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No me simula la fatiga(fatigue tool) en mi modelo de un tubo.

    • romeroreydiego
      Subscriber

      Buenas tardes.
      Tengo un problema con un modelo que estoy haciendo en Ansys. El modelo en cuestión es un solo tubo de los tantos que forma un receptor de una planta solar de tipo Gemasolar. De distancia 10.5m y material para el tubo Haynes 230 y sal de nitrato para el fluido que circula por la línea de flujo que se ve en la imagen. He obtenido mis resultados térmicos o termales y también de tensión con el módulo static structural. Bien , el problema viene ahora al intentar introducir fatiga debido a esa temperatura. Esta fatiga es generada por el flujo de calor, el flujo de calor varía a lo largo de la z, lo he importado en el setup en external data tanto en el modulo de thermal como static estructural y por tanto para fatigue tool. El problema es que no me lo simula, las restricciones (displascement) a las que está sometido el tubo están bien puestas ya que únicamente son en una de las bases del tubo (uno de los laterales) libre en el eje x(ya que se puede mover radialmente debido al flujo de calor) y fijas en ejes z e y . El otro displascement es en el path que he generado del tubo (parte trasera del tubo donde no recibe calor), que solo está libre, se puede mover en dirección longitudinal (eje z) estando fijo en las otras dos direcciones. Y esto sería mi modelo y mi problema , que no me lo simula y no sé exactamente por qué. Si alguien pudiese darme alguna idea se lo agradecería mucho. Adjuntos imágenes. Muchas gracias.

    • Ashish Khemka
      Forum Moderator

      Translated:

      Good afternoon.
      I'm having a problem with a model I'm creating in Ansys. The model in question is a single tube, one of many that make up a receiver for a Gemasolar solar plant. 
      The tube is 10.5 m long, and the material is Haynes 230. The fluid circulating through the flow line shown in the image is nitrate salt.
      I've obtained my thermal and stress results using the Static Structural module. Well, the problem now comes when I try to introduce fatigue due to that temperature.
      This fatigue is generated by heat flux; heat flux varies along the z axis.
      I've imported it into the setup under external data in both the Thermal and Static Structural modules, and therefore for the Fatigue Tool.
      The problem is that it does not simulate it for me, the restrictions (displacement) to which the tube is subjected are well set since they are only in one of the bases of the
      tube (one of the sides) free on the x axis (since it can move radially due to the heat flow) and fixed on the z and y axes.
      The other displacement is in the path that I have generated for the tube (rear part of the tube where it does not receive heat), which is only free, it can move in the longitudinal
      direction (z axis) while being fixed in the other two directions. And this would be my model and my problem, which does not simulate it for me and I do not know exactly why.
      If someone could give me some ideas I would greatly appreciate it. Images attached. Thank you very much.

    • Daniel Shaw
      Ansys Employee

      The error message indicates that a S-N curve is not defined for the material.  For the Mechanical Fatigue Tool (FT) to do a stress life (SN) fatigue evaluation all materials must have S-N curve defined.

      The FT does not consider temperature in SN fatigue calculations.  It just uses calculated stress from restrained thermal expansion.

      Are you saying that the applied boundary conditions do not produce any stress?  If so, then maybe the model is not adequately restrained, so it is experiencing free thermal expansion.  To create thermally induced stress, the boundary conditions must prevent free thermal expansion.

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