The following figures accompanies the MENG 421 lecture for January 21, 2004. Lectures
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Homework form
Discrete stepped-bar model, Stress in stepped bar is σ = PL/AE
Continuous plate model
Trapezoid integration, one panel
Trapezoid integration, three panels
Ansys element Plane42 has 3 or 4 nodes
Ansys element Plane82 has 6 or 6 nodes
Initial mesh
Refined mesh
Two ducts
Connected ducts
Meshing
Boundary conditions, VX=VX=0 at walls, inlet velocity, 1 in/sec, outlet pressure zero
Velocity Vectors
Pressure
Animated flow
This problem is described in the Ansys 5.5 tutorial Laminar and Turbulent Flow Analyses in a 2-D Duct
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