Finite Element Analysis of a hydraulic drag
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FEA
2016
I have taken Finite Element Analysis as a 500 level graduate course. In addition to the standard course outcomes, I was required to analysis a system of my choosing and write a three part report of my findings.
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I had been playing around with an idea of a fly-fishing reel that had a hydraulic drag system. The system was comprised of a centrally located gear pump that would be powered by a fish pulling out line.
Using the Hagen Poiseuillie relationship between flow and pressure to develop 12x12 and 10 x 10 global resistance matrices I analyzed the circuits as one dimensional laminar flow. Hardly groundbreaking work here, I know, but fun to develop and learn from none the less.​
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A dynamic equivalent resistance method was used to set boundary conditions, and an Ansys simulation was also produced.
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