Need help with V-bending simulation with Ansys

- December 3, 2023 at 9:27 am
  
  Vincent Doan
  Subscriber
  
  I'm just a beginner on Ansys, and I'm struggling with simulating a V-die sheet metal bending process.
  
  Can someone help me on how to set up the contact and static structural ? Cus when i watched the tutorials on Youtube, some use joint but some use contact instead.
  
  Also:
  Can i get the resulted bending force after solving?
  And what if i want to input bending force into the simulation?
  
  I'm looking forward to hear your suggestion. Thank you
  
  Vincent
- December 4, 2023 at 8:45 am
  
  Erik Kostson
  Ansys Employee
  
  HI
  I would suggest to use explicit dynamics for this (static can not solve this).
  See here for a tutorial:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfiEqS3RlXw
  ALl the best
  Erik
  - December 4, 2023 at 10:43 am
    
    Vincent Doan
    Subscriber
    
    Hi,
    
    Thank you for your suggestion. It went quite well. But the thing is, my sheet metal plate is too flexible, felt like rubber, is there anyway i can make it bahave like normal steel plate? And also, i want to input the force at the end of the journey, is it possible?
    
    Thank you
    
    Vincent