{"id":41760,"date":"2020-03-13T02:48:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T02:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/paper-bag-problem-for-irregular-shapes\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T02:48:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T02:48:15","slug":"paper-bag-problem-for-irregular-shapes","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/paper-bag-problem-for-irregular-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper bag problem for irregular shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How would I&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">calculate the maximum possible inflated volume of an initially flat sealed bag which has an irregular shape<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">&nbsp;(two examples below) made out of two pieces of material which can bend but not stretch and assuming the&nbsp;opening is on the top edge?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-family: sans-serif;\">For a rectangular shape, this is commonly referred to as the paper bag problem:&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_bag_problem\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paper_bag_problem<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/18d716e4-f512-40a6-aefb-aa6a003ccc31\/c9d59380-3133-463a-9c19-ab7d002db0e6_bag-shape.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-41760","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["13940"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["337"],"_bbp_subscription":["240649"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["41760"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["165970"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["41760"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-03-13 02:48:15"]},"test":"daviderecchia"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/41760","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\/41760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}