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[EO]

Hello!

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

To start with, from this thread, I would like following information:

• What workflow is best suited for this problem?
  • From my initial research it seems as though this type of problem is best suited for FSI (Fluent) in workbench
• Pointers to good resources on understanding Dynamic Meshing & Contact regions in Fluent

Thank you for reading my post, I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,

Erhu

 

Video of Rolling Lobe Air Spring under load