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Coriolis Flow Meter FSI Workshop 15.0 PDF
Coriolis Flow Meter FSI Workshop 15.0 PDF
Coriolis Flow Meter FSI Workshop 15.0 PDF
15. 0 Release
Learning Objectives:
To understand the key steps in setting up a modal analysis and to use
information obtained from the modal analysis for a 2-way coupled FSI simulation
within Workbench.
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9. Click Analysis Settings and under Solver Controls, change Solver Type to
Unsymmetric
The documentation for FLUID30 elements notes that when coupled to structural
elements an unsymmetric modal analysis is necessary.
Mode 3 has a significant participation factor in the Y direction and is likely the
mode of interest (this is the direction we want to excite).
12. Right-click on Solution (A6) branch and select Insert > Deformation > Total
13. Select Mode 3, then right-click on Total Deformation and select Evaluate All
Results. Play the animation to view the mode shape.
14. Check the other mode shapes in a similar way
Mode 3, 50.4 Hz
Note that the outlet arm has a vertical phase shift so this would have to be
accounted for when determining the 0 displacement time. Alternatively, the
time difference between peaks can be used to determine the phase shift.
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Further Work
Simulations can be run at different flow velocities and the phase shift calculated for
each flow velocity. The results can be used to create a calibration curve where mass
flow rate can be determined given a specific phase shift. Simulation results are shown
below for this flow meter
0.7
0.6
Mass flow rate (kg/s)
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Phase shift (degrees)