RecurDyn is Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) software that is focused on Multibody Dynamics (MBD), while offering multiphysics solutions. The technology behind RecurDyn has superior calculation efficiency because it is based on recursive formulation. Because of this, RecurDyn gives the best performance in large-scale multibody problems (systems with a large number of bodies), including mechanical systems that experience a lot of contact.
In This Issue: • Co-simulation with FFlex Bodies • MotionPort Supports Technology Events • Reminder 2019 Users Conference • ‘Scenario’ Simulation Option
In earlier versions of RecurDyn and Particleworks the fluid particles could only interact with rigid bodies. Now, RecurDyn V9R2 has the capability to include FFlex bodies in co-simulations with Particleworks. An interesting tutorial uses the example of a styler steam clothing care system to teaches how to perform a co-simulation between RecurDyn and Particleworks. The co-simulation illustrates the dynamic interaction between the shaking mechanism and the flexible bodies (representing the clothes) in RecurDyn and the fluid particles of Particleworks that represent the steam.
The styler unit, shown in the image, is used to shake off the dust attached to cloth and to remove its wrinkles with steam. It also reduces the odors and allergens in the clothing.
The tutorial analyzes the dynamic interaction between an item of clothing, which is expressed as a flexible body, and the steam, which is expressed as particles.
After the co-simulation, an analysis is made of the stress in the clothing as the particles touch the flexible body, using the Contour function of RecurDyn.
To learn more about the styler unit, perform a search on your favorite search engine using the text: “styler steam clothing care system.”
The Styler co-simulation video covers the following topics (with time stamps): Creating walls (0:30), Exporting walls (1:55), Creating steam particles (2:16), Setting fluid properties (3:26), Co-simulation (7:32), Post-processing (8:45)
Click play below to watch the video (approx. 9:38).
Last month, in our April newsletter, we announced that RecurDyn now has 500 corporate customers worldwide, based upon a press release from FunctionBay. We are happy to see that already over 250 news outlets have published this same press release with over 100 of the outlets in the US!
Below are a few of the outlets that have published the release.
In This Issue: • Announcing 2019 RecurDyn Users Conference • Comparing RecurDyn model files • Define a motion control
MotionPort is pleased to announce that the 2019 conference we will let you “have it your way,” and it will be held both as an on-site conference at our headquarters in St. George, UT as well as a live streaming event. You can choose the option that works best for you!
At this year’s conference you will learn about RecurDyn V9R3 (to be released at the end of the summer), participate in hands-on learning, and interact with other users to gain insights.
Dixie State University and the Undergraduate Research Office in St. George, UT hosted the third annual Regional Symposium for Research, Innovation, and Creativity, in April 2019.
This Symposium is a forum to present cutting-edge research, innovation and creative projects in various formats, including talks, posters, performances, and displays. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the Southern Utah community were invited to submit abstracts and participate in this event.
MotionPort headquarters is located in St. George, Utah, a small town. Our small town has a university, Dixie State University, and Dixie State recently started a Mechanical Engineering program. Some of the initial set of students enrolled this semester in the Introduction to Design and Prototyping class. The final major project of the class was a design competition, held in the last week of regular classes.
In This Issue: • News Flash! 500 RecurDyn Corporate Customers! • New in RecurDyn V9R2: CAD Import Enhancements • User Tip: Differences between ‘Merge’ and ‘Unite’ • User Tip: How to plot a curve for a specific range
In This Issue: • New in RecurDyn V9R2: Thermal Load in FFlex, Pre-Stress for Durability and Julia Script for CoLink • THURSDAY WEBINAR: Optimizing equipment design w/ RecurDyn & EDEM – now with FFlex! • User Tip: Direct definition of an expression to set a parametric value • User Tip: Create a motion that starts 2 seconds after a certain condition is satisfied
