Final Design Project

MESH:

Entity Size

Nodes 8985

Elements 36350

ELEMENT TYPE:

Connectivity Statistics

TE4 36344 ( 99.98% )

SPIDER 4 ( 0.01% )

NSBAR 2 ( 0.01% )

ELEMENT QUALITY:

Criterion Good Poor Bad Worst Average

Stretch 36342 ( 99.99% ) 2 ( 0.01% ) 0 ( 0.00% ) 0.293 0.622

Aspect Ratio 32307 ( 88.89% ) 4031 ( 11.09% ) 6 ( 0.02% ) 5.935 1.970

Materials.1

Material Oak

Young's modulus 1.914e+006psi

Poisson's ratio 0

Density 753kg_m3

Coefficient of thermal expansion 0_Kdeg

Yield strength 0psi

 Static Case

Boundary Conditions

Figure 1

STRUCTURE Computation

Number of nodes : 8985

Number of elements : 36350
Number of D.O.F. : 26967
Number of Contact relations : 0
Number of Kinematic relations : 513
Number of coefficients : 1694

Linear tetrahedron : 36344

Translation rigid spider : 4
Rigid spider : 2

RESTRAINT Computation
 Name: Restraints.1

Number of S.P.C : 87

LOAD Computation

Name: Loads.1

Applied load resultant :

Fx = 1 . 797e-010 lbf
Fy = 2 . 580e-011 lbf
Fz = -3 . 000e+002 lbf
Mx = 1 . 150e-001 lbfxin
My = 7 . 264e+002 lbfxin
Mz = -4 . 915e-010 lbfxin

STIFFNESS Computation

Number of lines : 26967

Number of coefficients : 506769
Number of blocks : 2
Maximum number of coefficients per bloc : 499983
Total matrix size : 5 . 90 Mb

SINGULARITY Computation
Restraint: Restraints.1

Number of local singularities : 0

Number of singularities in translation : 0
Number of singularities in rotation : 0
Generated constraint type : MPC

CONSTRAINT Computation
Restraint: Restraints.1

Number of constraints : 600

Number of coefficients : 0
Number of factorized constraints : 598
Number of coefficients : 169
Number of deferred constraints : 0
 FACTORIZED Computation

Method : SPARSE
Number of factorized degrees : 26369
Number of supernodes : 1912
Number of overhead indices : 126955
Number of coefficients : 3433837
Maximum front width : 828
Maximum front size : 343206
Size of the factorized matrix (Mb) : 26 . 1981
Number of blocks : 2
Number of Mflops for factorization : 1 . 008e+003
Number of Mflops for solve : 1 . 387e+001
Minimum relative pivot : 6 . 318e-004

Minimum and maximum pivot

Value Dof Node x (in) y (in) z (in)

3.9933e+004 Tz 5559 3.9874e+000 -1.7275e+000 -9.2756e+000

6.2469e+008 Tz 6875 3.9593e+000 -1.6771e+000 -9.4136e+000

3.7792e+006 Rx 8982 2.1457e-001 1.4178e+000 -5.9021e+000

1.7279e+007 Rx 8985 2.1003e-001 -1.4178e+000 -5.6881e+000

Minimum pivot

Value Dof Node x (in) y (in) z (in)

8.1383e+004 Ty 5559 3.9874e+000 -1.7275e+000 -9.2756e+000

1.0756e+005 Ty 7779 4.0039e+000 -1.7517e+000 -9.4149e+000

2.5348e+005 Tz 3112 4.4359e+000 -1.5092e+000 -7.3358e+000

2.5866e+005 Ty 3112 4.4359e+000 -1.5092e+000 -7.3358e+000

2.6882e+005 Ty 2917 2.1868e+000 1.4187e+000 -9.5191e+000

2.9044e+005 Tx 3112 4.4359e+000 -1.5092e+000 -7.3358e+000

2.9495e+005 Tz 3030 2.6226e+000 -1.7413e+000 -9.6312e+000

2.9572e+005 Tx 2917 2.1868e+000 1.4187e+000 -9.5191e+000

2.9601e+005 Tz 2916 2.3736e+000 1.6209e+000 -9.4743e+000

Value Dof Node x (in) y (in) z (in)

 1.7279e+007 Rx 8985 2.1003e- -1.4178e+000 -5.6881e+000
001

Translational pivot distribution

Value Percentage

10.E4 --> 10.E5 7.5852e-003

10.E5 --> 10.E6 2.6131e+000

10.E6 --> 10.E7 4.2337e+001

10.E7 --> 10.E8 4.0001e+001

10.E8 --> 10.E9 1.5042e+001

Rotational pivot distribution

Value Percentage

10.E6 --> 10.E7 5.0000e+001

10.E7 --> 10.E8 5.0000e+001

DIRECT METHOD Computation

Name: Static Case Solution.1

Restraint: Restraints.1

Load: Loads.1

Strain Energy : 1.120e-002 J

Equilibrium

Relative
Applied
Components Reactions Residual Magnitude
Forces
Error

-1.9949e- 5.0837e-
Fx (lbf) 1.7967e-010 -1.8167e-010
012 015

Fy (lbf) 2.5804e-011 -2.3460e-011

 2.3440e- 5.9733e-
012 015

-7.3328e- 1.8686e-
Fz (lbf) -3.0000e+002 3.0000e+002
012 014

3.1603e- 2.8559e-
Mx (lbfxin) 1.1496e-001 -1.1496e-001
011 013

5.0704e- 4.5820e-
My (lbfxin) 7.2638e+002 -7.2638e+002
011 013

8.9284e- 8.0683e-
Mz (lbfxin) -4.9153e-010 5.0046e-010
012 014

Static Case Solution.1 - Deformed mesh.2

Figure 2

On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Static Case Solution.1 - Von Mises stress (nodal values).2

 Figure 3

1D elements: : Components: : All

3D elements: : Components: : All

On deformed mesh ---- On boundary ---- Over all the model

Global Sensors

Sensor Name Sensor Value

Energy 0.011J

Global Error Rate (%) 48.6900177