[Colt Seavers]

Hey everyone,
I want to calculate the hydraulic stresses in an impeller. After doing the transient cfd simulations in cfx i want to apply the static pressure onto the impeller's surface in Ansys WB 13 for the mechanical analysis.
I want to do static structural calculation for a couple of timesteps from the cfx-results (to get the results for one period).
When i import the solution in the project schematic in WB there are 3 import options (i dont know the exact words in english, cause i only have the german version, these are the possible options anyway):

1-import only final result

2-import whole history as seperated cases

3-import whole history as one case

At first I tried to import a .tra-file for the specific timestep with option 1. Even tho the import popup offers me the possibility to import .tra-files, after refreshing the setup from the connected static-structural-analysis, i get an error message saying somethings missing in the imported-load-file

I tried the other options importing the .res-file but after importing in the mechanical interface there is only ONE (the final) timestep available to choose in the load-details-window.

So ok, i got excessive in writing here.

Can anybody tell me how I can import transient results in WB 13 to apply the pressure as loads in static structural analysis for different timesteps and not only for the final one?

thx in advance

[mvoss]

Just an idea: set up a two-way-FSI simulation and just don´t let the mechanical part talk back to the cfx simulation (no ux,uy,uz). Simulate one period from an initial solution and i think this what you wanted- interpolated results from cfx to mech. for one period PLUS the benefit of synced results.

neewbie