Simulation of

Arc

Study name: Spring Forces

Analysis type: Nonlinear - Static

Table of Contents
Description...........................................1
Assumptions..........................................2
Model Information..................................2
Study Properties.....................................3
Units..................................................3
Material Properties.................................4
Loads and Fixtures..................................4
Description
Spring of Pump Discharge Valve Contact Information................................5
Spring forces Mesh information....................................6
Resultant Forces....................................7
Study Results........................................8
Conclusion..........................................10

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of AEC.02-14.00.05.0Arc 1

Assumptions
Comments:
Spring Material is: 54SiCr6
Total number of coils: 5
Active coils: 3
Wire diameter: 6mm

Model Information

Model name: AEC.02-14.00.05.0Arc

Current Configuration: Default

Solid Bodies
Document Name and
Treated As Volumetric Properties Document Path
Reference
Cut-Extrude2
Mass:0.232883 kg
Volume:2.96674e-005 m^3 C:\UPETROM LUCRU\Arc\
Solid Body Density:7849.81 kg/m^3 Arc.SLDPRT
Weight:2.28226 N

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 2

Study Properties
Study name Spring Forces
Analysis type Nonlinear - Static
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Start time 0 Seconds
End time 1 Seconds
Time increment Auto stepping
Large displacement formulation: On
Update load direction with deflection: Off
Large strain formulation: Off
Save data for restarting the analysis Off
Thermal Effect: On
Thermal option Include temperature loads
Zero strain temperature 298 Kelvin
Solver type FFEPlus
Incompatible bonding options Simplified
Control technique: Force
Iterative technique: NR(Newton-Raphson)
Integration Method Newmark
Result folder SOLIDWORKS document (C:\UPETROM LUCRU\
Arc)

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

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 3

Material Properties
Model Reference Properties Components
Name: 54SiCr6 (60Si15A) SolidBody 1(Cut-Extrude2)
Model type: Linear Elastic Isotropic (B009820-Arc)
Default failure Unknown
criterion:
Yield strength: 1.325e+009 N/m^2
Tensile strength: 1.47e+009 N/m^2
Elastic modulus: 1.96e+011 N/m^2
Poisson's ratio: 0.394
Mass density: 7850 kg/m^3
Shear modulus: 3.189e+008 N/m^2

Curve Data:N/A

Loads and Fixtures

Fixture name Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: 1 face(s)
Type: Fixed Geometry
Fixed-1

Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) 0.264649 5.24842 0.000631413 5.25509
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0

Entities: 1 face(s)
Type: On Flat Faces
On Flat Faces- Translation: 0, 0, 67
1 Units: mm

Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) -0.264648 -5.24841 -0.00062993 5.25508
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 4

Contact Information

Contact Contact Image Contact Properties

Type: No Penetration
contact pair
Entites: 1 face(s)
Contact Set-1 (Self-Contact)
Advanced: Surface to
surface

Contact/Friction force
Components X Y Z Resultant
Contact Force(N) 3.7733E-015 5.8508E-013 -1.5786E-014 5.8531E-013

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 5

Mesh information
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Mesher Used: Blended curvature-based mesh
Jacobian points 4 Points
Maximum element size 6.19464 mm
Minimum element size 1.57445 mm
Mesh Quality Plot High

Mesh information - Details

Total Nodes 38756
Total Elements 21637
Maximum Aspect Ratio 5.056
% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 99.8
% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 0
% of distorted elements(Jacobian) 0
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:03
Computer name:

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 6

Resultant Forces
Reaction forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N 2.22633e-006 5.28293e-006 2.46451e-006 6.24017e-006

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

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 7

Study Results

Name Type Min Max

Stress1 VON: von Mises Stress at Step No: 1.186e+003N/m^2 9.286e+008N/m^2
8(0.55 Seconds) Node: 6490 Node: 7235

Spring Forces-Stress-Stress1

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Name Type Min Max
Displacement1 URES: Resultant Displacement at 0.000e+000mm 3.688e+001mm
Step No: 8(0.55 Seconds) Node: 2 Node: 12048

Spring Forces-Displacement-Displacement1

Name Type Min Max

Strain1 ESTRN: Equivalent Strain at Step 7.294e-009 3.018e-003
No: 8(0.55 Seconds) Element: 2211 Element: 7727

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 Name Type Min Max

Spring Forces-Strain-Strain1

Conclusion
After simulation results spring forces, shown in table below:

Component Selection Entire Model

Sum X: 0.15795 ‐0.29671
Sum Y: 380.834 0.01765
Sum Z: ‐1.4944 ‐0.0031355
Resultant: 381.499 0.29725
Results:
Piston Force: 278.25253N < Spring Force: 381.499N

Analyzed with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Simulation of Arc 10