how to manage pressure direction

amrbagh · September 2, 2011, 08:44

hi every one,

I am asking how to manage pressure direction. As i know that prssure will be applied normal to the element or area, what if i want to keep vertical direction which is parallel to gravity load. Please see the figure below.
Thank you

stuart23 · September 2, 2011, 14:07

Not sure I follow. Pressure is a scalar quantity, and therefore has no direction

Stu

amrbagh · September 2, 2011, 16:34

Thank you Stu

As you can see in the figure above that the pressure's direction is vertical downward.

I followed:

ANSYS Main Menu>Solution> Define Loads>Apply>Structural>Pressure>On Elements

But it gave me only normal-to-element pressure on the shell elements

I think there is a way I don't know to apply loading as shown in the figure

Quote:

Originally Posted by stuart23

Not sure I follow. Pressure is a scalar quantity, and therefore has no direction

Stu

stuart23 · September 4, 2011, 02:36

I beleive you are referring to the Ansys FEA solver. This forum is for Computational Fluide Dynamics, and so I don't think you will get much help from any of us sorry.

There must be a support forum for Ansys FEA somewhere else, try searching in google. Otherwise the Ansys Technical Support Team are always very helpful.

Stu

September 2, 2011, 08:44	how to manage pressure direction	#1
amrbagh New Member Amr Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	hi every one, I am asking how to manage pressure direction. As i know that prssure will be applied normal to the element or area, what if i want to keep vertical direction which is parallel to gravity load. Please see the figure below. Thank you

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September 2, 2011, 14:07		#2
stuart23 Senior Member Stuart Buckingham Join Date: May 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 267 Rep Power: 26	Not sure I follow. Pressure is a scalar quantity, and therefore has no direction Stu

September 4, 2011, 02:36		#4
stuart23 Senior Member Stuart Buckingham Join Date: May 2010 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 267 Rep Power: 26	I beleive you are referring to the Ansys FEA solver. This forum is for Computational Fluide Dynamics, and so I don't think you will get much help from any of us sorry. There must be a support forum for Ansys FEA somewhere else, try searching in google. Otherwise the Ansys Technical Support Team are always very helpful. Stu