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AMARDEEP SINGH
Sunpride Solar Private Limited.
6/26/2016
TITLE : STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF MMS MODULE ASSLY
REPORT NO : TC-SPS-FEA-01
DESING BY
DONE BY
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1 Section ‘A’ 4
1.1 Summary of Analysis 4
1.2 Objective 4
1.3 Abstract 4
2 Section B 5
2.1 Meshing 5
2.2 Material Table 6
2.3 Quality Setting 7
2.4 List of Element Table 7
2.5 Complete Meshed Model 7
3 Section ‘C’ (Details of the Element & Equations Used) 8
4 Section ‘D’ (Quality Parameters) 9
5 Section ‘E’ Boundary Conditions 11
Load Case 1: Wind Load (From Front of the Panel)
5.1 11
Load Case 2: Wind Load (From Behind the Panel)
5.2 Calculating The Wind Load On The Flat Panel 12
5.3 Self weight of the Panels 13
5.4 Fixed Constraint 13
6 Section ‘F’ Post Processing & Results 14
7 Section ‘G’ Result Interpretation and Conclusion 19
1.2 Objective:
To analysis the structural integrity and stability of the MMS MODULE ASSLY
under the described loading conditions.
1.3 Abstract:
The existing design of the solar module structure was evaluated at the given
loading and the wind conditions. It was found that the structure was not safe to
sustain the winds of about 150Km/h.
The design of the structure was improved and the improved version was again
evaluated for the given loading and wind conditions. Both the design were
evaluated for the structural strength and stability.
It was observed that the improved design was having higher structural strength
and good displacement behaviour.
The parameters such as the displacement and Von-mises stress are used to
calculate and understand the structural and deformation behaviour of the
assembly (equipment).
The structure is safe for the wind loads exerted by the wind blowing at
the speeds of 150 Km/Hr.
The maximum stress in the complete structure is “157” Mpa.
The maximum displacement of the structure is “48” mm.
All the welding are considered to be continues and weld seams are
modelled using the shell181 element of the thickness similar to the
thickness of the thinner part (from the parts to be welded)
Welding connection
Bolted connections are considered to be rigid and are modelled using two
spiders (shown in red colour) of beam4 element (10 mm dia) and these
spiders are connected with another Beam4 element (Shown in Green
Colour) with diameter equals to the diameter of the bolt. The spiders are
modelled with zero mass and the bolts are modelled with steel material to
accommodate their mass in the complete assembly. Please refer to the
section ‘C’ for further details on the element properties and the list of
elements table given below.
Spider with
10mm Dia
CP_Struct Element
connected to the
Roof Structure (Blue)
Bolting Location
(RED)
Point of Force
Application
Geometry Cleanup tools are used to remove the radius and holes which
are of lower than 4mm.
Following Quality setting are used for the model checking. Further details of the
quality parameters are given in Section ‘D’ of the report.
6 Skew
Skew of triangular elements is calculated by finding the minimum
angle between the vector from each node to the opposing mid-side,
and the vector between the two adjacent mid-sides at each node of
the element.
7 Warpage
This is the amount by which an element (or in the case of solid
elements, an element face) deviates from being planar. Since three
points define a plane, this check only applies to quads. The quad is
divided into two tria’s along its diagonal, and the angle between the
tria’s normals is measured.
Allowable Warpage – 15
P = D x V2 / 2 (Pascal)
(II)
3
D = density of air = 1.1 Kg/m )
V = Velocity of wind = 150 Km/hr Or 41.6 m/Sec)
F = A x D x V2 x Cd / 2
F = 2 x 1.1 x 55.52 x .5/ 2
Existing Design:
Name Load Case 1 Load Case 2
Displacement 82 mm 76 mm
Displacement (mm)
Note: It can be seen that we have high displacement at the vertical column (41mm & 39mm) which
causes the high displacements at the panel (82mm & 76mm). It can be concluded from the above
plot that we need to reduce the displacement in the vertical column to improve the structural
strength and rigidity of the structure.
.
Based on the above results following changes were recommended and considered.
3. To reduce the displacement and increase the local stiffness at location 2. The base plate
which is welded to the vertical column shall be minimum 250 X 250 with two holes placed
diagonally.
Displacement (mm)
Note: It can be seen from the above results that the displacements have been reduced
considerably in comparison to the existing design.
Based on the above results following improvements are recommended for the future
design.
1. The base plate which is welded to the vertical column shall be minimum 250 X
250 with two holes placed diagonally.
2. The dimension of the concrete shall be changed from 300x300x350mm to
450x300x250mm with 450mm in the direction parallel to the wind flow.
3. Longer Anchor bolts shall be used so that the anchoring length is increased.