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[EO]

Hello!

I am new to Ansys and I am using it as part of my dissertation related to obtaining the force-deflection curve of a rolling lobe air spring. Effectively, I am interested in the vertical component of pressure acting on the bumper for a given vertical displacement of the bumper above some reference position. [See schematic & video of rolling lobe air spring below]

To start with, I want to ask a couple of questions:

• What workflow is best suited for this problem (i.e One way FSI, Coupled Fluent & Mechanical)
• Where can I find resources on Dynamic Meshing and setting contact regions in fluent

Rolling lobe at work

I look forward to hearing from you!

Kind Regards

P.S - I apologise if my question has not been posted to the correct channel

 

 

 

[Rahul]

You can use two-way coupling of Fluent and Mechanical for this. 

To learn the workflow you can refer to the following documentation:

Reed Valve FSI Co-Simulation with Partial Setup Export from Workbench (Fluent-Mechanical)

Analyzing FSI with ANSYS Fluent and Mechanical - Part I - YouTube

Analyzing FSI with ANSYS Fluent and Mechanical - Part II - YouTube

System Coupling User's Guide

Chapter 42: Performing System Coupling Simulations Using Fluent