{"id":399567,"date":"2024-12-29T23:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T23:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T10:59:58","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:59:58","slug":"workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys","status":"answered","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys\/","title":{"rendered":"Workflow Advice: Rolling Lobe Air Spring Force-Deflection Analysis in Ansys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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 &amp; video of rolling lobe air spring below]&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To start with, from this thread, I would like following information:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What workflow is best suited for this problem?\n<ul>\n<li>From my initial research it seems as though this type of problem is best suited for FSI (Fluent) in workbench<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pointers to good resources on understanding Dynamic Meshing &amp; Contact regions in Fluent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for reading my post, I look forward to hearing from you.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kind Regards,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Erhu&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/29-12-2024-1735512436-Capture.PNG\" alt=\"Schematic of Rolling Lobe air spring CAD model\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/QFSNYaQ-SWY?si=rk4S6UGI7Y8XrW06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video of Rolling Lobe Air Spring under load<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;hover-tools&#8221; style=&#8221;display: none;&#8221;&gt;&lt;div id=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;hover-tools&#8211;container&#8221;&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-copy&#8221; title=&#8221;Copy&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-change-color&#8221; title=&#8221;Change Color&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-delete&#8221; title=&#8221;Delete&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;div id=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;hover-tools&#8221; style=&#8221;display: none;&#8221;&gt;&lt;div id=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;hover-tools&#8211;container&#8221;&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-copy&#8221; title=&#8221;Copy&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-change-color&#8221; title=&#8221;Change Color&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-delete&#8221; title=&#8221;Delete&#8221;&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-399567","topic","type-topic","status-answered","hentry","topic-tag-fsi-transient-1","topic-tag-ansys-student","topic-tag-workbench"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"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. 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