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ANSYS Example: Linear Elastic Stress Analysis of a 3D Bracket

The bracket shown below is bolted to a beam at the four bolt holes located in the base. Washers
with an outer diameter of 0.7 in are used with the 0.5 in bolts. The bracket is then loaded by a
force F of magnitude 2500 lb, at a 45 angle to the horizontal through the hole in the flange. The
bracket is made of steel (E = 30 Mpsi, = 0.3).

Problems to solve
2. Analysis of a 3D solid object
Physical Problem: See figure.
Problem Description:
Model the object using solid Tetrahedral 10 node element.
Material: Assume the structure is made of steel with modulus of elasticity
E=200 GPa.
Boundary conditions: The object is fixed around the inner surface of the
hole.
Loading: The object is loaded uniformly (1000 N/cm2) along the top
surface of the extended beam.
Objective:
To plot deformed shape.
To determine the principal stress and the von Mises stress. (Use the
stress plots to determine these. Do not print the stress list)
What is the maximum load the object can take. Clearly mention the
yield stress that you have assumed for steel. Also assume factor of safety
of 1.25.

3. Model the object using solid Tetrahedral 10 node element.

Material: Assume the structure is made of steel with modulus of elasticity
E=200 GPa and a Poisons Ratio of 0.3.
Boundary conditions: The hammer is fixed at the base..
Loading: The object is has a point force of 100N at the head.
Objective:
To plot deformed shape.
To determine the principal stress and the von Mises stress. (Use the stress
plots to determine these. Do not print the stress list)
What is the maximum load the object can take. Clearly mention the yield
stress that you have assumed for steel. Also assume factor of safety of 1.25.

Dimensions:
10 cm hexagonal handle, radius 0.02m, theta=300 at (0,0)
15 cm circular solid, radius 0.015m at 0,0)
5 cm hexagonal head joint, radius 0.04m, theta=270 at (0,0)
18 cm top cone, radius=0.03m
Create the hexagonal solid defining the grip for the handle.
Shift the WorkPlane the axial length of the hexagonal solid and create the circular solid
defining the section between the handle and the head of the hammer.
Shift the WorkPlane again and create the hexagonal head of the hammer.
Now rotate the WorkPlane and shift it such that the cone is created 0.09m in the
correct direction from the axial center of the handle.
Now overlap the conic section and the hexagonal volume defining the head of the
hammer. Once these are married into one volume, add the volumes together such
that the hammer is one full volume.
Define the Material Properties of the Steel hammer (Elastic Modulus and Poisons
Ration are the important qualities)
Define the Element Properties as a Tet 10 node Structural Solid.
Mesh the hammer. (Do so by picking all lines and setting the element edge length to
0.01.)
Apply the boundary conditions. (Structural Displacement on the bottom face of the
handle equal to zero, and a structural force / moment on a node closest to the center
of the hammer head as possible equal to 100N in the X direction. If the hammer head
is oriented properly then this value should be directed perpendicularly into the face of
the hammers head.)
Solve
List the nodal results of the solution with respect to all degrees of freedom.
Plot the nodal solution with respect to all degrees of freedom. Show both the deformed
and undeformed shape of the hammer.