Wind turbine hub calculation in Ansys

Deformation of the wind turbine hub under extreme load

Some will already know the wind turbine hub model, but now I have taken the time and remade the model in Ansys Mechanical. At the latest, the following animated image should bring back memories of…

Wheel with moving load in Ansys

Steel wheel with MISES stress results and applied force displayed in Ansys Mechanical APDL

About five months ago I started with a steel wheel in PrePoMax. There you can find more information about the design and model setup. Now i reused these wheel geometry and prepared a new mesh…