Lets say I´m designing a windmill and not only I want to simulate the way the blades behave when in a wind tunnel, but I also want to simulate the stress that all the parts (including gears inside the windmill mechanism) are subject to when the windmill is in use. Simply put: I have a windmill with a mechanism inside in order to produce energy. Is it possible to simulate the stress in the parts while the windmill is turning due to the action of the wind in the wind tunnel?
How can this be done?
Thanks for your inputs!
Ricardo Roque
Ricardo -
you have to separate the 2 simulations. Flow does all of the fluid dynamics calculations & Simulation does all of the stresses.
Simulation can import the data from a Flow simulation (temperatures, pressures, etc) in order to calculate the stresses but you have to run them as separate studies, Flow first, then Simulation.