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CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 7
7.1 INTRODUCTION
on the body.
bodies may perform under practical situations and how their design
might be improved.
tested are fed into the software. The CAD model of the specimen is
shown in fig. 7.1. The specimen is fixed in the jaws of the testing
machine and the gauge length is adjusted as 50 mm. The tensile load
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is applied steadily till the specimen breaks. The tensile load values for
respectively.
geometry of the specimen. Fig. 7.2 shows the meshed model of the
tensile test specimen obtained with 450 elements and 2880 nodes.
ANSYS is 26.654 MPa, as shown in fig. 7.3. This is very near to the
be 1.63%, 2.95%, and 1.68% for Normal (N), 24hrs water absorbed (24
40
35 33.7 33.15
32.5
31.54
30
27.4 26.94
Tensile Strength, MPa
25
20
ABS(Exp)
15 ABS(FEM)
10
0
Normal 24 hrs EP
Condition of the Materials
solid 185 Geometry, with 8 nodes is used for meshing of the specimen
geometry. Fig. 7.6 shows the finite element model of the compression
test specimen obtained with 376 elements and 165 nodes. The test
100
88.94 87.07
90
80
Compressive Strength, Mpa
70 67.20 66.186
60
50
Nylon6(Exp)
40 36.60 35.84
Nylon6(FEM)
30
20
10
0
Normal 24 hrs EP
Condition of Materials
D5420 standard.
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through a tube and collides with the striker that is made to rest on
The details of the modified drop test have been dealt in detail in
chapter 5.
in the fig. 7.9. A 3D structural solid 185 element with 8 nodes is used
3857 nodes as shown in fig. 7.10. The test simulation is conducted for
samples with varying dart load and drop heights as shown in fig. 7.13.
0.058486
0.057486
0.07
0.053035
0.052935
0.06
0.044035
0.042635
0.05
0.033336
0.032336
Deflection, mm
0.027845
0.027545
0.04
0.020338
0.019641
0.03
0.015429
0.015329
0.014113
0.013413
N6+1%(Exp, EP)
0.0098809
0.0095809
0.01
The flexure load values for Normal, 24 hours water absorbed, and EP
Fig. 7.14 Flexure test specimen with indenter and supports (N6+3%)
with 795 elements and 4654 nodes, which is shown in fig. 7.15.
The flexural tests via FEA are performed by considering the UTS
50 47.27 46.81
45 42.32
41.27
40
34.51
35 33.50
Flexural Stress, Mpa
30
25
N6+3%(Exp)
20 N6+3%(FEM)
15
10
0
Normal 24hrs EP
Condition of materials