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FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

Design modular

Usama Arif
2k19-ME-39
 Helical Pipe Heat Exchanger Modeling

Fig1: Helical Pipe and Shell

Commands used in this design:

 Sketching
 Modeling
 Line
 Circle
 Dimensions
 Extrude
 Generate
 Thin/surface
 Blend
 Twist
 Boolean

Design Modular Modeling

 Fig2: oval shape

Commands used in this design:

 Sketching
 Oval
 Circle
 Dimensions
 Extrude
 Blend (fixed radius)
 Chamfer

Activity# 01
Static analysis:

Static stress analysis is arguably the most common type of structural analysis using the FEA
method. Stress, strain and deformation of a component or assembly can be investigated under a
range of load conditions to ensure that expensive failures are avoided at the design stage.

Structural loads are typically one, or a combination, of the following:

1. External forces such as clamping force in subsea connectors.

2. Surface loads, e.g. pressure loading in pressure vessels
3. Body forces (gravity, acceleration such as centrifugal force in a rotating machine.

QUESTION 1:

Numerical solution of the simply supported beam by static structural analysis of point load:

Engineering data:

Material = structural steel

Density = 7850 kg m^-3

Tensile yield strength = 2.5E+08

Compressive yield strength = 2.5E+08

Geometry:
 Fig 3: Geometry of Simply Supported Beam

Model:
Mesh data:
Nodes = 1533
Elements = 240

Fig 4: Mesh of Simply Supported Beam

 Fig 5: Model of Simply Supported Beam

Setup:

A = Fixed support
B = Fixed support 2
C = Remote force ;5000N

Fig 6: Setup of Simply Supported Beam

Solution &Results:
Directional deformation = -2.9297e-005 mm
Equivalent elastic strain = 5.8297e-010 mm
Equivalent stress = 1.118e-004 MPa

Directional deformation:

Fig 7: Directional Deformation Result

Equivalent elastic strain:

Fig 8: Equivalent Elastic Strain Result

Equivalent stress:
Fig 9: Equivalent Stress Result

Activity # 02
QUESTION NO 2:
Fatigue and factor of safety analysis of I-Beam by using the static structure (ANSYS).

Engineering data:
Material = structural steel

Density = 7.85e-0006 kg mm^-3

Tensile yield strength = 250 MPa

Compressive yield strength = 250 MPa

Geometry:

Fig 10: Geometry of I-beam

Model:
Mesh:
Nodes = 8049
Element = 1320

Fig 11: Mesh of I-beam

Setup:
A = Fixed support
B = Force; 2000 N

Fig 12: Setup of I-Beam.

Solutions and results:

Average Total deformation = 3.1942e-002mm
Average Equivalent stress = 10.531 MPa
The average factor of safety = 9.3043
Total deformation:

Fig 13: Total Deformation of I-Beam

Equivalent stress:

Fig 14: Equivalent Stress of I-Beam

Fatigue tool (factor of safety):

 Fig 15: Factor of Safety graph

Activity # 03

QUESTION NO 3:

A bar with a variable cross-section is selected for the static structural analysis. The bar is fixed at one
end and carries the load P at the other end. Let us designate the width of the bar at the top by w1, at the
bottom by w2 its thickness by t, and its length by L. The bar's modulus of elasticity will be denoted by E.
We are interested in determining how much the bar will deflect at various points along its length when it
is subjected to load P. We will neglect the bar's weight in the following analysis, assuming that the
applied load is considerably larger than the bar's weight.

Engineering data:

E = 2*10^11lb/in2 Material = Aluminum

w1 = 2in w2 = 1in

t = 0.125in L = 10in P = 1000lb

 Fig 16: Structural bar

Model:

Create the mesh. The elements and nodes will appear on the surfaces of the bar.

Fig 17: Structural bar mesh model

After creating the mesh, fix the upper end of the bar and apply load on the other end of the bar.
Setup:

Fig 18: Set up of structural bar

Solution:

The force of 1000lb is applied.

Directional deformation and equivalent elastic strain were solved and the results obtained:

Fig 19: Equivalent elastic strain of Structural bar

Fig 19: Directional deformation of Structural bar