Drop Test - SolidWorks

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Drop Test - Material

Specify material for the mug
Select Edit Material

Right click
on Material

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Choose material,
Ceramic Porcelain

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Drop Test - Study

Load Simulation: Tools Add-Ins, check the box

click on Drop Test

and name the file

Simulation creates two

folders: Setup and
Result Options

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Drop Test Setup Folder

Right click the
Setup folder and
select Define/Edit

Specify drop
height or velocity
at impact.

Vimpact = (2gh)1/2

Sets the height from which

the body is dropped from rest

Sets the direction and value of

the acceleration of gravity
Target: sets the orientation of
the impact plane
Normal to gravity. The impact plane is normal to gravity.
Parallel to Ref. plane. The impact plane is parallel to the
selected reference plane.
Target orientation reference. Select a reference plane
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Drop Test Setup Folder

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Drop Test Result Options Folder

Right click the
Result Options
folder and select
Define/Edit

Sets the time to monitor what happens

to the object during the first 106
microseconds after the first impact.
Sets the time to start saving results.
The default value of 0 instructs the
program to start saving data from
the moment of first impact
Number of Plots, accept the default
25, this means that the solution is
divided into 25 intervals and the
results (plots) are saved for these
intervals only.
Select points (vertices), results
for these points will be available
in the time history plots

No. of graph steps per plot, Sets the number of graph intervals for result plots.
The total number of data points for each graph is equal to No. of plots times No.
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of graph steps per plot.

Drop Test Result Options Folder

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Drop Test Results

Right click the Results
and select Define Time
History Plots to view the
time history graphs.

Select a particular
vertex to obtain the
max. stress for that
location. Or select all
vertices.
Stress, Strain and
displacement results
Select the type of
stress to view
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Drop Test Results

Vertex 1

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Vertex 3

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Drop Test Results

Vertex 4

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Drop Test Results

Ceramic Porcelain
Compressive strength = 551 MPa, Tensile strength = 172 MPa

Vertex 3

Von Mises Stress

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Vertex 4

Maximum Principal Stress

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Create datum (reference)

plane to be used as target
orientation

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Direction of the
gravity force

Impact plane,
glancing off

Max. von Mises stress = 594 > 551 MPa

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Gravity perpendicular to
the target plane

Impact plane, direct contact

Max. von Mises stress = 831 > 551 MPa

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Max. von Mises stress = 870 > 551 MPa

Perpendicular to
the target plane

Target plane

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