Product: Abaqus/Standard
Benefits: A new distributed rotordynamic load (ROTDYNF) is available that can be used to study complex dynamic behaviors (induced by gyroscopic moments) such as critical speeds, unbalanced responses, and whirling phenomena in rotating structures.
Description: The rotordynamic load (ROTDYNF) is a special load type that can be used to study the vibrational response of three-dimensional models of axisymmetric structures, such as a flywheel in a hybrid energy storage system, that are spinning about their axes of symmetry in a fixed reference frame. This is in contrast to the previously available centrifugal loads, Coriolis forces, and rotary acceleration loads, which are formulated in a rotating frame. The intended workflow for the rotordynamic load is to define it in a nonlinear static step to establish the centrifugal load effects and load stiffness terms associated with a spinning body. The nonlinear static step can then be followed by a sequence of linear dynamic analyses (such as complex eigenvalue extraction and/or a subspace or direct solution steady-state dynamic analysis) to study complex dynamic behaviors.
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