Hi I am trying to perform FEA on a solar panel. Basically I am trying to assign material to the structures. I want to select galvanised iron for its structure but I am unable to select it. I only have the option of iron. Can anyone help me how can I change the material properties of iron to galvanis…

In your case I used HEX mesh as it was easier to me to control the mesh fineness and limit overall cells count (by applying region refinement near the geometry and keeping cells big in far field). One can now use TET mesh, by defining an enclosure, but a lot of different setups should be used to a…

@alijalil , If you solve the following riddle, you will be able to answer your question: A steel sheet of 5 mm weights 10 kg. How much would weight a steel sheet of the same size, but 2.5 mm thick? Take care, Retsam

Hi @alijalil , I don’t understand what you are trying to achieve. Calculating the weight of a theoretical I-beam is a pointless exercise if it’s not commercially available. As far as I know the lightest commercially available I-beam is 14 kg/m. If you want a lighter member, you will need to look at…

oh okay @BenLewis , now I understand what you were trying to explain. Actually the reason why I was getting confused was that in pakistan, the fabricators fabricate the I beam according to their own desired sizes. I am sharing some pictures with you. As you can see in these pictures that the I bea…

Hi @alijalil , [image] alijalil: So what I wanted to ask was that is the " I beam of 14kg/m " considered lightest commercial I beam throughout the world or just for particular countries? I’m only familiar with the sizes made in Australia. I presume that other sizes are made around the world. …

Ok now the thing is that I want basically want to publish a research paper in which I am thinking of doing comparitive analysis between I beams and C-channels according to the structure which I had designed and the discussions I have been doing with you guys since a long time. What I desire to show…

Hi @alijalil , I admire your enthusiasm for this project, but unfortunately I do not think your research topic is sufficiently novel. Any recognised steel design code would be substantially more rigorous than the analysis you have performed here. The pros and cons of I-beams and C-channels is gener…

oh okay @BenLewis yes you are absolutely right. However , can you suggest any modifications which I can make in this project to bring novelity in it. Or could you share any link where I can get help with regards to the publishing of a research paper ? Thats completely fine if you wont be able to …

Hi @alijalil , I cannot offer any advice with regards to research papers. You may find the resources you need through your local university.

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ok @BenLewis thanks alot for your help