tS wind effects on complex objects

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Post by Sensor // Sep 28, 2008, 11:47am

Sensor
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I have been trying to simulate the effects of wind on a complex object.


I have no problem making a simple planar object (like a door hinged along one side), react properly;... but when using a more complex, non-symmetrical rotor system,...( like a cup anemometer, see Wikipedia)... nothing happens...


It appears as though tS simply uses the projected area of the object to determine the resultant motions... Is this the case?


Also...My wind direction and magnitude settings keep changing after a physical animation run... Is this a tS 7.6 bug?


I know it is too much to expect, but can tS handle Bernoulli effects? Determining lift on airfoils would be an extremely powerful tool... (but probably asking for much too much)..

Post by J90 // Sep 28, 2008, 1:42pm

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I Can't give you an exact answer. I made a quick Anemometer to see if it would work on my end. It didn't work.


The Wind direction or strength didn't change for me. It might be a bug.


Hopefully this can be answered in full. As I would like to know also.
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