{"id":398037,"date":"2024-12-19T16:34:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulation-of-a-storage-in-a-lake-which-tool-should-be-used\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:34:28","slug":"simulation-of-a-storage-in-a-lake-which-tool-should-be-used","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulation-of-a-storage-in-a-lake-which-tool-should-be-used\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation of a storage in a lake – Which tool should be used?"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p>Dear ANSYS users,<\/p><p>I have a request for you and I hope someone can help me with that. I am new in the world of ANSYS. For a project a company asked us to perform simulations of a water storage placed in a lake. The water storage is submerged and anchored to the bottom of the lake. The storage is full of water with a temperature of approx. 80 °C and is insulated in order to keep the water inside the storage warm. The volume of the storage is not rigid because it is made of a flexible skin (something similar to PVC or similar not yet defined).<\/p><p>The goal of the project is:<\/p><\/p>\n

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  1. evaluate the thermal losses of the storage<\/li>\n
  2. evaluate the forces, stress and strain of the system storage+anchorage<\/li>\n
  3. choose material of the storage skin and design anchorage that is able to bear the forces<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <p>Below you can see a sketch of the system to be modelled and simulated. The storage is affected by its weigth (Fw), the buoyancy force (Fb) and a force due to water streams in the lake (Fs).<\/p><p>Since I am new in ANSYS I am aware that I will need to learn the tool and probably use different tools within ANSYS.<\/p><p>My question is simple: which type of tools are needed in order to simulate such a system? I assume that firstly I would need a first simulation to find out thermal losses and forces (FLUENT?) and then perform a second simulation (Static Structural?) in order to test the materials and the anchorage under the forces found in the first simulation. Am I correct? Or could I perform some kind of coupled simulation to evaluate all these outputs?<\/p><p>Which kind of approach would you follow to reach the goal of the project?<\/p><p>Thanks and have a nice evening.<\/p><p><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-398037","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-Forcecalculation-1","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structures"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t