Innovate your Valve Design & Empower your Business

HARISHApplication Engineer

EGS Computers India Pvt. Ltd.

AgendaIntroduction to SolidWorks Flow Simulation

Capabilities of Flow Simulation

Live Study about Valve Example

SolidWorks Simulation for Valves

Summary

SOLIDWORKS Flow SimulationSimulates the real time CFD problems.

Fully integrated with CAD systems.

Fluid flow, heat transfer analysis.

Calculation for liquid and gas flow parameters.

Create various possible scenarios to Optimize the design based on Goal.

Increased product performance in the initial design stage.

Eliminates costly prototypes, testing and reworks.

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Set Goals

Run & Results Review

SolidWorks Flow Simulation

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Project Setup

Boundary Conditions

Set Goals

Run & Results Review

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• Wizard based Pre-Processing• Initial Step for defining the Project• Providing all the necessary Input Data• Fluid Property Definition• Constructing Computational Fluid Domain

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• Step to constrain the model• Inlet & Outlet conditions specification• Defining Flow Openings, Pressure

Openings & Wall conditions

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• Objective for performing CFD• Monitoring a particular Parameter• Use of convergence controls for added

Goals• Goal progress visualization during the

analysis is run

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• Predicting the impact of Flows• Use of Cut Plots, Surface Plots for selected area of focus• Flow Trajectories to visualize the Fluid Flow• eDrawing for CFD results• Automatic Report Generation & exporting results to Excel

SolidWorks SimulationValidation Driven Design

Virtual tests of your designs based on real time conditions

Innovate & develop new concepts with better design insights

Validate for product performance, quality & safety

Reduce prototype costs for your Optimized designs

Produce detailed FEA reports

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• Calculate the Strength of the parts and assemblies

• Finding the peak and overall stresses on the model

• Deformations occurring due to loads• Calculate FOS in the initial stages of the design

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• Follows three modes of Heat Transfer : Conduction, Convection & Radiation

• Calculate Temperature Distribution• Avoid excessive Stress due to Thermal expansion

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• Life cycle estimation• Damage occurring areas• Finding the replaceable parts in the assemblies• Inbuilt S-N curve material database• Calculate for repeated and non repeated

loading conditions

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• Use of Goals, Constraints & Variables for Optimised Designs

• Weight Optimisation, Stress, Displacement & FOS

• What if Scenarios for best alternative material selection

• Multiple Iterations with no manual interference

SummaryEasy use of tools to solve complex problems

Strengthen your parts & minimize unnecessary components from large assemblies

Avoid unnecessary loads & other impacts based on real time conditions

Validate for various changes on the existing designs

Use of Parametric Study for Goal Optimization

Validate your parts & assemblies in the initial stages of design

Life Cycle Estimation & FOS

Visualization of results with enhanced plots

Reduce material wastage & Optimize your design

Deliver Innovative designs with good product efficiency

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