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Ex-9: Hydrostatic Loading Conditions
🧰The geometry and grasshopper files for this example can be downloaded here: intact_sliding_cylindrical.zip
This example demonstrates how to use Hydrostatic Loading Conditions. Hydrostatic load is a pressure force exerted from a fluid and increases as fluid depth increases. See more details here: Surface Loads.
Geometry and material setup
Open the model in Rhino, place intact components, reference geometry, and set material.
Boundary Condition setup
Next, we apply the boundary conditions. There is a fixed restraint, a vector load, and finally a cyldrical sliding boundary condition. The first two we have covered in other example. For the sliding boundary condition, import Sliding BC block to the Grasshopper canvas and specify the cylindrical face. Connect the Slide BC to the Load (L) input to the Stress Solver Block.
Setup solver and visualize
Connect Solver Setting Block and the simulation is ready to be solved.(Feel free to change the default solver setting parameters). Solve the simulation, connect it to a visualize block, and the stress distribution is ready to be seen. It is helpful to hide the geometry in rhino and turn off the geometry previews in Grasshopper to see the results the clearest.
