Eutectic Metal

Simulation of Decline
truss
Date: November-15-14
Designer: Mahfuzul Haque
Study name: Static 2
Analysis type: Static

Table of Contents
Description...........................................1
Assumptions..........................................2
Model Information..................................2
Study Properties.....................................3
Units..................................................4
Material Properties.................................4
Loads and Fixtures..................................5
Connector Definitions..............................5
Contact Information................................6
Mesh Information....................................7
Sensor Details........................................7
Resultant Forces....................................8
Beams.................................................9
Study Results.......................................10
Conclusion..........................................11

Description
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Assumptions

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Model Information

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Model name: Decline truss

Current Configuration: Default

Beam Bodies:
Document Name and
Reference

Formulation

Beam-1(Boss-Extrude1)

Beam Uniform C/S

Beam-2(Boss-Extrude2)

Beam Uniform C/S

Beam-3(Boss-Extrude3)

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Properties
Section Standard-Custom
Section Area: 3750in^2
Length:1500mm
Volume:0.005625m^3
Mass Density:7700kg/m^3
Mass:43.3125kg
Weight:424.463N
Section Standard-Custom
Section Area: 3750in^2
Length:2500mm
Volume:0.009375m^3
Mass Density:7700kg/m^3
Mass:72.1875kg
Weight:707.438N
Section Standard-Custom
Section Area: 3750in^2
Length:2500mm

Document Path/Date
Modified

C:\Users\Mahfuzul
Haque\Documents\Truss\D
ecline truss.SLDPRT
Nov 15 12:35:48 2014

C:\Users\Mahfuzul
Haque\Documents\Truss\D
ecline truss.SLDPRT
Nov 15 12:35:48 2014

C:\Users\Mahfuzul

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Study Properties
Study name

Static 2

Analysis type
Mesh type

Static
Beam Mesh

Solver type
Inplane Effect:

FFEPlus
Off

Soft Spring:
Inertial Relief:

Off
Off

Incompatible bonding options

Large displacement

Automatic
Off

Compute free body forces

Result folder

On
SolidWorks document (C:\Users\Mahfuzul
Haque\Documents\Truss)

Units
Unit system:

SI (MKS)

Length/Displacement
Temperature

mm
Kelvin

Angular velocity
Pressure/Stress

Rad/sec
N/m^2

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Material Properties
Model Reference

Properties
Name:
Model type:
Default failure
criterion:
Yield strength:
Tensile strength:
Elastic modulus:
Poisson's ratio:
Mass density:
Shear modulus:
Thermal expansion
coefficient:

Alloy Steel
Linear Elastic Isotropic
Max von Mises Stress
6.20422e+008 N/m^2
7.23826e+008 N/m^2
2.1e+011 N/m^2
0.28
7700 kg/m^3
7.9e+010 N/m^2
1.3e-005 /Kelvin

Components
SolidBody 1(Boss-Extrude1)
(Decline truss),
SolidBody 2(Boss-Extrude2)
(Decline truss),
SolidBody 3(Boss-Extrude3)
(Decline truss)

Curve Data:N/A

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Loads and Fixtures

Fixture name

Fixture Image

Fixture Details
Entities:
Type:

1 Joint(s)
Immovable (No translation)

Immovable-1

Entities:
Reference:
Type:
Translation:
Rotation:
Units:

Reference
Geometry-1

Load name

Load Image

Load Details
Entities:
Reference:
Type:
Values:
Moments:

Force-2

1 Joint(s)
Face< 1 >
Use reference geometry
0, 0, -----, 0, 0
m, rad

1 Beam (s)
Face< 1 >
Apply force
---, -5000, --- N
---, ---, --- N.m

Connector Definitions
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Contact Information
Contact

Contact Image

Contact Properties
Type: Bonded
Components: 1 component(s)
Options: Compatible
mesh

Global Contact

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Mesh Information
Mesh type

Beam Mesh

Mesh Information - Details

Total Nodes
Total Elements

228
224

Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss):

Computer name:

00:00:00
MAH_HAWK

Sensor Details
No Data

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Resultant Forces
Reaction Forces
Selection set

Units

Sum X

Sum Y

Sum Z

Resultant

Entire Model

7500

10000

9.02205e-008

12500

Reaction Moments
Selection set

Units

Sum X

Sum Y

Sum Z

Resultant

Entire Model

N.m

-1.08789e-005

-4.3521e-005

6.70951e-006

4.53591e-005

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Beams
Beam Forces
Beam
Name

Joints

Axial(N)

Shear1(N)

Beam1(BossExtrude1)

-1644.74

2192.55

1644.74

-2192.55

Beam2(BossExtrude2)

-1644.74

2192.39

1644.74

-2192.39

Beam3(BossExtrude3)

9.36985e005

9756.15

0.00070107

2740.51

Shear2(N)
-1.23028e005
1.23101e005
-1.23865e005
1.23211e005
-2.98143e005
9.45793e007

Moment1(N.m)

Moment2(N.m)

Torque(N.m)

6.95159e-007

0.00628379

1.2516e-015

-9.00652e-005

-3289.47

-8.70658e-015

9.14583e-005

3289.48

-1.09747e-014

-0.000241324

-8771.92

-1.64081e-009

-3.8246e-005

0.0380871

1.74094e-005

-0.000190672

-8771.94

-1.74072e-005

Beam Stresses
Beam Name
Beam-1(BossExtrude1)
Beam-2(BossExtrude2)
Beam-3(BossExtrude3)

Joints

Axial(N/m^2)

Bending
Dir1(N/m^2)

Bending
Dir2(N/m^2)

Torsional
(N/m^2)

Worst
Case(N/m^2)

-438597

0.0222451

-134.054

438731

-438597

2.88209

-7.01753e+007

-438597

2.92667

-7.01756e+007

-438596

7.72236

-1.87134e+008

1
2

0.0249863
-0.186952

-1.22387
6.10151

-812.526
-1.87135e+008

3.07163e-011
-2.13673e010
-2.69318e010
-4.02651e005
0.427225
-0.42717

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7.06139e+007
7.06142e+007
1.87573e+008
813.775
1.87135e+008

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Study Results
Name

Type

Min

Max

Stress1

TXY: Shear in Y Dir. on YZ

Plane

1.78799e+006 N/m^2
Element: 52

2.03164e+008 N/m^2
Element: 157

Decline truss-Static 2-Stress-Stress1

Name

Type

Min

Max

Displacement1

URES: Resultant Displacement

0 mm
Node: 53

106.42 mm
Node: 62

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Min

Max

Decline truss-Static 2-Displacement-Displacement1

Conclusion

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