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Goals
Workshop3.2investigatescontactbehavioronasimpleassembly.Itismeantto
illustratehowrigidbodymotioncanoccurasaresultofimpropercontactsetup.
Problemstatement:
Themodelconsistsofasimpleassemblyfile.
Ourgoalistosetupcontactamongthepartsintheassemblyandseehownonsymmetric
loadingcaneffecttheresults.
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Assumptions
Wellassumethefrictionbetweenthearmshaftandtheholesinthesideplatesis
negligible.Wellmakethesameassumptionforthecontactbetweenthearm
shaftandthestopshaft.Finallywellassumethestopshaftisfixedtoeachofthe
sideplates.
Arm Shaft
Side Plate
Side Plate
Stop Shaft
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ProjectSchematic
OpentheProjectpage.
FromtheUnitsmenuverify:
ProjectunitsaresettoUSCustomary(lbm,in,s,F,A,lbf,V).
DisplayValuesinProjectUnitsischecked(on).
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1. IntheToolbox,doubleclickStatic
Structuraltocreateanewanalysis
system.
1.
2. RMBontheGeometrycelland
ImportGeometry.Browseto
Contact_Arm.stp.
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3. DoubleclicktheModelcelltoopentheMechanical
application.
3.
4.
4. Set/checktheworkingUnitSystem:
Units>U.SCustomary(in,lbm,lbf,F,s,V,A)
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5. RMBtheConnectionsbranchand
RenameBasedonDefinition.
5.
Theresultiscontactregionsarenowdefined
withrespecttothepartsassociatedwith
each.Noticethetypeofcontact(e.g.
bonded,etc.)isalsoshown.
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6. Basedontheassumptionsstatedearlierchange
3ofthecontactregionstoNoSeparationas
shownhere:
a.
a. UsetheCTRLkeyandselectthe3contactregions
b.
shownhere.
InthedetailschangethecontacttypetoNo
Separation.
Eachcontactregioncouldbechanged
individually,selectingall3merelysaves
time.
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7. Fixtheassembly(highlighttheStatic
Structuralbranch(A5):
a. Selectthe2facesontheendsoftheSide
b.
Plates.
RMB>Insert>FixedSupport.
a.
b.
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8. ApplyaforceloadtotheArmShaft:
a.
b.
c.
d.
SelecttheendlineonthetopoftheArmShaft.
RMB>Insert>Force.
IntheforcedetailschangetoComponent
Set:
Ycomponent= 10lbf (minus10)
Zcomponent=+1
a.
b.
c.
d.
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InitialSolution
9.
HighlighttheSolutionbranch(A6)and
RMB>Insert>Deformation>Total.
10. Solve(youwillseeawarningmessage
thatthemodelmaybeunconstrained).
9.
HighlighttheTotalDeformationtoview
theresult.
10.
Althoughslight,wecanseetheArmShaft is
beginningtomovesideways.Wehaveno
contactorboundaryconditiontoprevent
thismotionasitiscurrentlysetup.Ifthe
magnitudeoftheloadbecomeslarge
enough,thesolutionwillfail.
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ModifiedEnvironment
11. AddafrictionlesssupporttotheArmShaft:
a. Selectoneofthefacesontheendoftheshaft
b.
fortheArmShaft.
RMB>Insert>FrictionlessSupport.
Eitherendoftheshaftcanbechosen.
a.
b.
Africtionlesssupportprovidesaconstraint
whichisnormaltothesurface.Inthiscase
theshaftwillbefreetorotatebutcannot
moveoutofplane(inthiscasetheZ
directionisconstrained).
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ModifiedResult
Onceagainsolvethemodelandinspectthedeformations.Ascanbeseenthe
ArmShaft isnowpreventedfrommoving.
Insettingupcontactmodelsitisimportanttoassesswhatmotionshaveandhave
not,beenaccountedfor.
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