{"id":291250,"date":"2023-07-03T11:08:49","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/pressure-difference-of-two-faces\/"},"modified":"2023-07-03T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-03T11:08:49","slug":"pressure-difference-of-two-faces","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/pressure-difference-of-two-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Pressure difference of two faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #252525\">I am analysing hydraulic pressures on submerged steel girders, and then I am performing FE analysis to see their structural behaviour using ANSYS Structural.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\">When I perform CFD, I get the pressures on the girder&#8217;s surface.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\">The thing is that in ANSYS Structural, I want to change these girders to shells rather than solids (as used in CFD). This is because the girders are really thin, and they generate problems when doing a structural analysis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\">Problems appear when I want to import CFD pressures to those shells, as only one side of the shell &#8220;imports pressures,&#8221; and therefore the ones on the other side of the solid are ignored. The correct load to be applied to the shell elements is the pressure <em style=\"color: #252525\">difference&nbsp;<\/em>on both sides of the solid. (see images)<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/09-05-2023-1683629561-A.png\" width=\"629\" height=\"304\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/09-05-2023-1683629818-B.png\" width=\"630\" height=\"296\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><strong>My question is: How can I transfer and obtain this pressure difference on those sides (not force!) ?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><em>The same question has been raised as a Structural topic, but I think the solution lies in managing CFD results.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><em>\/forum\/forums\/topic\/bridge-bearing-modelling-in-static-structural\/<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-291250","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["2267","200"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.154"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["353"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["291250"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_engagement":["200","2267"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["291735"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["291735"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-07-05 18:02:39"]},"test":"pv00170surrey-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/291250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/291250\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}