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No rating yet Subject: FLOTRAN liquid under inertial loading Author: Ian Prentice Date: 2008-05-05 17:49:14I am attempting what I thought would be a very simple FSI using FLOTRAN. I have no CFD background, but have considerable experience in structural analysis using ANSYS, I understand FLOTRAN is rather outdated, but chose it as the tutorial FSI example looked simple, and I am familiar with the Classic interface. Of course no one else here uses it! I want to look at the behavior of a hollow metal object submerged in fluid under gravitational acceleration, and rotational inertia. As such I need the fluid to develop a pressure gradient under the inertial loads, and then apply the pressure to the surface of the submerged object. I have not got very far, I cannot even get the liquid to develop a pressure under gravitational loads. Imagine a stationary vertical pipe full of water, the pressure at the bottom is rho.g.h, simple enough. It has been suggested to me that FLOTRAN cannot solve this type of problem as there is no flow and no density change, but I thought I should check on the list before giving up. I think this is more likely to be rookie mistake. I have also tried using the fluid79 contained fluid element which demonstrated the effect I am looking for, but suffers extreme mesh distortion with the amount of relative motion I am looking for. Thanks for any help, Ian Prentice GE Aircraft Engines Evendale Ohio
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