MIT ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, ALANDI(D) PUNE

(AN AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTE AFFILIATED TO SPPU)

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL & CIVIL ENGINEERING

TY BTECH
Mechanical Simulations Lab
Under the SDC Course

Fatigue Life Estimation of Component for

Reversed/ Fluctuating Loads
PREPARED BY

1. Vishal Patil (3326)

2. Suyash Ombale (3328)

3. Ankita Khose (3343)

4. Shubham Chougule (3344)

5. Vaishnavi Gudaghe (3347)

UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF

PROF.A.B. BELVEKAR

SCHOOL OF CIVIL & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MIT ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING, ALANDI (D) PUNE-
412105, MAHARASTRA(INDIA)
(2021-2022)
Fatigue Life Estimation of Component for Reversed/ Fluctuating Loads
SOFTWARE SOLUTION: -

Procedure for Analysis:

It consists ANSYS results and Nature of flow. Following steps should be follow to get required
solution.
1. Open ANSYS workbench. (By double click on symbol shows on desktop.)

2. Select Static Structural option from tool box and drag it to project schematic.

Fig. 1 Opening ANSYS Workbench 2021

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Fig.2 Selecting Static Structural

Option
3. Go to the Geometry cell and import geometry (step file) from list or browse.

Fig.3 Opening Design Modular and Generate

 4. Select Model From main Project and by double click open it.

Fig 5. Opening Model Tool

5. Select Mesh in that select sizing- use advanced size functions and make it off after that click on
Generate. It took some time to generate mesh.
 Fig.6 Generating Mesh

6. Select static structural and right click then insert and apply boundary condition to part body select
fixed support and apply to one end of body and then select the other end and apply the force (1000 N)
such that it will act as a tensile force.

Fig.7 Applying Boundary Conditions (Fixed Support)

Fig.8 Applying Boundary Conditions (Force)

 7. Select solution and right click then insert and add Fatigue tool from To

Fig.9 Applying Fatigue Tool

8. Right Click on Fatigue Tool and insert Life, Damage and Equivalent Alternating Stress.

Fig.10 Applying Life, Damage, Equivalent Alternating Stress

 Fig.11 Life of Component

Fig.12 Damage to Component

 Fig13 Equivalent Alternating Stress

CONCLUSION: Finite Element Analysis of the Tie Rod has been done using ANSYS
Workbench. From the results obtained the behaviour of Tie Rod under fatigue load is observed: -
1. The Maximum Life of Tie Rod is 1. e+006 cycles.
2. Maximum Damage To the component is 1000.
3. The Maximum Equivalent Alternating Stress generated in Component is 1.2832 Mpa.