Tube Rack Stress Analysis Report

Internal Project: Tube Rack Stress Analysis Report

Table of Contents

Table of Contents ..................................................................................................................................... i

Description .............................................................................................................................................. 1
Material Properties ................................................................................................................................... 3
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 11

List of Figures
Stress Plot ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Displacement Plot ................................................................................................................................... 9

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Description
A Study was conducted using Inventor Professional FEA Simulation Package to analyse the load

bearing capacity of Plate Rack for xxx workshop.

The Plate rack assembly consists of IPB 160 (All Vertical column members and base (bottom).

For a conservative analysis the addition vertical supporting members for the main load bearing

beams (The main load bearing beam span is approximately 1500mm wide and this is supported

by additional vertical tubes which further subdivides the main beam to shorter spans ) are not

considered in both analysis methods.

The actual material used for construction is A36 or higher grade steels with Yield Strength of

250MPa. Again, for a conservative approach in the analysis Mild steel was used for beams and

columns in both methods. Analysis methods were performed using a line load of 30Tonnes upon

individual load bearing beams. All the load bearing beam are typical with a span of 1500mm and

therefore the FEA was performed in one beam with fixed constraint at one end.

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Fig.1

Fig.2

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Fig.3

In order to ensure safety of the design, following conditions to be met.

 Von Mises stress in both loading cases < Yield Strength of the beam (450MPa)
 Beam deflection in both loading cases < L/360 (4.17 mm)

FEA Method

Material Properties

Name Steel, Structural

Mass Density 7.86 g/cm^3

General Yield Strength 450MPa

Ultimate Tensile Strength 460 MPa

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Young's Modulus 200 GPa

Stress Poisson's Ratio 0.3 ul

Shear Modulus 76.923 GPa

Expansion Coefficient 0.000012 ul/c

Stress Thermal Thermal Conductivity 56 W/( m K )

Specific Heat 460 J/( kg c )

Part Name(s) DIN IPB 160

Loads and Restraints

Uniform Loading

 A line load of 30 Tonnes is applied on the top edge of the beam.

 Gravity load also considered. (Yellow arrow on the end of beam in fig.4)

Fig.4

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Restraint (Uniform loading)

Bottom of the beam is fixed.

(Fig.5)

Mesh Information

Avg. Element Size (fraction of model diameter) 0.05

Min. Element Size (fraction of avg. size) 0.1

Grading Factor 1.5

Max. Turn Angle 60 deg

Create Curved Mesh Elements No

Use part based measure for Assembly mesh Yes

Study Results

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Reaction Force and Moment on Constraints

Reaction Force Reaction Moment

Constraint Name
Magnitude Component (X,Y,Z) Magnitude Component (X,Y,Z)

0N 0Nm

Fixed Constraint:1 -29419.62N -10764.37328 N 0Nm 0Nm

-27379.59658 N 0Nm

Result Summary

Name Minimum Maximum

Volume 6.498e-003 m³

Mass 51.009 kg

Von Mises Stress 2.15e+005 Pa 3.9815e+008 Pa

Safety Factor 2.09 ul 0.89 ul

Z Displacement -1.625mm 0.018 mm

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Von Mises Stress Plot (Fig.6)

Displacement Plot (Max. In Y-direction) Fig.7

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Conclusion
A comparison of the loading results is shown below.

Yield Stress = L / 360 ( L= Beam

450Mpa Line Loading (29420 N) Span, 1500mm)
Von Mises stress
(Mpa) 398 4.17

Displacement (mm) 1.62 4.17

Von mises stress in both loading cases < Yield Strength of the beam
Beam deflection in both loading cases < L/360
Since both conditions are met the beam can be loaded up to the values shown above.

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