Workshop5.

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UsingBeamConnections
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Mechanical
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Workshop52consistsofaflangecontaining2parts.Thefastenersholdingthe
flangetogetherarenotmodeled.InsteadwelluseMechanicalsbeamfeatureto
simulatethem.Wellthenusearemoteforcetorepresentastructuralloadwhose
lineofactionislocatedsomedistancefromtheflange.

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Wellassumethemountisfixedtosomelargerassembly.
Asnoted,wellusetheBodytoBodyboltfeaturetosimulatethefasteners.The
assumptionisthesearerigidfasteners.
Finally,aremoteload(X=1000N)scopedtotheflangefaceandlocatedatZ=100
mm..

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 ProjectSchematic
OpentheProjectpage.
FromtheUnitsmenuverify:
ProjectunitsaresettoMetric(kg,mm,s,C,mA,mV).
DisplayValuesinProjectUnitsischecked(on).

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1. FromtheToolboxinsertaStatic
StructuralsystemintotheProject
Schematic.

1.

2. FromtheGeometrycell,RMBand
ImportGeometry>Browse.Import
thefileFlangeMount.stp.
2.

3. DoubleclicktheModelcelltostart
theMechanicalapplication. 3.

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4. Settheworkingunitsystem:
Units>Metric(mm,kg,N,s,mV,mA).
4.

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8. Changethecontactregionbehavior:
a. Highlightthecontactbranches.
b. Fromthedetailwindowchangethecontacttype
tofrictionless. a.

Note:frictionlesscontactisnonlinear.Weareusing
frictionlesscontactbecausethisbehaviorallows
separation.

b.

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8. Addbeamstomodelfasteners:
a. Highlighttheconnectionsbranches.

b. Fromtheconnectionscontextmenuchoose a.
BodyBody>Beam.

Mobile

Thescopeofthebolted
connectionsisshown
hereforclarity.Thenext
severalslidesdescribethe
procedure.

Reference b.
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8. Addbeamdetails:
a. Enter5mmforbeamradius.
a.
b. ScopetheReferencesideofthebeamasshown.

b.

c. ScopetheMobilesideofthebeamasshown.

c.

Note:thedesignationofwhich
faceistobereferenceormobile
isarbitraryinthiscase.
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8. Changebeambehavior:

a. ChangethereferencebehaviortoDeformable.

a.

b. ChangethemobilebehaviortoDeformable.

b.

Repeatstepsxthroughyfortheremainingthree
holes.
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8. Addaremoteforce:
a. HighlightStaticStructuralin
thetree. a.
b. Selecttheflangefaceshown.
c. RMB>Insert>RemoteForce.

c.
d.

d. Setthelocation to0,0,100asshown.
e.
e. Switchtothecomponentmethodand
enterXcomponent=1000N.

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9. Applythefixedsupporttothemount:
a. HighlighttheStaticStructuralbranch.
b. Highlightthemountsurfaceshown.
c. RMB>Insert>FixedSupport.

b.

a.

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13. HighlighttheAnalysisSettingsandfromthedetails
windowchangeWeakSpringsfromProgram
ControlledtoOff.
13.

Note:Becauseofthepresenceoffrictionlesscontact
WorkbenchMechanicalwilltriggertheuseofweak
springsduringthesolution.Ifweknowthemodelis
fullyconstrainedwecanturnoffthisfunction.

13. Solvethemodel:
ChoosesolvefromthetoolbarorRMBinthetreeand
chooseSolve.
14.

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15. Addresultstosolution:
a. Highlightthesolutionbranch:
b. Fromthecontextmenu,chooseStresses>Equivalent(vonMises)orRMB>Insert>
Stress>Equivalent(vonMises)
c. Repeatthestepabove,chooseDeformation>TotalDeformation

Solveagain.
Note:addingresultsandresolvingthemodelwillnotcauseacompletesolutiontotakeplace.
Requestingnewresultsrequiresonlyarereadoftheresultsfile.

b. c.

a.

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Sincetheboltsaremodeledasrigidbodies,noresultsarereturnedforthem.

RigidBeams

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ByturningonAutoScalefromthecontextmenu(magnifyingdisplacements)you
canseethetendencyfortheflangetoseparateduetotheremoteforce.

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16. Retrieveresultsforbeams:
a. Highlightthe4branchesrepresentingthecircular a.
beams.
b. DraganddropthebeamsontotheSolutionbranch.
c. RMB>EvaluateAllResults.

b.
Asampleofoneofthe
detailswindowsfor
thebeamsections
shownheredisplays
thevariousresults
c.
available

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19. ReviewFEConnections:
a. HighlighttheSolutionInformationBranch. a.
b. IntheFEConnectionVisibilitysectionsetDisplay
toAllFEConnectors.
c. Atthebottomofthegraphicswindowchangetothe
Graphicstab.

c.
b.

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Thefigureontheleftshowsallconstraintequationswrittenasaresultof
theremoteforceandthebeamconnections.
Ontherightthebeamconnectionsareshown.

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