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Is there anyone Who use solidworks to simulate the flow in a piston pump?
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RE: Solidworks
What type of piston pump? Radial, axial, port plate, bent axis?
Why would you want to simulate flow in a piston pump?
why would you use Solid Works when there are loads of packages that would do a better job?
What are you trying to achieve..?
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RE: Solidworks
RE: Solidworks
I work for a company that produces axial piston pumps and don't want to spend much money for a sofisticated software like ansys cfd or others...
they want to increase volumetric efficiency but only with solidworks the results of the static analysis are poor.
are there any "low cost" package?
RE: Solidworks
Unless you are planning on a large amount of analysis it is cheaper to pay for a CFD analysis. It's still going to smart in the finance department. The do-it-yourself version can take a large expenditure of time to learn how to set up problems for solution and another large amount of time to gain the experience to set up problems so the answers are reliable.
If it's a long term effort then go for it, especially if you already know the problem particulars. It can pay off big time to experiment with a computer model over building and instrumenting real hardware, but it's no substitute for enough understanding of how actual hardware performs.
If loss of efficiency is due to mechanical deformation, an FEA using pressure loads on the parts can show where flow paths may open around the piston when the cylinder walls expand and piston compresses, the face of the piston warps, and so forth.
RE: Solidworks
Radial and axial piston motors work very much differently from port plate piston pumps.