Dear all,
I am working on a 2D model of a turbine subjected to air and to do this I guess I need to use laminar flow and ale. Also solid mechanics to define a free to rotate connection.
What I want to do is, give the air inlet while the turbine is free to rotate and see the turbine rotating under the effect of fluid.
So basically what I did is to define a boundary load on the turbine walls. I used "p" for this which is fluid pressure. Also I used ale to define a sliding mesh for the fluid region which is supposed to be rotating with the turbine. And for the turbine I defined a rigid connector and configured it for free rotation.
But results showed very little displacement (in microns level) for air inlet velocity of 10 m/s. I was expecting much higher displacement for the turbine.
So apparently I'm configuring something wrong or have a missing element in the model I guess. My model is attached below but ı had to delete study due to file size. I appreciate any help. Thanks.
Utku
I am working on a 2D model of a turbine subjected to air and to do this I guess I need to use laminar flow and ale. Also solid mechanics to define a free to rotate connection.
What I want to do is, give the air inlet while the turbine is free to rotate and see the turbine rotating under the effect of fluid.
So basically what I did is to define a boundary load on the turbine walls. I used "p" for this which is fluid pressure. Also I used ale to define a sliding mesh for the fluid region which is supposed to be rotating with the turbine. And for the turbine I defined a rigid connector and configured it for free rotation.
But results showed very little displacement (in microns level) for air inlet velocity of 10 m/s. I was expecting much higher displacement for the turbine.
So apparently I'm configuring something wrong or have a missing element in the model I guess. My model is attached below but ı had to delete study due to file size. I appreciate any help. Thanks.
Utku