Stress Analysis Report

Static Analysis of Lifting Point

Table of Contents
Assumptions .......................................... 2
Model Information ................................... 2
Study Properties ..................................... 4
Units ................................................... 4
Material Properties .................................. 5
Loads and Fixtures................................... 5
Mesh information .................................... 6
Resultant Forces ..................................... 7
Study Results ......................................... 8
Conclusion .......................................... 10

Reported by: Date:

Tapdiqli Fakhri – Mechanical Engineer 04 May 2020

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Assumptions
1) All welds considered in perfect condition;
2) Load Assigned to be equal to 3 Te = 30000N;
3) Load is unidirectional.

Model Information

Volumetric Properties
Mass:24.872 kg
Volume:0.00316841 m^3
Density:7,850 kg/m^3
Weight:243.746 N

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Model Drawing

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Study Properties
Study name Static Stress Analysis
Analysis type Static
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Thermal Effect: On
Thermal option Include temperature loads
Zero strain temperature 298 Kelvin
Include fluid pressure effects from SOLIDWORKS Off
Flow Simulation
Solver type FFEPlus
Inplane Effect: Off
Soft Spring: Off
Inertial Relief: Off
Incompatible bonding options Automatic
Large displacement Off
Compute free body forces On
Friction Off
Use Adaptive Method: Off

Units
Unit system: SI (MKS)
Length/Displacement mm
Temperature Kelvin
Angular velocity Rad/sec
Pressure/Stress N/m^2

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Material Properties
Model Reference Properties
Name: ASTM A36 Steel
Model type: Linear Elastic Isotropic
Default failure Max von Mises Stress
criterion:
Yield strength: 2.5e+08 N/m^2
Tensile strength: 4e+08 N/m^2
Elastic modulus: 2e+11 N/m^2
Poisson's ratio: 0.26
Mass density: 7,850 kg/m^3
Shear modulus: 7.93e+10 N/m^2

Loads and Fixtures

Fixture name Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: 3 face(s)
Type: Fixed Geometry
Welded Face

Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) 1.82406 -29,996.5 -0.877085 29,996.5
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0

Load name Load Image Load Details

Entities: 2 face(s)
Reference: Edge< 1 >
Type: Apply force
Load 1 Values: ---, ---, -30,000 N

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Mesh information
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Mesher Used: Standard mesh
Automatic Transition: Off
Include Mesh Auto Loops: Off
Jacobian points 4 Points
Element Size 14.6903 mm
Tolerance 0.734514 mm
Mesh Quality Plot High

Mesh information - Details

Total Nodes 14146
Total Elements 8072
Maximum Aspect Ratio 12.168
% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 99.3
% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 0.0124
% of distorted elements(Jacobian) 0
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:01

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Resultant Forces
Reaction forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N 1.82406 -29,996.5 -0.877085 29,996.5

Reaction Moments
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N.m 0 0 0 0

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Study Results

Name Type Min Max

Stress VON: von Mises Stress 2.630e+03 N/m^2 3.943e+07 N/m^2
Node: 13342 Node: 8983

Lifitng Point - Stress

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Name Type Min Max
Deflection URES: Resultant Displacement 0.000e+00 mm 1.169e-02 mm
Node: 83 Node: 1155

Lifitng Point - Displacement

Name Type Min Max

Strain ESTRN: Equivalent Strain 1.951e-08 1.344e-04
Element: 7882 Element: 6158

Lifitng Point - Strain

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Conclusion
Max appeared stresses are at 16% of maximum yield strength.

Deflection levels observed to be insignificant at 0.02mm

Min factor of safety 5:1

Overall Conclusion: Model showed stable behavior under subjected load.

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