{"id":401835,"date":"2024-12-30T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys-2\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T11:36:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T11:36:09","slug":"workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys-2","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-advice-rolling-lobe-air-spring-force-deflection-analysis-in-ansys-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Workflow Advice: Rolling Lobe Air Spring Force-Deflection Analysis in Ansys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hello!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;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 &amp; video of rolling lobe air spring below]&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To start with, I want to ask a couple of questions:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What workflow is best suited for this problem (i.e One way FSI, Coupled Fluent &amp; Mechanical)<\/li>\n<li>Where can I find resources on Dynamic Meshing and setting contact regions in fluent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;<a title=\"Rolling lobe at work\" href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/QFSNYaQ-SWY?si=rk4S6UGI7Y8XrW06\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling lobe at work<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/30-12-2024-1735558491-Capture.PNG\" alt=\"\" \/>I look forward to hearing from you!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kind Regards&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;P.S &#8211; I apologise if my question has not been posted to the correct channel&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; &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-change-color&#8221; title=&#8221;Change Color&#8221;&gt; &lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=&#8221;highlighter&#8211;icon highlighter&#8211;icon-delete&#8221; title=&#8221;Delete&#8221;&gt; &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;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-401835","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-fsi-transient-1","topic-tag-fluent","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-workbench"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27792"],"_bbp_topic_id":["401835"],"_bbp_subscription":["497474","805"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2a00:23c6:4e00:8e01:995a:f303:4a71:3a8e"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["403723"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["403723"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-01-06 14:07:59"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["497474","805"],"_btv_view_count":["164"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_last":["497474"],"_bbp_revision_log":["a:1:{i:401893;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:497474;s:6:\"reason\";s:14:\"Forgot figures\";}}"],"_bbp_likes_count":["1"]},"test":"c8b39eedd9bed25715c2d294772d18b126581c06"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/401835","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/401835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401893,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/401835\/revisions\/401893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}