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[e.hobbacher]

Hello,

I have questions regarding a more complex subject in Ansys Fluent
My first question is:
Is it even possible to simulate bendy/limp bodies or objects in Ansys Fluent?
I could only find examples with rigid bodies.
My second question is regarding the picture that I attached.
I want to send a bendy object ( part of a cable) through a curved pipeline and measure the velocity.
Would you say that this is possible to simulate and if you can: How would you start to work on the problem ?
If bendy objects aren't possible, do you have a idea how to solve this instead? Maybe with ball bearings to fake the bendability?
Thank you for your effort
Kind regards

[Keyur Kanade]

Yes, this can be done in Fluent. 

Please check basic Fluent Tutorials. 

You can start wtih creating geometry in SpaceClaim. 

Please go through help manual for more details 

Regards,

Keyur

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[e.hobbacher]

Thank you. The creating of the curved Pipeline and cable are not the problem. But I don't know how to achieve the bendability of a body, I only find rigid body settings and examples. Could you please tell me how it is possible to achieve this effect?

[Keyur Kanade]

Can you please ellaborate more on what do you mean by bendability. 

[e.hobbacher]

I already know how to design CAD objects. I mean with bendability that I have a part of a cable and that is not a rigid/rigid body but a limp and bendy object. In the simulation it behaves like a ridgid body but I eant my cable to behave like a limp body IN the simulation. This is because I want to send the cable through a curved pipeline and for the cable to do that it must bend. How can I solve that in the simulation? Thanks in advance 

[Keyur Kanade]

Please check dynamic mesh section in Fluent help manual. 

Regards,

Keyur

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