Tutorial with Complete Steps,

  • Trunk Door Seal is modeled using Plane Strain elements.
  • Analysis is done to examine the stresses and deflections created during the closing of a door.
  • Seal id modeled using rubber material with HyperElastic material properties.
  • Trunk door is considered very stiff relative to the rubber seal and modeled using a rigid body.
  • The following model is solved using CalculiX solver.

vonMises Stress contour

Pressure contour

Opening contour

Force contour