COMPUTER AIDED

ENGINEERING ANALYSES
AND DESIGN
Final Project
Teacher :
Student :
Number: P46001055
SUBJECT :
Stressed Simulation of Solar Water Heater
Use Experiment Data
from Chin-Cheng Chou
The Geometry
Shell Tube Foam A Glass on the Shell
Meshing
Look from outside Hide Shell and Glass
Try to Simulate at Simple Boundary Condition
Fixed Support
on 8 Edges
Applying Force
500N on the
Bottom
Hard to Solve!
It takes me a lot of computing time,
and still cant complete calculating.
I think the reason is too many nonlinearities,
the contact regions between this model is
very complex, so I have to simplify the
model.
Create a 21 12 9mm plate
Later, the result like
deformationstrain or stress
of this model is not true, all I
can get is only the distribution
of the result.
Boundary Condition
Fixed Support on 8 Edges
Applying Force
by commands
Compare cases
Wind
Different Rotate Angle , r
With or Without Tank
View the Result
The material of shell is Stainless Steel ,
belong to ductile material , so we
concern the Von-Mises Stress of bottom .
And glass is belong to brittle material , so
we concern the maximum principle stress
of top .
Case 1
Near Ground
1S
o
Wind
Without tank
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
(Top View)
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
Note that positive means
tensile, negative means
compressive.
Case 2
Near Ground
22.S
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Without tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
Case 3
Near Ground
Su
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Without tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
Case 4
Near Ground
6u
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Without tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Case 5
Near Ground
9u
o
Wind
Total Deformation
Without tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
yellow region.
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Case 6
Near Ground
1SS
o
Wind
Total Deformation
Without tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
15 22.5 30 60 90 135
V
o
n
-
M
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s
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s
S
t
r
e
s
s
rotate angle
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
15 22.5 30 60 90 135
d
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f
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m
a
t
i
o
n
rotate angle
0
5000
10000
15000
15 22.5 30 60 90 135
M
a
x
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m
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P
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S
t
r
e
s
s
rotate angle
Rot-
ate
ang-
le
Deform-
ation
von-
mises
stress
maximum
principle
stress
15 4.6497 12392 6800
22.5 4.8939 13464 7100
30 5.0547 14620 7500
60 4.2348 10751 6300
90 1.5707 3134 2600
135 -3.5937 10704 13800
Compare Different Rotate Angle Of Cases Without Tank
Case 7
Near Ground
1S
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
(Top View) With tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
Case 8
Near Ground
22.S
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
With tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
Case 9
Near Ground
6u
o
Wind
Total Deformation
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
With tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
green region.
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Case 10
Near Ground
9u
o
Wind
Total Deformation
With tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
yellow region.
The maximum
deformation is
occurred at the
red region.
Case 11
Near Ground
1SS
o
Wind
Total Deformation
With tank
Von-Mises Stress of
Bottom View
Maximum Principle
Stress of Top View
The maximum Von-Mises
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
The maximum Principle
Stress is occurred at the
red region.
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
15 22.5 60 90 135
d
e
f
o
r
m
a
t
i
o
n
rotate angle
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
15 22.5 60 90 135
V
o
n
-
M
i
s
e
s

S
t
r
e
s
s
rotate angle
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
12000
14000
16000
18000
15 22.5 60 90 135
M
a
x
i
m
u
m

P
r
i
n
c
i
p
l
e

S
t
r
e
s
s
rotate angle
Compare Different Rotate Angle Of Cases With Tank
rotate
angle
Deform-
ation
von-
mises
stress
maximum
principle
stress
15 4.1913 10711 6300
22.5 4.863 12197 7500
60 3.6915 8934 5400
90 1.4923 3140 2400
135 -4.3068 12185 15600
Discuss the Difference between With or Without Tank
rotate angle=15 without tank with tank
deformation 4.6497(bigger) 4.1913(smaller)
Von-Mises stress 12392(bigger) 10711(smaller)
maximum principle stress 6800(bigger) 6300(smaller)
rotate angle=22.5 without tank with tank
deformation 4.8939(bigger) 4.863(smaller)
Von-Mises stress 13464(bigger) 12197(smaller)
maximum principle stress 7100(bigger) 7500(smaller)
rotate angle=60 without tank with tank
deformation 5.0547(bigger) 3.6915(smaller)
Von-Mises stress 10751(bigger) 8934(smaller)
maximum principle stress 6300(bigger) 5400(smaller)
rotate angle=90 without tank with tank
deformation 1.5707(bigger) 1.4923(smaller)
Von-Mises stress 3134.7(smaller) 3140(bigger)
maximum principle stress 2600(bigger) 2400(smaller)
rotate angle=135 without tank with tank
deformation -3.5937(smaller) -4.3068(bigger)
Von-Mises stress 10704(smaller) 12185(bigger)
maximum principle stress 13800(smaller) 15600(bigger)
Conclusion
No matter the tank is installed or not , the
maximum values of deformationVon-Mises
stress and maximum priciple stress are occurred
at about Su
o
of rotate angle.
If rotate angle is smaller than 9u
o

,the
deformationVon-Mises stress and maximum
priciple stress will decrease when tank is
installed. But they will increase if rotate angle is
biggerer than 9u
o
Future Work
Try to use the real model to create a
equivalent simple plate, which can perform
stress same as the real model.
Learning Fluent and combine with Static
Structure , then change the geometry to
minimize the stress .
Attend the class Taguchi Method for Quality
Design and learn how to find the best
geometry.
Thank You for Your
Attention!