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jellis-21-Visitor
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March 5, 2020
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Can Simulate handle Non-Linear springs with non-mirrored tension and compression...

  • March 5, 2020
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I am looking at running some random vibration analyses with wire rope isolators and I am curious to Simulates capabilities in handling the non-linear linear springs that have different force-deflection curves in tension and compression. The attached image is representative of the type of spring I would like to idealize. Can simulate handle this type of spring? Can I set it up with a table where tension is negative deflection or something along those lines? 

 

Thanks for your help!

Typical Wire Rope Isolator Load vs. DeflectionTypical Wire Rope Isolator Load vs. Deflection

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SweetPeasHub17-Peridot
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March 5, 2020
sorry for random the model must be linear. is your model simple enough for MDO (mechanism dynamics option) analysis?
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jellis-21-VisitorAuthor
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March 6, 2020

I didn't think about dynamic analysis not working with non-linear springs, it wont even work a modal.

 

The model is very simple. I just need to set a couple idealized springs up to a mass of a certain volume so I can get a response and provide peak and RMS loads in a few different directions to my structures team. While I have done some simple kinematic analyses in MDO adding random vibration and nonlinear springs in it would be uncharted territory for me. Does MDO have the capability to to this? 

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gfraulini17-Peridot
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March 11, 2020

In my opinion you do this kind of analysis better in MathCad.
Is the system 1 dof?

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