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Dan Marks Jorge Rodriguez Brian Zajac: Final Presentation MAE 470 Spring 2007 Subrata Mukherjee
Dan Marks Jorge Rodriguez Brian Zajac: Final Presentation MAE 470 Spring 2007 Subrata Mukherjee
Final Presentation
MAE 470 Spring 2007
Subrata Mukherjee
• Specifications
– Volume = 2 m3
– Bite Width = 1.397 m
– Rated Digging Force = 200 kN
P
1. Digging Load 2. Carrying Load
• V = ½ π a2 t
– areq = 0.95 m
• Assume h = 2.5 cm
Oct 19, 2007 MAE 470 Final Presenation 11
DIGGING ANALYSIS
• Curved Beam Analysis Using Linear Elasticity b
Deformable Bodies and Their Material Behavior h
H. Haslach, R. Armstrong, 2004, pg. 185
a
4M a
2
tb N b
r a b
2
r 2 1 2 1 ln 1 2 ln
a r a
M
4 M a r a b
2 2
r r 2 1 2 ln 1 2 ln
tb N b a r a
a2
2
a2 b
N 1 2 4 2 ln 2
P
b b a
• P = 200 kN
• M = P a = -137,500 Nm
• B.C.’s = Fixed / Free
Digging Carrying
ANSYS (Pa) Closed Form (Pa) ANSYS (Pa) Closed Form (Pa)
σy -2.0 x 107 -7.3 x 108 σy 1.2 x 106 1.4 x 107
σ = 0.98e7 Pa σ = 0.826e7 Pa
Percent Difference = 15.7%
σ = 0.36e7 Pa σ = 0.342e7 Pa
Percent Difference = 5%
Mesh Convergence
1.07
1.07
1.06
1.06
1.05
1.05
1.04
1.04
1.03
1.03
1.02
1.02
1.01
1.01
1.00
2500 5000 7500 10000 12500 15000 17500 20000 22500
Number of Elements
21.5
21.0
Max. Von Mises Stress (MPa)
20.5
20.0
19.5
19.0
18.5
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000
Number of Elements
• V = L2 t Lreq = 1.26 m
• Assume h = 2.5 cm
• P = 200 kN M’
• M = P L = 252,000 Nm P
P’
• B.C.’s = Fixed / Free
Stress Concentrations
Round corners
Reinforce holes
Our application of closed form theory and FEM analysis justify the shape of
buckets already in use