P. E.

S’s MODERN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, SHIVAJINAGAR PUNE-5

Department of Mechanical Engineering
BE Mechanical Subject-CAD/CAM and Automation

Practical No. 04

Aim: Determination of stresses and displacements in a 2D plate using ANSYS 14.0

Objectives:
1. To learn how to solve structural problems to calculate stress, strain, displacement and reaction
forces using ANSYS 14.0
2. How to apply boundary conditions, point and distributed loads
3. To understand how to analyze results
4. To explore the different facilities available in the ANSYS 14.0

Problem Definition
The corner bracket is to be built from a 20 mm thick steel plate. A figure of the plate is shown below.
This plate will be fixed at the two small holes on the left and have a load applied to the larger hole on
the right

Static Analysis of a Simple Bracket

A) Defining the Basic Geometry
We are going to create this geometry using Boolean operations. These procedures make it easy
to combine simple geometric entities to create more complex bodies.
Steps:-
1) Create a planar rectangular area.
Preprocessor
>>Modelling>>Create>>Areas>>Rectangle >>By 2 corners

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Use dimensions:

WP X 0
WP Y 0
width 80
height 100

This creates a 80 by 100 rectangle with its origin at (0,0).

2) Create solid circles.
>>Preprocessor: >>Modelling >>Create >>Areas >>Circle >>Solid Circle
Enter the parameters in the dialog box as shown below:

parameter circle 1
WP X 80
WP Y 50
Radius 50

Now, create a second and third circle for the left hand side.
Use following dimensions:
parameter circle 2 circle 3
WP X 0 0
WP Y 20 80
Radius 20 20

3) Create rectangle on the left hand end to fill between the two small circles.
Create a rectangle with-

WP X -20
WP Y 20
width 20
height 60

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4) Add all the five area into one area.

>>Preprocessor>>Modelling >>Operate>>Boolean >>Add >>Areas
>>Pick all>>Apply
5) Create three circles with the parameters

parameter circle 1 circle 2 circle 3

WP X 80 0 0
WP Y 50 20 80
radius 30 10 10

6) Bolt holes in the circles created.

>>Preprocessor>>Modelling >>Operate>>Boolean >>Substract>>Areas
>>Select Base Area and press OK>>Select Areas to substract and press APPLY.

B) Elements:
7) Define elemental properties:
>>Preprocessor>>Element Type>>Add/Edit/Delete >>Add >>Select Solid and 8 node
Quad 82 element>>OK>>Options>>K3 label -- select Plane strs w/thk.>>K5 label
Select nodal stress.>>OK

8) Assign properties to the element:

-Preprocessor
a)Real Constants
>>Thickness -- THK 20>>Ok>>Close

b) Material Props
>>Material Models>>Structural>>Linear>>Elastic>>Isotropic>>EX -- 200e3
>>PRXY -- 0.3

C) Meshing:
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9) Now, mesh the region.

- >>Preprocessor >>Meshing >>Mesh tool>>Global set SIZE 5>>Mesh>>Pick all
>>OK
D) Loads And Constraints:
10). Apply the loads and constraints to the body Solution
>>Analysis type>>New analysis>>Click Static>>OK
11)Apply constraints.
We will now fix the two holes on the left side of the plate.Zoom on one hole.
>>Loads>>Define load>>Apply>>Structural>>Displacement>> nodes>>Pick the
circle>>Ok
Now fix all DOF at the nodes to zero.Repeat above procedure for the second hole.
12)Now apply a single vertical load to the large bolt hole.-Loads
>>Define loads>>Apply>>Structural >>Force/Moment>>On nodes>>Direction --
>>Value -- -1000>>OK
E) Solution:
13) Solve.-Solutioon
>>Solve>>Current LS>>OK
F) Post Processing - Viewing the Results:
14) View the results.
General Postproc
a) Read results
>>Last set
b) Plot results
>>Deformed Shape>>Click Def + undeformed>>OK

15) Take look at the stress contours for the plate.

- >>General Postproc >>Plot results >>Contour plo>>Nodal solution>>Stress
>>von Mises stress >>-OK

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Results

Plate after meshing

Plate after application of boundary and loading conditions

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Deformed + Undeformed Shape

Nodal Stress Plot

Experiment No.:-03 Batch No. : - B2

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Aim of Experiment:-Stress and Deflection analysis of any Mechanical component consisting of 2D or 3D

elements using finite element package.

Finite Element Package Used:-ANSYS14..0

Problem Definition:-Structural analysis of steel bracket as shown in the fig.1. The thickness of bracket is
20mm. The structure is made of steel with modulus of elasticity E=200GPa. The Poisson’s ratio is 0.3.The load
acting is 1.5MPa. Let us determine the principle stress and Von Misses stress. Plot deformed shape.

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Steps in FEA:-

1. Defining element type :-

Preprocessor – Element Type – Add/Edit/Delete – Add—Select Solid—Select 8 +

Node – Ok

Options – Plane 82 Element Type Options – For K3 -Select Plane Strs W/Thk Close

1. Defining the real constants :-

Main Menu – Preprocessor – Real Constants – Click Add -- Select Type 1 – Ok – Plane 82 Dialog Box Appears

Real constant set no. 1

Thickness 20

2. Defining the material properties .

Main Menu – Preprocessor – Material Properties – Material Models – Structural – Linear – Elastic – Isotropic –
Young’s Modulus (EX) = 200e9 – Poisson’s Ratio (PRXY) = 0.3 -- OK

3. Create areas:-

Preprocessor –Modeling – Create – Areas – rectangle – 2 corner-

Rectangle X Y Width Height

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1. 0 0 300 mm 150 mm

-Ok

Preprocessor –Modeling – Create – Areas – Circle -- Solid circle –

Circle no. WP X WP Y Radius

1 150 75 25

-Ok

Preprocessor –Modeling – Operate – Booleans – Subtract Areas – Select The Bigger Area – Ok – Select Small
Circles – Ok

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4. Meshing :-

Preprocessor – Meshing – Size controls—manual size – Lines – Picked lines – (select all lines and holes) –ok –
(dialog box appears) – Element edge length=28 – ok

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Preprocessor – Meshing – Mesh – Areas – Free – (Select the area) – ok

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5. Boundary conditions and constraints :-

Preprocessors – loads – define loads—apply – Structural-- Displacement-- on lines (select the left edge) – ok –
all degrees of freedom – ok .

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6. Applying forces :-

Preprocessors – loads – define loads—apply – Structural – Pressure – On line – select the top line – ok ( dialog
box appears ) – for constant value -1.5 MPa

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7. Solve

Main menu – Solution – solve – current LS – ok

8. Review the results :-

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Main menu -- general postproc – list results – Nodal solution – (Dialog box appears) – DOF solution –
Displacement vector sum – ok.

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Main menu -- general postproc – list results – Nodal solution – (Dialog box appears) –

Nodal stress – Von Misses Stress – ok .

Main menu -- general postproc – plot results –– Deformed shape -- (Dialog box appears) – Select def +
undeformed – ok

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Figure shows deflection in the component.

Conclusion:-

Stress and Deflection analysis of three dimensional structure is carried out with Finite Element Package (ANSYS
11.0). Maximum Von Misses stress is at node 132 is 154150N/m 2 .And maximum displacement is at node 82
and is 0.40279 ×10-6 m

Result table :

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PRINT S NODAL SOLUTION PER NODE

***** POST1 NODAL STRESS LISTING *****

PowerGraphics Is Currently Enabled

LOAD STEP= 1 SUBSTEP= 1

TIME= 1.0000 LOAD CASE= 0
NODAL RESULTS ARE FOR MATERIAL 1

NODE S1 S2 S3 SINT SEQV

65 1.3952 0.41966 0.0000 1.3952 1.2398

67 1.4255 0.35976 0.0000 1.4255 1.2840
69 4.9608 0.18862 0.0000 4.9608 4.8693
70 0.0000 -0.16341 -2.1481 2.1481 2.0713
72 1.7496 0.50911E-01 0.0000 1.7496 1.7247

***** POST1 NODAL STRESS LISTING *****

PowerGraphics Is Currently Enabled

LOAD STEP= 1 SUBSTEP= 1

TIME= 1.0000 LOAD CASE= 0
NODAL RESULTS ARE FOR MATERIAL 1

NODE S1 S2 S3 SINT SEQV

196 1.4744 0.0000 -0.60440E-01 1.5348 1.5055

197 1.1657 0.0000 -0.17681 1.3425 1.2634
198 2.0558 0.0000 -0.30037 2.3562 2.2213
199 1.3491 0.0000 -0.23176 1.5808 1.4786
200 0.31717 0.0000 -0.31271 0.62988 0.54550
201 2.1849 0.0000 -0.48533 2.6702 2.4637
202 2.2692 0.58575 0.0000 2.2692 2.0404
203 1.6313 0.0000 -0.87543 2.5067 2.2035
204 0.22793 0.0000 -0.56680 0.79473 0.70881
205 2.4367 0.0000 -0.38264 2.8194 2.6489

MINIMUM VALUES
NODE 70 74 70 200 200
VALUE 0.0000 -0.18564 -2.1481 0.62988 0.54550

MAXIMUM VALUES
NODE 69 202 1 69 69
VALUE 4.9608 0.58575 0.0000 4.9608 4.8693

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