Simulation of New

Link
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2017
Designer: Solidworks
Study name: Static 2
Analysis type: Static

Table of Contents
Description ............................................ 1
Assumptions .......................................... 2
Model Information ................................... 2
Study Properties ..................................... 3
Units ................................................... 3
Material Properties .................................. 4
Description Loads and Fixtures................................... 4
No Data Connector Definitions ............................... 5
Contact Information ................................. 5
Mesh Information .................................... 6
Sensor Details ........................................ 7
Resultant Forces ..................................... 7
Beams .................................................. 7
Study Results ......................................... 8
Conclusion .......................................... 10

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Assumptions

Model Information

Model name: New Link

Current Configuration: Default
Solid Bodies
Document Name and Document Path/Date
Treated As Volumetric Properties
Reference Modified
Cut-Extrude2 C:\Users\MJANYELWA\Des
Mass:11.88 kg ktop\SCHOOL\FINAL
Volume:0.0044 m^3 YEAR\DESIGN
Solid Body Density:2700 kg/m^3 4000\OIP4000\MZEE
Weight:116.424 N ROBOTIC\New
Link.SLDPRT
Oct 22 07:41:26 2017

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Study Properties
Study name Static 2
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
Result folder SolidWorks document
(C:\Users\MJANYELWA\Desktop\SCHOOL\FINAL
YEAR\DESIGN 4000\OIP4000\MZEE ROBOTIC)

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 Components
Name: 6061-T6 (SS) SolidBody 1(Cut-
Model type: Linear Elastic Isotropic Extrude2)(New Link)
Default failure Max von Mises Stress
criterion:
Yield strength: 2.75e+008 N/m^2
Tensile strength: 3.1e+008 N/m^2
Elastic modulus: 6.9e+010 N/m^2
Poisson's ratio: 0.33
Mass density: 2700 kg/m^3
Shear modulus: 2.6e+010 N/m^2
Thermal expansion 2.4e-005 /Kelvin
coefficient:
Curve Data:N/A

Loads and Fixtures

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

Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) -0.000374079 58.4699 2.75373e-005 58.4699
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0

Load name Load Image Load Details

Entities: 1 face(s)
Reference: Edge< 1 >
Type: Apply force
Force-1 Values: ---, ---, -58.47 N

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Connector Definitions
No Data

Contact Information
No Data

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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 5 mm
Tolerance 0.25 mm
Mesh Quality High

Mesh Information - Details

Total Nodes 434954
Total Elements 272654
Maximum Aspect Ratio 3.8168
% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 99.9
% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 0
% of distorted elements(Jacobian) 0
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:06:21
Computer name:

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Sensor Details
No Data

Resultant Forces
Reaction Forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N -0.000374079 58.4699 2.75373e-005 58.4699

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

Beams
No Data

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Study Results

Name Type Min Max

Stress1 VON: von Mises Stress 0.123352 N/m^2 1.48228e+006 N/m^2
Node: 401726 Node: 434742

New Link-Static 2-Stress-Stress1

Name Type Min Max

Displacement1 URES: Resultant Displacement 0 mm 0.00690514 mm
Node: 10 Node: 4463

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 New Link-Static 2-Displacement-Displacement1

Name Type Min Max

Strain1 ESTRN: Equivalent Strain 7.43238e-013 9.80294e-006
Element: 217031 Element: 21506

New Link-Static 2-Strain-Strain1

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Conclusion

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