innovate your valve designs & empower your business
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Innovate your Valve Design & Empower your Business
HARISHApplication Engineer
EGS Computers India Pvt. Ltd.
AgendaIntroduction to SolidWorks Flow Simulation
Capabilities of Flow Simulation
Live Study about Valve Example
SolidWorks Simulation for Valves
Summary
SOLIDWORKS Flow SimulationSimulates the real time CFD problems.
Fully integrated with CAD systems.
Fluid flow, heat transfer analysis.
Calculation for liquid and gas flow parameters.
Create various possible scenarios to Optimize the design based on Goal.
Increased product performance in the initial design stage.
Eliminates costly prototypes, testing and reworks.
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Project Setup
Boundary Conditions
Set Goals
Run & Results Review
SolidWorks Flow Simulation
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Boundary Conditions
Set Goals
Run & Results Review
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• Wizard based Pre-Processing• Initial Step for defining the Project• Providing all the necessary Input Data• Fluid Property Definition• Constructing Computational Fluid Domain
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• Step to constrain the model• Inlet & Outlet conditions specification• Defining Flow Openings, Pressure
Openings & Wall conditions
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• Objective for performing CFD• Monitoring a particular Parameter• Use of convergence controls for added
Goals• Goal progress visualization during the
analysis is run
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• Predicting the impact of Flows• Use of Cut Plots, Surface Plots for selected area of focus• Flow Trajectories to visualize the Fluid Flow• eDrawing for CFD results• Automatic Report Generation & exporting results to Excel
SolidWorks SimulationValidation Driven Design
Virtual tests of your designs based on real time conditions
Innovate & develop new concepts with better design insights
Validate for product performance, quality & safety
Reduce prototype costs for your Optimized designs
Produce detailed FEA reports
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Thermal
Fatigue
Optimisation
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Fatigue
Optimisation
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Fatigue
Optimisation
• Calculate the Strength of the parts and assemblies
• Finding the peak and overall stresses on the model
• Deformations occurring due to loads• Calculate FOS in the initial stages of the design
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Fatigue
Optimisation
• Follows three modes of Heat Transfer : Conduction, Convection & Radiation
• Calculate Temperature Distribution• Avoid excessive Stress due to Thermal expansion
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• Life cycle estimation• Damage occurring areas• Finding the replaceable parts in the assemblies• Inbuilt S-N curve material database• Calculate for repeated and non repeated
loading conditions
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• Use of Goals, Constraints & Variables for Optimised Designs
• Weight Optimisation, Stress, Displacement & FOS
• What if Scenarios for best alternative material selection
• Multiple Iterations with no manual interference
SummaryEasy use of tools to solve complex problems
Strengthen your parts & minimize unnecessary components from large assemblies
Avoid unnecessary loads & other impacts based on real time conditions
Validate for various changes on the existing designs
Use of Parametric Study for Goal Optimization
Validate your parts & assemblies in the initial stages of design
Life Cycle Estimation & FOS
Visualization of results with enhanced plots
Reduce material wastage & Optimize your design
Deliver Innovative designs with good product efficiency
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