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Author Afridi Jamal Hussain Subject Fatigue and Structural of Materials Prepared for Fatigue Assignment-Final First Saved 11 August, 2011 Last Saved 12 August, 2011 Product Version 11.0 SP1 Release

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Contents
Model Geometry Solid Mesh Refinement Static Structural Analysis Settings Loads Solution Solution Information Results Fatigue Tool Results Material Data AISI AZ31 Mg alloy

Units
TABLE 1 Unit System Metric (mm, kg, N, C, s, mV, mA) Angle Degrees Rotational Velocity rad/s

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Geometry
TABLE 2 Model > Geometry Object Name State Source Type Length Unit Element Control Display Style Length X Length Y Length Z Volume Mass Bodies Active Bodies Nodes Elements Import Solid Bodies Geometry Fully Defined Definition C:\Users\XiSHAN\Videos\Ansys-WorkBench\Fatigue-Final Report01.agdb DesignModeler Meters Program Controlled Part Color Bounding Box 1000. mm 600. mm 10. mm Properties 5.9215e+006 mm 10.481 kg Statistics 1 1 21250 10318 Preferences Yes

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Import Surface Bodies Import Line Bodies Parameter Processing Personal Parameter Key CAD Attribute Transfer Named Selection Processing Material Properties Transfer CAD Associativity Import Coordinate Systems Reader Save Part File Import Using Instances Do Smart Update Attach File Via Temp File Analysis Type Mixed Import Resolution Enclosure and Symmetry Processing

Yes Yes Yes DS No No No Yes No No Yes No No 3-D None Yes

TABLE 3 Model > Geometry > Parts Object Name Solid State Meshed Graphics Properties Visible Yes Transparency 1 Definition Suppressed No Material AISI AZ31 Mg alloy Stiffness Behavior Flexible Nonlinear Material Effects Yes Bounding Box Length X 1000. mm Length Y 600. mm Length Z 10. mm Properties Volume 5.9215e+006 mm Mass 10.481 kg Centroid X 500. mm Centroid Y 300. mm Centroid Z 5. mm Moment of Inertia Ip1 3.186e+005 kgmm Moment of Inertia Ip2 8.85e+005 kgmm Moment of Inertia Ip3 1.2034e+006 kgmm Statistics Nodes 21250 Elements 10318

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TABLE 4 Model > Mesh Object Name State Defaults Physics Preference Relevance

Mesh Solved Mechanical 0

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Advanced Relevance Center Coarse Element Size Default Shape Checking Standard Mechanical Solid Element Midside Nodes Program Controlled Straight Sided Elements No Initial Size Seed Active Assembly Smoothing Low Transition Fast Statistics Nodes 21250 Elements 10318 TABLE 5 Model > Mesh > Mesh Controls Object Name Refinement State Fully Defined Scope Scoping Method Geometry Selection Geometry 1 Face Definition Suppressed No Refinement 1

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TABLE 6 Model > Analysis Object Name Static Structural State Fully Defined Definition Physics Type Structural Analysis Type Static Structural Options Reference Temp 22. C TABLE 7 Model > Static Structural > Analysis Settings Analysis Settings Fully Defined Step Controls 1. 1. 1. s Program Controlled Solver Controls Program Controlled Program Controlled Off Off Nonlinear Controls Program Controlled Program Controlled Program Controlled Program Controlled

Object Name State Number Of Steps Current Step Number Step End Time Auto Time Stepping Solver Type Weak Springs Large Deflection Inertia Relief Force Convergence Moment Convergence Displacement Convergence Rotation Convergence

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Line Search Calculate Stress Calculate Strain Calculate Results At Solver Files Directory Future Analysis Save ANSYS db Delete Unneeded Files Nonlinear Solution

Program Controlled Output Controls Yes Yes All Time Points Analysis Data Management C:\Users\XiSHAN\Videos\Ansys-WorkBench\Fatigue-Final Report-01 Simulation Files\Static Structural\ None No Yes No TABLE 8 Model > Static Structural > Loads Object Name Displacement Pressure State Fully Defined Scope Scoping Method Geometry Selection Geometry 1 Face Definition Define By Components Normal To Type Displacement Pressure X Component 0. mm (ramped) Y Component 0. mm (ramped) Z Component 0. mm (ramped) Suppressed No Magnitude -82. MPa (ramped) FIGURE 1 Model > Static Structural > Displacement

FIGURE 2

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Model > Static Structural > Pressure

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TABLE 9 Model > Static Structural > Solution Object Name Solution State Solved Adaptive Mesh Refinement Max Refinement Loops 1. Refinement Depth 2. TABLE 10 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Solution Information Object Name Solution Information State Solved Solution Information Solution Output Solver Output Newton-Raphson Residuals 0 Update Interval 2.5 s Display Points All TABLE 11 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Results Minimum Principal Equivalent Stress Equivalent Elastic Strain Stress Solved Scope All Bodies Definition Equivalent (von-Mises) Minimum Principal Equivalent (von-Mises) Elastic Stress Stress Strain End Time

Object Name State Geometry Type Display Time

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Minimum Maximum Time Load Step Substep Iteration Number

9.6661 MPa 251.07 MPa

Results -92.121 MPa 60.807 MPa Information 1. s 1 1 1

2.148e-004 mm/mm 5.5794e-003 mm/mm

TABLE 12 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Fatigue Tools Object Name Fatigue Tool State Solved Materials Fatigue Strength Factor (Kf) 1. Loading Type Fully Reversed Scale Factor 1. Definition Display Time End Time Options Analysis Type Strain Life Mean Stress Theory None Stress Component Equivalent (Von Mises) Infinite Life 1.e+009 cycles Life Units Units Name cycles 1 cycle is equal to 1. cycles FIGURE 3 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Fatigue Tool

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FIGURE 4 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Fatigue Tool

TABLE 13 Model > Static Structural > Solution > Fatigue Tool > Results Object Name Life Damage Safety Factor State Solved Scope Geometry All Bodies Definition Type Life Damage Safety Factor Design Life 1.e+009 cycles Results Minimum 1.2554e+006 cycles 0.15859 Maximum 796.54

Material Data
AISI AZ31 Mg alloy
TABLE 14 AISI AZ31 Mg alloy > Constants Structural Young's Modulus 45000 MPa Poisson's Ratio 0.35 Density 1.77e-006 kg/mm Tensile Yield Strength 201. MPa Tensile Ultimate Strength 264. MPa FIGURE 5 AISI AZ31 Mg alloy > Strain-Life Parameters

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TABLE 15 AISI AZ31 Mg alloy > Strain-Life Parameters > Property Attributes Display Curve Type Strain-Life TABLE 16 AISI AZ31 Mg alloy > Strain-Life Parameters > Strain-Life Parameters Strength Coefficient MPa 616. Strength Exponent -0.15 Ductility Coefficient 1.78 Ductility Exponent -0.4 Cyclic Strength Coefficient MPa 1976. Cyclic Strain Hardening Exponent 0.34

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