Stress analysis of spider

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. Simulation
helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests.
Table of Contents

Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 2

List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................... 2
Description .................................................................................................................................................... 3
Assumptions.................................................................................................................................................. 3
Model Information ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Study Properties ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Units .............................................................................................................................................................. 4
Material Properties ........................................................................................................................................ 4
Loads and Restraints ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Connector Definitions ................................................................................................................................... 6
Contact .......................................................................................................................................................... 6
Mesh Information.......................................................................................................................................... 6
Sensor Results ............................................................................................................................................... 7
Reaction Forces............................................................................................................................................. 7
Free-Body Forces .......................................................................................................................................... 7
Bolt Forces .................................................................................................................................................... 7
Pin Forces ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
Beams............................................................................................................................................................ 8
Study Results ................................................................................................................................................ 8
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................. 13

List of Figures

spider-My First Study-Stress-Stress1 ............................................................................................................ 9

spider-My First Study-Displacement-Displacement1 ................................................................................. 10
spider-My First Study-Strain-Strain1........................................................................................................... 11
spider-My First Study-Factor of Safety-Factor of Safety1........................................................................... 12
spider-My First Study-Factor of Safety-Factor of Safety2........................................................................... 13
Description

Summarize the FEM analysis on spider

Assumptions

Model Information

Document Name Configuration Document Path Date Modified

spider Default E:\Katie\2010 EDU\Simulation Educator Tue Dec 08

Guide\models\completed\spider\spider.SLDASM 16:25:04 2009

hub-1 Default E:\Katie\2010 EDU\Simulation Educator Tue Dec 08

Guide\models\completed\spider\hub.SLDPRT 16:01:55 2009

shaft-1 Default E:\Katie\2010 EDU\Simulation Educator Tue Dec 08

Guide\models\completed\spider\shaft.SLDPRT 16:01:55 2009

spider-1 Default E:\Katie\2010 EDU\Simulation Educator Tue Dec 08

Guide\models\completed\spider\spider.SLDPRT 16:01:55 2009

Study Properties
Study name My First Study

Analysis type Static

Mesh Type: Solid Mesh

Solver type FFEPlus

Inplane Effect: Off

Soft Spring: Off

Inertial Relief: Off

Thermal Effect: Input Temperature

Zero strain temperature 77.000000

Units Fahrenheit

Include fluid pressure effects from SolidWorks Flow Off

Simulation

Friction: Off

Ignore clearance for surface contact Off

Use Adaptive Method: Off

Units
Unit system: English (IPS)

Length/Displacement in

Temperature Fahrenheit

Angular velocity Hz

Stress/Pressure psi

Material Properties

No. Body Name Material Mass Volume

1 SolidBody 1(Cut- Alloy Steel 0.0487767 kg 6.33464e-006 m^3

Extrude1)

2 SolidBody 1(Boss- Alloy Steel 0.236384 kg 3.06992e-005 m^3

Extrude1)

3 SolidBody Alloy Steel 0.446458 kg 5.79815e-005 m^3

1(Fillet10)
Material name: Alloy Steel

Description:

Material Source:

Material Model Type: Linear Elastic Isotropic

Default Failure Criterion: Max von Mises Stress

Application Data:

Property Name Value Units Value Type

Elastic modulus 2.1e+011 N/m^2 Constant

Poisson's ratio 0.28 NA Constant

Shear modulus 7.9e+010 N/m^2 Constant

Mass density 7700 kg/m^3 Constant

Tensile strength 7.2383e+008 N/m^2 Constant

Yield strength 6.2042e+008 N/m^2 Constant

Thermal expansion 1.3e-005 /Kelvin Constant

coefficient

Thermal conductivity 50 W/(m.K) Constant

Specific heat 460 J/(kg.K) Constant

Loads and Restraints

Fixture

Restraint name Selection set Description

Fixed-1 <spider-1> on 3 Face(s) fixed.

Load
Load name Selection set Loading type Description

Force-1 <shaft-1> on 1 Face(s) apply normal Sequential Loading

force 500 lbf using
uniform distribution

Connector Definitions
No Connectors were defined

Contact
Contact state: Touching faces - Free

Global Contact Contact component: Bonded on spider

Description:

Mesh Information
Mesh Type: Solid Mesh

Mesher Used: Standard mesh

Automatic Transition: Off

Smooth Surface: On

Jacobian Check: 4 Points

Element Size: 0.17971 in

Tolerance: 0.0089853 in

Quality: High

Number of elements: 8291

Number of nodes: 14166

Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:02

Computer name: LA-TRN-JNOVAK32

Sensor Results
No data available.

Reaction Forces

Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant

Entire Body lbf -0.0232983 -0.0720065 493.58 493.58

Free-Body Forces

Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant

Entire Body lbf -5.92935e-007 8.29556e-005 -0.000445961 0.000453611

Free-body Moments

Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant

Entire Body lbf-in 0 0 0 8.85075e-033

Bolt Forces
No data available.

Pin Forces
 No data available.

Beams
No data available.

Study Results

Default Results

Name Type Min Location Max Location

Stress1 VON: von Mises 0.217605 psi (0.0632283 in, 14105.1 psi (-0.823197 in,
Stress
Node: 2820 0.0158782 in, Node: 5384 -0.296468 in,

3.56127 in) -0.62718 in)

Displacement1 URES: Resultant 0 in (2.29808 in, 0.00135179 in (-0.0391997 in,

Displacement
Node: 4672 -1.5 in, Node: 3155 -0.372964 in,

-0.501 in) 2.87265 in)

Strain1 ESTRN: 4.26015e-009 (0.0602147 in, 0.000286185 (-0.0970604 in,

Equivalent
Strain Element: 2348 -0.1119 in, Element: 5667 2.33228 in,

3.5478 in) -1.08439 in)

spider-My First Study-Stress-Stress1
spider-My First Study-Displacement-Displacement1
spider-My First Study-Strain-Strain1
spider-My First Study-Factor of Safety-Factor of Safety1
 spider-My First Study-Factor of Safety-Factor of Safety2

Conclusion