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Authors: Sebastien Lachance-Barrett (Cornell University) & Edwin Corona (University of Waterloo)
Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Physics Setup
5. Numerical Solution
6. Numerical Results
7. Verification & Validation
Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
Shell Theory Overview
Extension to Curved Surfaces
Numerical Solution Strategy
Derivation of Algebraic Equations
Check Your Understanding
Root Radial Force
The radial force is the outward force that comes from a spinning mass. It is equal and opposite to the reaction force at the root of the blade that keeps the blade connected to the hub. It can also be thought of as the mass times the radial acceleration.
You might remember from your Dynamics course that radial acceleration is equal to,
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The radial force is simply equal to,
Unable to find DVI conversion log file.Substituting the radial acceleration and expressing angular velocity as
Unable to find DVI conversion log file.we get:
Unable to find DVI conversion log file.In this expression, m stands for the total mass of the blade and r stands for the distance in the radial direction where this mass resides. In this case, r will be location of the blade's center of mass in the radial direction. The blade mass and center of mass will be found later in the tutorial using ANSYS. We can however provide the results now for the sake of this calculation. The blade weighs 22,473 kg and its center of mass (X, Y, Z) is located at the coordinate (-14.232 m, -0.213 m, 0.160 m). As you know, the blade is oriented so that the x-axis points along the radial direction of the blade. Plugging in the relevant values in the radial force formula we obtain:
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Start-Up
Please follow along to start Part 2 of this project! We will start by defining the material for the blade.
Summary of steps in the above video:
- Drag and drop a static structural analysis system in the project schematic. Name it FEA.
- Material Properties Set-Up
- Go in Engineering Data
- Add a new material and name it homogenized_orthotropic
- In the left toolbox, under physical properties, double-click on density and enter 1550 kg/m^3
- Expand Linear Elastic and double-click on Orthotropic Elasticity (click the plus sign)
- Enter the material properties given from the problem statement.