Strength of mesh wire material
Strength of mesh wire material
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Hi all,
I am thinking, how do you work out the strength of a mesh wire material.
say for example, i have a hole with a diameter of X. a metal wire mesh cloth(with a wire diameter of D) if fixed over the hole, and a fluid is passing thro the mesh and hole, to act as a filter,
there will be a delta P across the mesh, and this delta p increase over time due to the particle caught on the mesh.
now the question is when the delta P is known, how do i work out if the mesh is strong enough?
do i simplify the problem, by view it as a flat bar with a width of D, fixed support at 2 point a distance of X, with uniform distributed load of P applied on top it?
Thanks in advance.
I am thinking, how do you work out the strength of a mesh wire material.
say for example, i have a hole with a diameter of X. a metal wire mesh cloth(with a wire diameter of D) if fixed over the hole, and a fluid is passing thro the mesh and hole, to act as a filter,
there will be a delta P across the mesh, and this delta p increase over time due to the particle caught on the mesh.
now the question is when the delta P is known, how do i work out if the mesh is strong enough?
do i simplify the problem, by view it as a flat bar with a width of D, fixed support at 2 point a distance of X, with uniform distributed load of P applied on top it?
Thanks in advance.





RE: Strength of mesh wire material
This is conservative.
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Greg Locock
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RE: Strength of mesh wire material
Thanks Greg,
i was thinking that mesh would bend as well, but only under enough pressure. Maybe i should treat it as a beam to sea the stress exceed the elastic limit, and if it dose then treat it as a membrane. but again when you treat it as a membrane, how do you convert the pressure applied normal to the surface in inplace tension?
Cheers
RE: Strength of mesh wire material
FEA would be the easiest way of handling the case of a grid.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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RE: Strength of mesh wire material
RE: Strength of mesh wire material