Piston Mechanical Event Simulation

In this tutorial, we will perform a Mechanical Event Simulation on a piston assembly as the crank goes through one revolution.

Features Illustrated:

• Brick elements
• Truss elements
• Beam elements
• Prescribed rotations
• Load curves
• Capture rate
• Mechanical Event Simulation
• Mechanical Event Simulation results  

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Topics in this section

• Problem Description
  
• Open the Model
  
• Define the Brick Element Definition
  
• Define the Truss Element Definitions
  
• Define the Beam Element Definition
  
• Define the Material Properties
  
• Apply the Constraints to the Piston and Crank
  
• Apply the Prescribed Rotation and Constraint to the Joint
  
• Analyze the Model
  
• Review the Results
  
• Creating an Animation
  

Parent topic: Analyzing and Evaluating Results Tutorials