Hello,
I have to do stress analysis on a protection window at work but I am getting errors when meshing in ANSYS because of the element type I am choosing. The window is of course is a solid and is a wide, thin sheet. What Element Type should I use?
Also, do I need to create nodes or not...
Thank you sardonicus. For the area of the water jet my boss says to just make an assumption like 1in^2.
Does anybody know how to do bullet impact analysis? In other words, does anybody know how to do stress analysis to see if a material will fail under the impact of a bullet? I see the initial...
Thank you very much for your help...I am already looking into Roarks methods :)
I would love to have more info. though about how to consider the initial impact effect...anyone?
Hello,
I need help with a simple stress analysis. I have a 25 in x 25 in sheet of Lexan that's 0.125 in thick and is constrained from all sides (the Lexan is used a protective shield). I want to know if a small water jet from a pressure vessel at 7000 psi would crack./break that sheet of...