The resulting deformed plot (see animation file below) shows the wrinkling and buckling of the rubber seal. The
results also provided the force distribution along the lower restrained edge which highlighted the same
region where the seal was leaking. Note that the region near the 90 degree position is folding and pulling
on the attachment surface. Therefore when the re-designed seal was evaluated using MARC and the force
distribution along the lower restrained edge was significantly reduced, there was confidence that the
analysis was correct and the solution would function as required.
The following video shows results from the analysis.
Video of Seal Evaluation Analysis
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