Press fit assemblies in Ansys DesignSpace

[wlennard]

Hello,
Does anyone know how or if Ansys designspace 9 can simulate interference fit of 2 parts, this could either be press fit or shrink fit.
I have had a look and read but cant find it anywhere.

regards

Will

 

[Drej]

Yes it will. You'll need the correct license to be able to use the appropriate options to enable the model to be solved correctly though (initial penetration, for example).


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[wlennard]

thanks for the pointer, i presume the option that we require would be 'initial penetration'?

 

[Drej]

Yes. It's a contact setup option you need to set ("Include initial penetration" I think is how it is labelled in the options list in Workbench).


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