COMPUTER AIDED ENGINEERING

CAE
KMS 4273
Lab 4

NAME : LOGESWARAN S/O MUNUSAMY

MATRIX NO :4122002061
LECTURE : MR.SHASTRI SIVA GURU
DATE OF SUBMISSION : 14.11.2014

TITLE: TENSION COUPON

OBJECTIVE:

Build the tension coupon geometry

Control the mesh by using techniques in the class

APPARATUS:

Msc Patran
Msc Nastran

PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:

Material is aluminium , E=10e6psi , v=0.3

The coupons thickness is 0.125in
An edge load of 50lb is applied to the tension coupon

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:
Build the tension coupon geometry
Control the mesh by using techniques discussed in class.
Compare FEA stress results o theoretical results.
From stress Concentration Factors by R.E Peterson,
max = 432psi

METHOD:
Geometry
Action : Create
Object : Curve
Method : XYZ
1. Enter <0 4 0> for the vector coordinate list.
2. Enter [ 0 0 0 ] for the origin coordinate list.
3. Click apply.
Action
Object
Method

: Transform
: Curve
: Translate

1. Enter <10 0 0> for the translation vector.

2. Click in the curve list box and screen pick the first curve.
Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Curve
: Point

1. Built the entire model.

2. All the points were jointed together.
Action
: Create

Object
Method

: Curve
: Chain

1. The whole model was selected and applied it.

Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Curve
: 2D circle

1. In the input radius space coordinate [5 2 0] was applied.

Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Surface
: Trimmed

1. In the option space; Planar was chosen. Planar is to cut out the hole in the
Model.
2. The rectangular was selected to fill in the outer loop list.
3. The circle was selected to fill in the inner loop list.
Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Curve
: 2D circle

1. In the input radius space coordinate [5 2 0] was applied.

Action
Object
Method

: Associate
: Curve
: Surface

1. Select the curve filter.

2. Rectangular pick both circles.
3. Screens pick the trimmed surface.

Element
Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Mesh Seed
: Uniform

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Action
Object
Method

Enter 48 for the number of element.

Click in the curve list box.
Select the curve or edge element filter.
Screens pick each of the four edges on the left and right side of the circle as
show.
: Create
: Mesh Seed
: One Way Bias
Enter 20 for the number of elements.
Enter 0.25 for L2/L1.
Click on the curve list box.
Screens pick the top edge of the circle.
Screens pick the horizontal edge of the right of the circle.
: Create
: Mesh seed
: Surface
Set the element shape to Quad, Mesher to Paver, and topology to Quad4.
Click the surface list box.
Screens pick the surface as shown.
Enter 1.0 as the value for Global Edge Length.
Apply was clicked.
: Equivalence
: All
: Tolerance Cube

1. Click apply
Action
Object
Method

: Verify
: Quad
: All

1. Apply was clicked.

2. Review the summary table.
Action
Object
Method

: Verify
: Quad
: Aspect

1. Apply was clicked.

2. Review the fringe plot.

3. Repeat for warp, Skew, and Taper tests.

Action
Object
Method
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: Create
: Isotropic
: Manual input
Enter aluminum as the Material Name.
Click Input properties.
Enter 10e6 for the elastic modulus and 0.3 for the Poisson Ratio.
Applied all the application.

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: Create
: 2D
: Shell
Enter plate as the Property Set Name.
Click set properties.
Select aluminum as the material.
Enter 0.125 for the thickness.
Click the select members box.
Screens pick the surface as shown.
Applied all the application.

Load / BC
Action
Object
Method
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Action
Object
Method

: Create
: Displacement
: Nodal
Enter fixed as the New Set Name.
Click input data.
Enter <0, 0, 0> for translation and <0, 0, 0> for rotation.
Ok was clicked.
Apply the boundary condition.
Click the curve or edge filter.
Select the curve of the surface as the application region.
Apply all the application.
: Create
: total Load
: Element Uniform

1. Enter force as a new set name.

2. Set the target Element type to 2D.
3. Enter <50 0 0> for the Edge Load.

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Click ok.
Click select application region.
Select the right edge of surface as the application region.
Clicks add.
Clicks ok.
Clicks apply.

Analyze
Action
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: Analyze
: Entire Model
: Full Run
Click Solution Type.
Choose Linear Static.
Click ok and apply.
Run the Nastran with select result file
Click ok.
Clicks apply.
Clicks display.
Under geometry click erase.
Click ok.

Result
Action
Object

: Create
: Quick Plot

1. The result was shown in the computer.

Max X Stress = 4.27+002 @ Nd 61

Max X Stress = 1.14+002 @ Nd 26

Max X Stress = 4.27+002 @ Nd 6

DISCUSSION:
Based on the results, stress tensor at At Z2 (XX) shows that the maximum fringe
is 4.27+002 @ Nd 61, while minimum fringe is 7.94+00 @ Nd 75. For second result;
referring to stress sensor at X component for At Z2 shows that the maximum fringe is
1.14+002 @ Nd 26 and the minimum fringe is -8.22+001 @ Nd 49.By default , MSC
Nastran presents elemental stress result in the element coordinate system. For fringe
option , MSC Patran takes the MSC Nastran results and plots them as it is. For quick plot
option , MSC Patran automatically transform the stress into the basic coordinate system
first before plotting them.
Therefore for result 3; the stress tensor for X component at At Z2 shows that the
maximum fringe is 4.27+002 @ Nd 61 while the minimum fringe is -7.94+000 @ Nd 7.

CONCLUSION:

Finally, at the end of this lab session, I was able to achieve the objectives by building the
tension coupon geometry. Besides that, I am able to control the meshing process by using
the techniques discussed in the class. The comparison between FEA stress result and
theoretical result shows that the difference is very small and this may due to some entry
problem or meshing problems.