Stress analysis of Part1.SOLID,PLATE





Author: Moti Sasson


Company: MSEC


Date: 10-04-2007



  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. Design Scenario Results
  13. Appendix



1. Introduction



Summarize the FEM analysis on Part1.SOLID,PLATE

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: Part1.SOLID,PLATE
Model location: H:\Part1.SOLID,PLATE.SLDPRT
Results location: C:\DOCUME~1\LAUSD_~1\LOCALS~1\Temp
Study name: Study 1 (-Default-)




3. Materials



No. Part Name Material Mass Volume
1 Part1.SOLID,PLATE Alloy Steel* 0.200696 lb 0.72146 in^3



4. Load & Restraint Information



Restraint
Restraint-1 <Part1.SOLID,PLATE> on 1 Face(s) fixed.
Description:


Load
Force-1 <Part1.SOLID,PLATE> on 1 Face(s) apply normal force -1e+005 N 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: 0.45075 in
Tolerance: 0.022537 in
Quality: High
Number of elements: 217
Number of nodes: 535



Solver Information
Quality: High
Solver Type: FFE
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
23585.2 psi
Node: 48
(0.888889 in,
1.20852e-008 in,
0.1 in)
404443 psi
Node: 508
(0.0868241 in,
-0.492404 in,
0.05 in)



Part1.SOLID,PLATE-Study 1-Stress-Plot1
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8. Strain Results



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot1 ESTRN: Equivalent strain
0.0015089
Element: 60
(0.682383 in,
1.00832e-008 in,
0.025 in)
0.00860476
Element: 198
(0.0756907 in,
-0.610394 in,
0.05 in)



Part1.SOLID,PLATE-Study 1-Strain-Plot1
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9. Displacement Results



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot1 URES: Resultant displacement
0 in
Node: 29
(-2 in,
1 in,
0.1 in)
0.0206019 in
Node: 204
(2 in,
-1.20852e-008 in,
0 in)



Part1.SOLID,PLATE-Study 1-Displacement-Plot1
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10. Deformation Results



Plot No. Scale Factor
1 19.421



Part1.SOLID,PLATE-Study 1-Deformation-Plot1
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11. Design Check Results



Part1.SOLID,PLATE-Study 1-Design Check-Plot1
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12. Design Scenario Results







13. Appendix



Material name: Alloy Steel*
Description:
Material Source: Library files
Material Library Name: cosmos materials
Material Model Type: Linear Elastic Isotropic

Property Name Value Units Value Type
Elastic modulus 3.0458e+007 psi Constant
Poisson's ratio 0.28 NA Constant
Shear modulus 1.1458e+007 psi Constant
Mass density 0.27818 lb/in^3 Constant
Tensile strength 1.0498e+005 psi Constant
Yield strength 89985 psi Constant
Thermal expansion coefficient 7.2222e-006 /Fahrenheit Constant
Thermal conductivity 0.00066874 BTU/(in.s.F) Constant
Specific heat 0.10989 Btu/(lb.F) Constant
Hardening factor (0.0-1.0; 0.0=isotropic; 1.0=kinematic) 0.85 NA Constant