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Analyzed with SolidWorks Simulation Simulation of knuckle final 1

Simulation of knuckle
final

Date: Saturday, January 25, 2014
Designer: RISHABH RATHI
Study name: Static 2
Analysis type: Static
Table of Contents
Description ............................................ 1
Assumptions .......................................... 2
Model Information ................................... 2
Study Properties ..................................... 3
Units ................................................... 3
Material Properties .................................. 4
Loads and Fixtures................................... 5
Connector Definitions ............................... 5
Contact Information ................................. 5
Mesh Information .................................... 6
Sensor Details ........................................ 7
Resultant Forces ..................................... 7
Beams .................................................. 8
Study Results ......................................... 9
Conclusion .......................................... 11


Description
No Data


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Analyzed with SolidWorks Simulation Simulation of knuckle final 2

Assumptions


Model Information


Model name: knuckle final
Current Configuration: Default
Solid Bodies
Document Name and
Reference
Treated As Volumetric Properties
Document Path/Date
Modified
Cut-Extrude16

Solid Body
Mass:1.57013 kg
Volume:0.000581529 m^3
Density:2700 kg/m^3
Weight:15.3873 N

D:\RISHABH\SUPRA\Knuckl
e\knuckle final.SLDPRT
Jan 25 15:22:44 2014



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Study Properties
Study name Static 2
Analysis type Static
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Thermal Effect: On
Thermal option Include temperature loads
Zero strain temperature 298 Kelvin
Include fluid pressure effects from SolidWorks
Flow Simulation
Off
Solver type FFEPlus
Inplane Effect: Off
Soft Spring: Off
Inertial Relief: Off
Incompatible bonding options Automatic
Large displacement Off
Compute free body forces On
Friction Off
Use Adaptive Method: Off
Result folder SolidWorks document (D:\RISHABH\SUPRA\Knuckle)


Units
Unit system: SI (MKS)
Length/Displacement mm
Temperature Kelvin
Angular velocity Rad/sec
Pressure/Stress N/mm^2 (MPa)



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Material Properties
Model Reference Properties Components

Name: 6061-T6 (SS)
Model type: Linear Elastic Isotropic
Default failure
criterion:
Max von Mises Stress
Yield strength: 275 N/mm^2
Tensile strength: 310 N/mm^2
Elastic modulus: 69000 N/mm^2
Poisson's ratio: 0.33
Mass density: 2700 g/cm^3
Shear modulus: 26000 N/mm^2
Thermal expansion
coefficient:
2.4e-005 /Kelvin

SolidBody 1(Cut-
Extrude16)(knuckle
updated1)
Curve Data:N/A



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Loads and Fixtures
Fixture name Fixture Image Fixture Details
Fixed-1

Entities: 6 face(s)
Type: Fixed Geometry
Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) -3.1137 17800.3 0.111698 17800.3
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0


Load name Load Image Load Details
Torque-1

Entities: 2 face(s)
Reference: Face< 1 >
Type: Apply torque
Value: 1500 N.m
Phase Angle: 0
Units: deg


Connector Definitions
No Data





Contact Information
No Data




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Mesh Information
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Mesher Used: Standard mesh
Automatic Transition: Off
Include Mesh Auto Loops: Off
Jacobian points 4 Points
Element Size 8.34954 mm
Tolerance 0.417477 mm
Mesh Quality High

Mesh Information - Details
Total Nodes 16451
Total Elements 9650
Maximum Aspect Ratio 7.0057
% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 97
% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 0
% of distorted elements(Jacobian) 0
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:02
Computer name: RISHABH-PC

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Sensor Details
No Data

Resultant Forces
Reaction Forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N -3.1137 17800.3 0.111698 17800.3
Reaction Moments
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N.m 0 0 0 0



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Beams
No Data


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Study Results

Name Type Min Max
Stress1 VON: von Mises Stress 0.00165692 N/mm^2 (MPa)
Node: 8895
33.359 N/mm^2 (MPa)
Node: 14776

knuckle final-Static 2-Stress-Stress1

Name Type Min Max
Displacement1 URES: Resultant Displacement 0 mm
Node: 185
0.0138693 mm
Node: 15014

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knuckle final-Static 2-Displacement-Displacement1

Name Type Min Max
Strain1 ESTRN: Equivalent Strain 9.01048e-009
Element: 8059
0.00031983
Element: 6636

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knuckle final-Static 2-Strain-Strain1



Conclusion