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BCs of a rotating crankshaft in abaqus

Submitted by danijaem on

Hello,

I'm facing this problem with Abaqus: a crankshaft rotates with a constant speed. A varying force is applied on the surface of the piston rod. The inertial forces must be considered-> Dynamic Explicit. I predefine a rotating velocity for the whole model (Predefined Field). The problem is that I don't know how to apply the BCs of the ball bearings. I have applied fix BCs (displacements) at the Initial Speed and then, for the Dynamic Explicit, I have applied a rotating velocity for those BCs. I think this is incorrect at all.

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Scholarship Boost for UK’s new Structural Integrity Research Centre

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New Open Access journal: Case Studies in Engineering Failure Analysis

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