Mini Project

Report On

“CLEVIS PIN ASSEMBLY

ANALYSIS”
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements Of the degree of

Bachelors of Engineering
By

Mayur Y Sonavale (63)

Pranav N Bhoi (6)
Suryakant V Pashte (46)
Siddhesh S Kadam (29)

Guide
Prof. Anwesh Virkunwar

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Vighnaharata Trust

Shivajirao S. Jondhle College of Engg. &Technology,

Asangaon Affiliated to
University of
Mumbai (2022-23)
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the project entitled “Clevis pin assembly analysis” is a bonafide

work of “Mayur Y Sonavale” (63), “Suryakanat V Pashte”(46), “Pranav N

Bhoi”(6), “Siddhesh S Kadam”(29). submitted to the University of Mumbai in partial

fulfillment of
the requirement for the award of the degree of “Undergraduate" Bachelors of

Engineering in Mechanical Engineering.

Prof. Anwesh Virkunwar

Supervisor/Guide

Dr. Rajashekhar Sardagi. Dr.(Mrs.) Geetha K.Jayaraj.

Head of Department Principal
 Index

Page No.
Chapter No. Topic
1 Introduction 4

2 Review Of Literature 5

3 Problem Definition, Objectives 6

4 Design 7

5 Analysis 8

6 Results and Discussion 13

7 Conclusions 15

8 Reference 16
 CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION

The world is full of machines when you hear the word “machine” the first
thing that strikes your mind is mechanical components. Without the machines, the
world will become motionless or it can also be said - without mechanical
engineers, the world will stop functioning. Mechanical engineers play an important
role in almost every field of engineering. Mechanical engineers use design and
analysis software to make their task easy. In this, we will discuss an important
mechanical software called ANSYS, which is helping the mechanical engineers to
design and develop complex machines
ANSYS is simulation software which evaluates the product behaviour
based on the inputs given. It uses computer-based numerical techniques to solve
problems such as fluid flow, heat transfer, stress analysis, etc.
It also helps the manufacturers to cut down the cost by testing the prototypes in the
virtual environment. By doing this the manufacturers can speed up the product
development and can increase the accuracy at the same time.

Using ANSYS you can import all kinds of CAD geometrics from different
CAD software to perform simulations and you can also create CAD models inside
ANSYS with the inbuilt software like Space Claim and Design Modeler.

ANSYS can perform advanced engineering simulations with more

accuracy with the help of its various non-linear models, contact algorithms and
time- dependent simulations. With ANSYS you can perform analysis for various
physics problems by integrating them together for example - it can perform the
simulation of fluid flow analysis of thermal and structural at the same time. Using
ANSYS AIM you can perform multi Physics simulation which integrates all types
of physics and performs the simulation.You can also optimize the boundary
conditions, geometrical design of the product to analyze the product behaviour
under various situations.

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 CHAPTER 2

LITERATURE REVIEW
The idea for Ansys was first conceived by John Swanson while working at
the Westinghouse Astronuclear Laboratory in the 1960s. At the time, engineers
performed finite element analysis (FEA) by hand. Westinghouse rejected
Swanson's idea to automate FEA by developing general purpose engineering
software, so Swanson left the company in 1969 to develop the software on his own.
He founded Ansys under the name Swanson Analysis Systems Inc. (SASI) the next
year, working out of his farmhouse in Pittsburgh.
Swanson developed the initial Ansys software on punch-cards and used
a mainframe computer that was rented by the hour. Westinghouse hired Swanson
as a consultant, under the condition that any code he developed for Westinghouse
could also be included in the Ansys product line. Westinghouse also became the
first Ansys user.
By 1991 SASI had 153 employees and $29 million in annual revenue,
controlling 10 percent of the market for finite element analysis software.
According to The Engineering Design Revolution, the company became "well-
respected" among engineering circles, but remained small.
Ansys went public in 1996, raising about $46 million in an initial public
offering.
By 1997, Ansys had grown to $50.5 million in annual revenue. In the late
1990s, Ansys shifted its business model away from software licenses, and
corresponding revenue declined However, revenue from services increased stronger.
From 1996 to 2000, profits at Ansys grew an average of 160 percent per
year.
In February 2000, Jim Cashman was appointed CEO. Current CEO Ajei S. Gopal
was appointed in early 2017

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 CHAPTER 3
PROBLEM DEFINITION
The below Is the assembly of clevis pin
It consists of 2 major parts
1 clevis(u- shaped part with fixed end)
2 yoke(part where load is applied)
3 pin(the part joining yoke and clevis)
From the above three parts the parts which is going to fail first is the pin and the
failure will be shear failure .
Problem statement- if a pressure load of 1mpa is applied on the yoke transverse to
the pin then find the maximum stresses in the pin and the entire assembly due to
the load applied . also find the frictional stresses due to contact
Objectives- 1 find deformations
2 find maximum stresses
3 number of most strained elements

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 CHAPTER 4
DESIGN
The standard ratio of dimensions are given in the below picture
The u shaped part on left Is called as yoke
The one on right is called as clevis
And the one joining them is called as pin (dia20) length of the pin is little greater
than the entire length of the assembly

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 CHAPTER 5
ANALYSIS
5.1 open ansys workbench and drag and drop static structural module

5.2 structural steel is already added check if its not

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5.3 load the model in geometry tab

5.4 apply structural steel to all 3 parts

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5.5 contacts are needed if analysis is done on a assembly as we have a assembly we
have to add contacts
Add no separation cotact to pin and clevis

Add no separation contact to pin and yoke

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Add no separation contact to yoke and clevis

5.6 meshing - We have refined the mesh at the pin because of its high chances to
fail Hence to get more accurate reading mesh is refined

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5.7 adding boundary conditions
Fixed support is added on one end

And a pressure force of 1 mpa is added as shown in below figure

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 CHAPTER 6
RESULTS
Directional deformation in x direction are shown as below :

Von misses stresses produced in assembly are as below

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The most strained elements are as below

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 CHAPTER 7
CONCLUSION

Stresses in x direction
Max- 0.014513 mpa
Min – 0 mpa

Von misses stresses

Max-15.376 mpa
Min- 0.048032 mpa

Number of most strained element’s -2

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 CHAPTER 8
REFERENCES
THEORY
https://www.mitcalc.com/doc/pins/help/en/pins.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clevis_fastener

DESIGN
https://www.tefcoforge.net/high-tensile-fasteners.html
https://www.royalforging.in/clevis-pin.html
https://www.premier-mfg.com/product/16-pin-clevis-coupling/

DATA BOOK
https://www.premier-mfg.com/product/16-pin-clevis-coupling/
http://www.velhightech.com/Documents/ME8593%20Design%20of%20Machine%20Elements.
pdf
https://tsubaki.eu/catalogs/tsubaki-chain-couplings-no-page15-eng-tc.pdf

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