That is exactly what we did to generate the plots in the video starting at 2:20. You could use Figures 2-4 through 2-8 in the Parker O-Ring Handbook to determine the compression force per unit length for your particular cross section, hardness, and squeeze, and then just apply this force to each of the components directly. If you were designing an enclosure with a face seal, and wanted to determine the deformations in the mating halves due to the O-ring compression force, you wouldn’t need to simulate the O-ring. For example, we mention in the video that face seals require quite a bit of clamping force to compress evenly. There is quite a bit of empirical data available that will allow you to avoid having to simulate the O-ring itself. Before diving into the details, it’s important to mention that there actually aren’t a lot of cases that justify a full-blown hyperelastic FEA of an O-ring.
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