matlab to evaluate the second-order derivative of the analytical function exp(x)*cos(x) and compare it with the 3 numerical approximations that you have derived. a. Provide a plot that compares the absolute error between the above-mentioned schemes b. Describe why a skewed scheme is useful? What can…
28 Jul 2022 03:44 PM IST
Project 2 - Rankine cycle Simulator
Rankine Cycle Simulator The Rankine cycle is the fundamental operating cycle of all power plants where an operating fluid is continuously evaporated and condensed. The selection of operating fluid depends mainly on the available temperature range. The Rankine cycle operates in the following steps: 1-2 Isentropic Expansion.…
22 Jul 2022 05:12 PM IST
Project 1 - Parsing NASA thermodynamic data
Write a function that extracts the 14 co-efficients and calculates the enthalpy, entropy and specific heats for all the species in the data file. You will be reading this file NASA thermodynamic data EQUATIONS: The equations that we are going to use in the Functions to calculate cp, H,S are: cpR=a1+a2T+a3T2+a4T3+a5T4">cpR=a1+a2T+a3T2+a4T3+a5T4cpR=a1+a2T+a3T2+a4T3+a5T4…
21 Jul 2022 08:03 AM IST
Week 4.1 - Genetic Algorithm
To optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function The genetic algorithm is a technique for solving both constrained and unconstrained optimization problems that are based on natural selection, the process that drives biological evolution. The genetic algorithm constantly modifies…
20 Jul 2022 08:04 AM IST
Week 3 - Solving second order ODEs
SIMPLE PENDULUM %inputs b = 0.05; g=9.81; l=1; m=0.1; % initial condition in_ang_disp = 0; in_ang_v = 3; theta_0 = [in_ang_disp;in_ang_v]; % time points t_span = 20; fps = 30; t_pts = linspace(0,t_span,fps*t_span); % solve ODE [t, results] = ode45(@(t,theta)simp_pend_ode_func(l,theta,b,g,m),t_pts,theta_0); ang_disps…
18 Jul 2022 12:55 PM IST
Week 2- 2R Robotic Arm Challenge
2R Robotic Arm Challenge %inputs l1 = 1; l2 = 0.5; theta1 = linspace(0,90,10); theta2 = linspace(0,90,10); ct=1; for i = 1:length(theta1) THETA1 = theta1(i); for j = 1: length(theta2) THETA2 = theta2(j); x0 = 0; y0 = 0; x1 = l1*cosd(THETA1); y1 = l1*sind(THETA1); x2 = x1 + l2*cosd(THETA2); y2 = y1 + l2*sind(THETA2);…
13 Jul 2022 10:22 AM IST