Stress analysis of truss_structure_final




Author: Nicholas Selman, Richard Pantaleo, Jason Calaiaro

 

Company: RNJ Solutions

Date: 5.7.2007

 

1.     Introduction

2.     File Information

3.     Materials

4.     Load & Restraint Information

5.     Study Property

6.     Contact

7.     Stress Results

8.     Strain Results

9.     Displacement Results

10. Deformation Results

11. Design Check Results

12. Appendix

 


1. Introduction



Summarize the FEM analysis on truss_structure_final

Note:

Do not base your design decisions solely on the data presented in this report. Use this information in conjunction with experimental data and practical experience. Field testing is mandatory to validate your final design. COSMOSWorks helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests.




2. File Information

 

Model name:

truss_structure_final

Model location:

C:\Users\Nick\Documents\CMU\2006-2007\Stress Analysis\Design Project\truss_structure_final.SLDPRT

Results location:

C:\Program Files\SolidWorks\COSMOS\work

Study name:

Study 2 (-Default-)




3. Materials

 

No.

Part Name

Material

Mass

Volume

1

truss_structure_final

1060 Alloy

0.317661 kg

0.000117652 m^3




4. Load & Restraint Information

 

Restraint

Restraint-1 <truss_structure_final>

on 4 Edge(s) fixed.

 

Description:

 

 

 

Load

Force-1 <truss_structure_final>

on 1 Edge(s) apply force 1 lb normal to reference plane with respect to selected reference Edge< 1 > using uniform distribution

Sequential Loading

Description:

 

 




5. Study Property

 

Mesh Information

Mesh Type:

Solid mesh

Mesher Used:

Standard

Automatic Transition:

Off

Smooth Surface:

On

Jacobian Check:

4 Points

Element Size:

0.19297 in

Tolerance:

0.0096487 in

Quality:

High

Number of elements:

39508

Number of nodes:

89382

 

Solver Information

Quality:

High

Solver Type:

FFEPlus

Option:

Include Thermal Effects

Thermal Option:

Input Temperature

Thermal Option:

Reference Temperature at zero strain: 298 Kelvin








6. Contact

 

Contact state: Touching faces - Bonded







7. Stress Results

 

Name

Type

Min

Location

Max

Location

Plot1

VON: von Mises stress

218.929 N/m^2

Node: 32816

(-2.71673 in,

0.015625 in,

4.74219 in)

2.12239e+007 N/m^2

Node: 6287

(-6 in,

4.09375 in,

12.75 in)



truss_structure_final-Study 2-Stress-Plot1

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8. Strain Results

 

Name

Type

Min

Location

Max

Location

Plot1

ESTRN: Equivalent strain

2.13076e-009

Element: 33634

(-2.71573 in,

0.015625 in,

4.78906 in)

0.000156667

Element: 22153

(-5.99219 in,

4.10937 in,

12.7031 in)



truss_structure_final-Study 2-Strain-Plot1

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9. Displacement Results

 

Name

Type

Min

Location

Max

Location

Plot1

URES: Resultant displacement

0 m

Node: 5429

(-6 in,

0 in,

5.03125 in)

0.000251184 m

Node: 11557

(-28 in,

9.125 in,

12.75 in)



truss_structure_final-Study 2-Displacement-Plot1

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10. Deformation Results

 

Plot No.

Scale Factor

1

288.23



truss_structure_final-Study 2-Deformation-Plot1

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11. Design Check Results

 

truss_structure_final-Study 2-Design Check-Plot1

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12. Appendix

 

Material name:

1060 Alloy

Description:

 

Material Source:

Library files

Material Library Name:

cosmos materials

Material Model Type:

Linear Elastic Isotropic

 

Property Name

Value

Units

Value Type

Elastic modulus

6.9e+010

N/m^2

Constant

Poisson's ratio

0.33

NA

Constant

Shear modulus

2.7e+010

N/m^2

Constant

Mass density

2700

kg/m^3

Constant

Tensile strength

6.8936e+007

N/m^2

Constant

Yield strength

2.7574e+007

N/m^2

Constant

Thermal expansion coefficient

2.4e-005

/Kelvin

Constant

Thermal conductivity

200

W/(m.K)

Constant

Specific heat

900

J/(kg.K)

Constant

Hardening factor (0.0-1.0; 0.0=isotropic; 1.0=kinematic)

0.85

NA

Constant