landrover77
Mechanical
- Jan 16, 2004
- 40
I'm sure this is an easy question, but I'm struggling to find a solution, your help would be much appreciated
I'm attempting to use ansys workbench 11, to model a series of vessels mounted on a steel base frame.
The soldiers model imports fine and has a series of static loads and moments applied to it.
However I also need to allow for wind loading, I have a wind speed I've converted to a wind pressure which I'm attempting to apply directionally, ie I select all components and apply a directional pressure to say the X axis.
Is this the right approach? Or can I apply the loading more simply, ie apply the pressure globally on a plane?
The problem also is that on cylindrical surfaces the pressure looks to be applied perpendicular to the surface and not to the proportion of the surface experiencing only an X direction wind loading.
I would think applying wind is a very common scenario, so what am I doing wrong.
Thanks in advance
I'm attempting to use ansys workbench 11, to model a series of vessels mounted on a steel base frame.
The soldiers model imports fine and has a series of static loads and moments applied to it.
However I also need to allow for wind loading, I have a wind speed I've converted to a wind pressure which I'm attempting to apply directionally, ie I select all components and apply a directional pressure to say the X axis.
Is this the right approach? Or can I apply the loading more simply, ie apply the pressure globally on a plane?
The problem also is that on cylindrical surfaces the pressure looks to be applied perpendicular to the surface and not to the proportion of the surface experiencing only an X direction wind loading.
I would think applying wind is a very common scenario, so what am I doing wrong.
Thanks in advance