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EnhancementsinSOLIDWORKSSimulation 2015(http://www.capinc.com/products/designvalidation
analysis/solidworkssimulation)providemoreoptionsformodelingdistributedpressuresandforces,allowingCylindricalandSpherical
CoordinatesystemsinadditiontoCartesian,inthreedimensions.Sotheinterfaceforsettingupahydrostaticloadhaschanged
somewhatsincemy originalblog post in 2012(http://blog.capinc.com/2012/12/simulationtechtipmodelinga
hydrostaticpressurewithsimulation).Also,letmeshowyouhowtofindoutthetotalweightofwaterinyourcontainer,asrequestedby
somereaders.
Thesetupbeginsthesameway,byfirstcreatingaSplitLineinSOLIDWORKStodefinethewaterlineandwettedsurfaces,andthen
creatingacustomCoordinateSystemtomaketheequationwritingmoreintuitive.Heresahalfsectionofarectangularbucketshowing
thatdone:

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HalfSectionofaRectangularBucket

Tocontinue,tomodelthewaterpressure,weagainaddaPressureExternalLoadandchoosethecheckboxoptionforNonuniform
Distribution.Newin2015wealsothenchoosewhichtypeofcoordinatesystemweprefer.InourcasewewantthedefaultCartesian
system,forafunctionF(x,y,z).

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DefaultCartesianSystem,foraFunctionF(x,y,z)

SetthedirectionasNormalToSelectedFace,sincethatshowwaterpressureacts.
Selectallthewettedsurfaces.
ForthePressureValue,justplugin1unit.Thisvaluemultipliesbytheequationwewillwrite.Ifindthisapproacheasierthan
playingwiththecoefficients.
ToggleReverseDirectionasneededbasedonthepreviewsothatthewaterisontheinsideoroutsideofyourpart(positiveor
negative).
SelectyourcustomCoordinateSystemfeature.
ChoosetheCartesianCoordinateSystemtype,andclickthebuttontoEditEquation.
Recallthattheformulaforhydrostaticloadisnegativerho,g,h:P(h)=gh
Inmypreviouspost,IexplainedwhytheformulawewantisF(x,y,z)=0.036*y.Insteadofbuildingtheformulaonecoefficientatatime,
nowin2015wesimplytypeouttheformulaitself,asillustratedintheimageabove.Takecaretoputquotationmarksaroundthenameof
thevariabley,andofcourseweusetheusualasterisk*torepresentmultiplication.
Tofinishthesetup,clickthegreenOKcheckmarks.Whenyouredone,SOLIDWORKSSimulationevenupdatesthepreviewarrowsto
indicateapproximatepressurevariation.Itshouldlooklikethis:

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SOLIDWORKSSimulationevenupdatesthepreviewarrowstoindicate
approximatepressurevariation.

Finally,weaddsomeRestraintsandRunitandwegetthis:

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AddsomeRestraintsandRunit.

PleaseNote:ThisexampleshownrequiresLargeDisplacementsolutionforcorrectresults.Butthatsstillatopicforanotherblogpost!
Bonus:Tofindouthowmanypoundsofwaterareinthecontainer,rightclickontheResultsfolderandchooseListResultForce.The
weightofthewaterinyourcontaineristhesumofthereactionforcesintheYdirectionfortheentiremodel(unlessyouhaveadditional
forcesappliedinY,orhaveincludedGravityforcesactingonyourcontainer).Inthisexample,theresultshows16.7pounds.SinceI
modeledonlyhalfabucket,thetotalcapacityistwicethat,33.4pounds,orjustover4gallons.

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