Flexiforce 1mm piece

Author David Altuve

Report date Nov 29, 2017 8:14:21 PM

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Contents
1. Global Definitions ................................................................................................................. 3
2. Component 1 ........................................................................................................................ 4
2.1. Definitio ns ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.2. Geometry 1 ........................................................................................................................................................... 6
2.3. Materials ................................................................................................................................................................ 7
2.4. Multibody Dyna mics .......................................................................................................................................... 9
2.5. Mesh 1 .................................................................................................................................................................. 19
3. Study 1 ............................................................................................................................... 21
3.1. Time Dependent................................................................................................................................................ 21
3.2. Solver Configuratio ns ...................................................................................................................................... 21
4. Results ................................................................................................................................ 23
4.1. Data Sets .............................................................................................................................................................. 23
4.2. Tables .................................................................................................................................................................... 23
4.3. Plot Groups ......................................................................................................................................................... 23

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1 Global Definitions
Date Nov 26, 2017 12:08:15 PM

GLOBAL SETTINGS
Name Pdms 3d test.mph
Path C:\Users\Umachines\Desktop\Diseños comsol\Pdms 3d test.mph
COMSOL version COMSOL 5.3 (Build: 260)

USED PRODUCTS
COMSOL Multiphysics
CAD Import Module
Multibody Dynamics Module
Structural Mechanics Module

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2 Component 1
COMPONENT SETTINGS
Unit system SI

2.1 DEFINITIONS

2.1.1 Functions

Piecewise 1

Function name pw1

Function type Piecewise

Piecewise 1

DEFINITION
Description Value
Argument t
Extrapolation Constant
Smoothing No smoothing

DEFINITION
Start End Function
0 1 1
1 3 0

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Force1(t)

Function name Fn1

Function type Analytic

Force1(t)

DEFINITION
Description Value
Expression pw1(t)*(100 - 100*cos(2*pi*t))
Arguments t

UNITS
Description Value
Arguments s
Function kPa

2.1.2 Coordinate Systems

Boundary System 1

Coordinate system type Boundary system

Tag sys1

COORDINATE NAMES
First Second Third
t1 t2 n

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2.2 GEOMETRY 1

Geometry 1

UNITS
Length unit mm
Angular unit deg

GEOMETRY STATISTICS
Description Value
Space dimension 3
Number of domains 616
Number of boundaries 4879
Number of edges 7332
Number of vertices 3668

2.2.1 Cylinder 1 (cyl1)

POSITION
Description Value
Position {0, 0, 0}

AXIS
Description Value
Axis type z - axis

SIZE AND SHAPE

Description Value
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 Description Value
Radius 1
Height 0.208

2.3 MATERIALS

2.3.1 PDMS - Polydimethylsiloxane

PDMS - Polydimethylsiloxane

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Domain
Selection Domain 1

MATERIAL PARAMETERS
Name Value Unit
Density 970[kg/m^3] kg/m³
Young's modulus 750[kPa] Pa
Poisson's ratio 0.49 1

BASIC SETTINGS
Description Value
Coefficient of thermal expansion {{9e-4[1/K], 0, 0}, {0, 9e-4[1/K], 0}, {0, 0, 9e-4[1/K]}}
Heat capacity at constant pressure 1460[J/(kg*K)]
Relative permittivity {{2.75, 0, 0}, {0, 2.75, 0}, {0, 0, 2.75}}
Density 970[kg/m^3]
Thermal conductivity {{0.16[W/(m*K)], 0, 0}, {0, 0.16[W/(m*K)], 0}, {0, 0,
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 Description Value
0.16[W/(m*K)]}}

YOUNG'S MODULUS AND POISSON'S RATIO SETTINGS

Description Value
Young's modulus 750[kPa]
Poisson's ratio 0.49

2.3.2 Ag - Silver

Ag - Silver

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Domain
Name Cumulative Selection 1
Selection Domains 2–616

MATERIAL PARAMETERS
Name Value Unit
Density 10500[kg/m^3] kg/m³
Young's modulus 83e9[Pa] Pa
Poisson's ratio 0.37 1

BASIC SETTINGS
Description Value
{{61.6e6[S/m], 0, 0}, {0, 61.6e6[S/m], 0}, {0, 0,
Electrical conductivity
61.6e6[S/m]}}

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 Description Value
{{18.9e-6[1/K], 0, 0}, {0, 18.9e-6[1/K], 0}, {0, 0, 18.9e-
Coefficient of thermal expansion
6[1/K]}}
Heat capacity at constant pressure 235[J/(kg*K)]
Density 10500[kg/m^3]
{{429[W/(m*K)], 0, 0}, {0, 429[W/(m*K)], 0}, {0, 0,
Thermal conductivity
429[W/(m*K)]}}

YOUNG'S MODULUS AND POISSON'S RATIO SETTINGS

Description Value
Young's modulus 83e9[Pa]
Poisson's ratio 0.37

2.4 MULTIBODY DYNAMICS

USED PRODUCTS
COMSOL Multiphysics
Multibody Dynamics Module
Structural Mechanics Module

Multibody Dynamics

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Domain
Selection Domains 1–616

EQUATIONS

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SETTINGS
Description Value
Enable physics symbols Off
Displacement field Linear
Compute boundary fluxes Off
Value type when using splitting of complex variables Complex
Center of rotation, x component 0
Center of rotation, y component 0
Center of rotation, z component 0
Displacement at center of rotation, x component 0
Displacement at center of rotation, y component 0
Displacement at center of rotation, z component 0
Velocity at center of rotation, x component 0
Velocity at center of rotation, y component 0
Velocity at center of rotation, z component 0
Axis of rotation, x component 0
Axis of rotation, y component 0
Axis of rotation, z component 0
Angle of rotation 0
Angular velocity, x component 0
Angular velocity, y component 0
Angular velocity, z component 0

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2.4.1 Linear Elastic Material 1

Linear Elastic Material 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Domain
Selection Domains 1–616

EQUATIONS

SETTINGS
Description Value
Nearly incompressible material Off
Solid model Isotropic
Specify Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio
Young's modulus From material
Poisson's ratio From material
Density From material
Force linear strains Off

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 Description Value
Additive strain decomposition Off
Calculate dissipated energy Off

PROPERTIES FROM MATERIAL

Property Material Property group
Young's modulus and
Young's modulus PDMS - Polydimethylsiloxane
Poisson's ratio
Young's modulus and
Poisson's ratio PDMS - Polydimethylsiloxane
Poisson's ratio
Density PDMS - Polydimethylsiloxane Basic
Young's modulus and
Young's modulus Ag - Silver
Poisson's ratio
Young's modulus and
Poisson's ratio Ag - Silver
Poisson's ratio
Density Ag - Silver Basic

Shape functions

Shape Shape
Name Unit Description Selection
function frame
Lagrange Domains 1–
u m Displacement field, X component Material
(Linear) 616
Lagrange Domains 1–
v m Displacement field, Y component Material
(Linear) 616
Lagrange Domains 1–
w m Displacement field, Z component Material
(Linear) 616

Weak expressions

Weak expression Integration order Integration frame Selection

-mbd.Sl11*test(mbd.el11)-
2*mbd.Sl12*test(mbd.el12)-
2*mbd.Sl13*test(mbd.el13)-
2 Material Domains 1–616
mbd.Sl22*test(mbd.el22)-
2*mbd.Sl23*test(mbd.el23)-
mbd.Sl33*test(mbd.el33)
mbd.rho*(-
d(uTIME,TIME)*test(u)-
2 Material Domains 1–616
d(vTIME,TIME)*test(v)-
d(wTIME,TIME)*test(w))

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2.4.2 Free 1

Free 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Boundary
Selection No boundaries

2.4.3 Initial Values 1

Initial Values 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Domain

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 Selection Domains 1–616

EQUATIONS

SETTINGS
Description Value
Initial values From physics interface node
Consistent initialization Default

2.4.4 Boundary Load 1

Boundary Load 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Boundary
Selection Boundary 4

EQUATIONS

SETTINGS
Description Value
Load type Pressure

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 Description Value
Pressure Fn1(t)

Variables

Name Expression Unit Description Selection

Displacement,
mbd.bndl1.ux u m Boundary 4
x component
Displacement,
mbd.bndl1.uy v m Boundary 4
y component
Displacement,
mbd.bndl1.uz w m Boundary 4
z component
mbd.bndl1.FollowerPressu
Fn1(t) Pa Pressure Boundary 4
re
mbd.bndl1.FollowerPressu
mbd.bndl1.fPress Pa Pressure Boundary 4
re
- Load, x
mbd.bndl1.FperAreax N/m² Boundary 4
mbd.bndl1.fPress*mbd.nX component
- Load, y
mbd.bndl1.FperAreay N/m² Boundary 4
mbd.bndl1.fPress*mbd.nY component
- Load, z
mbd.bndl1.FperAreaz N/m² Boundary 4
mbd.bndl1.fPress*mbd.nZ component
Load, x
mbd.FperAreax mbd.bndl1.FperAreax N/m² Boundary 4
component
Load, y
mbd.FperAreay mbd.bndl1.FperAreay N/m² Boundary 4
component
Load, z
mbd.FperAreaz mbd.bndl1.FperAreaz N/m² Boundary 4
component
sqrt(mbd.bndl1.FperAreax
^2+mbd.bndl1.FperAreay Load
mbd.FperAreaMag N/m² Boundary 4
^2+mbd.bndl1.FperAreaz magnitude
^2)

Weak expressions

Weak expression Integration order Integration frame Selection

mbd.bndl1.FperAreax*test(mbd.bn
dl1.ux)+mbd.bndl1.FperAreay*test(
2 Material Boundary 4
mbd.bndl1.uy)+mbd.bndl1.FperAre
az*test(mbd.bndl1.uz)

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2.4.5 Fixed Constraint 1

Fixed Constraint 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Boundary
Selection Boundaries 1–3, 2354–2355

EQUATIONS

SETTINGS
Description Value
Apply reaction terms on All physics (symmetric)
Use weak constraints Off
Constraint method Elemental

Variables

Name Expression Unit Description Selection

Displacement, spatial
Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
mbd.fix1.usx u m coordinate system, x
2355
component
Displacement, spatial
Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
mbd.fix1.usy v m coordinate system, y
2355
component
Displacement, spatial
Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
mbd.fix1.usz w m coordinate system, z
2355
component

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Shape functions

Constraint Constraint force Shape function Selection

Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
-mbd.fix1.usx test(-mbd.fix1.usx) Lagrange (Linear)
2355
Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
-mbd.fix1.usy test(-mbd.fix1.usy) Lagrange (Linear)
2355
Boundaries 1–3, 2354–
-mbd.fix1.usz test(-mbd.fix1.usz) Lagrange (Linear)
2355

2.4.6 Added Mass 1

Added Mass 1

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Boundary
Name Cumulative Selection 1
Boundaries 5–249, 251–518, 520–1179, 1181–1368, 1370–1545,
Selection 1547–2353, 2356–2688, 2690–2749, 2751–2942, 2944–3083, 3085–
3268, 3270–3597, 3599–4582, 4584–4619, 4621–4879

EQUATIONS

SETTINGS
Description Value
Mass type Mass per unit area
Mass per unit volume, XX component {{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}}

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 Description
Mass per unit area, XX component
Mass per unit length, XX component
Total mass, XX component
Exclude contribution
Value
{{1[kg/cm^2], 0, 0}, {0, 1[kg/cm^2], 0}, {0, 0,
1[kg/cm^2]}}
{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}}
{{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}}
Off

Variables

Weak expressions

Weak expression Integration order Integration frame Selection

Boundaries
5–249, 251–
518, 520–
1179, 1181–
1368, 1370–
1545, 1547–
2353, 2356–
-mbd.adm1.FperAreaX*test(u)-
2688, 2690–
mbd.adm1.FperAreaY*test(v)- 2 Material
2749, 2751–
mbd.adm1.FperAreaZ*test(w)
2942, 2944–
3083, 3085–
3268, 3270–
3597, 3599–
4582, 4584–
4619, 4621–
4879

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2.5 MESH 1

Mesh 1

2.5.1 Size (size)

SETTINGS
Description Value
Maximum element size 0.2
Minimum element size 0.036
Curvature factor 0.6
Resolution of narrow regions 0.5
Maximum element growth rate 1.5

2.5.2 Free Tetrahedral 1 (ftet1)

SELECTION
Geometric entity level Remaining

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Free Tetrahedral 1

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3 Study 1
COMPUTATION INFORMATION
Computation time 9 min 51 s
CPU Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G620 @ 2.60GHz, 2 cores
Operating system Windows 10

3.1 TIME DEPENDENT

Times Unit
range(0,0.05,1.2) s

STUDY SETTINGS
Description Value
Include geometric nonlinearity Off

PHYSICS AND VARIABLES SELECTION

Physics interface Discretization
Multibody Dynamics (mbd) physics

MESH SELECTION
Geometry Mesh
Geometry 1 (geom1) mesh1

3.2 SOLVER CONFIGURATIONS

3.2.1 Solution 1

Compile Equations: Time Dependent (st1)

STUDY AND STEP

Description Value
Use study Study 1
Use study step Time Dependent

Dependent Variables 1 (v1)

GENERAL
Description Value
Defined by study step Time Dependent

INITIAL VALUE CALCULATION CONSTANTS

Description Value

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 Description Value
Parameter initial value list range(0, 0.05, 1.2)

Displacement field (material and geometry frames) (comp1.u) (comp1_u)

GENERAL
Description Value
Field components {comp1.u, comp1.v, comp1.w}

SCALING
Description Value
Method Manual
Scale 1e-2*0.0028366927097933877

Time-Dependent Solver 1 (t1)

GENERAL
Description Value
Defined by study step Time Dependent
{0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15000000000000002, 0.2, 0.25, 0.30000000000000004,
0.35000000000000003, 0.4, 0.45, 0.5, 0.55, 0.6000000000000001, 0.65,
Times 0.7000000000000001, 0.75, 0.8, 0.8500000000000001, 0.9,
0.9500000000000001, 1, 1.05, 1.1, 1.1500000000000001,
1.2000000000000002}

TIME STEPPING
Description Value
Steps taken by solver Strict
Maximum BDF order 2

Fully Coupled 1 (fc1)

GENERAL
Description Value
Linear solver Direct

METHOD AND TERMINATION

Description Value
Jacobian update On every iteration
Maximum number of iterations 50

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4 Results

4.1 DATA SETS

4.1.1 Study 1/Solution 1

SOLUTION
Description Value
Solution Solution 1
Component Save Point Geometry 1

Data set: Study 1/Solution 1

4.2 TABLES

4.2.1 Evaluation 3D
Interactive 3D values

EVALUATION 3D
x y z Value
-0.12488 0.051762 0.20477 8075.3

4.3 PLOT GROUPS

4.3.1 Reaction Force

Time=1.1 s Surface: Reaction force, z component (N)

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4.3.2 Kinetic Energy

Time=1.2 s Surface: Outward mechanical energy flux (W/m 2)

4.3.3 strain

Time=0.55 s Surface: Volumetric strain (1)

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