UNZA
Phone: 260771192124
Simulation of ROUND
BAR
Date: Monday, April 28, 2025
Designer: SHANUNU THOMAS
Study name: Static study on round bar
Analysis type: Static
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Description Table of Contents
No Data Description ........................................... 2
Assumptions .......................................... 3
Model Information .................................. 4
Study Properties ..................................... 5
Units ................................................... 6
Material Properties ................................. 6
Loads and Fixtures .................................. 7
Connector Definitions .............................. 8
Interaction Information ............................ 8
Mesh information .................................... 9
Sensor Details ....................................... 10
Resultant Forces .................................... 11
Beams ................................................ 11
Study Results ........................................ 12
Conclusion ........................................... 16
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Assumptions
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Model Information
Model name: ROUND BAR
Current Configuration: Default
Solid Bodies
Document Name and Document Path/Date
Treated As Volumetric Properties
Reference Modified
E:\FOURTH YEAR
Split Line3 DATA\1ST SEMISTER\AEN
4112 AGRICULTURAL
Mass:27.4525 kg
MACHINERY DESIGN\AEN
Volume:0.003475 m^3
4112 AGRICULTURAL
Solid Body Density:7,900 kg/m^3
MACHINERY DESIGN\Lab
Weight:269.034 N
reports\New
folder\Tutorial problem
2\ROUND BAR.SLDPRT
Apr 28 16:37:15 2025
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Study Properties
Study name Static study on round bar
Analysis type Static
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Thermal Effect: On
Thermal option Include temperature loads
Zero strain temperature 298 Kelvin
Include fluid pressure effects from Off
SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation
Solver type Automatic
Inplane Effect: Off
Soft Spring: Off
Inertial Relief: Off
Incompatible bonding options Automatic
Large displacement Off
Compute free body forces On
Friction Off
Use Adaptive Method: Off
Result folder SOLIDWORKS document (E:\FOURTH YEAR
DATA\1ST SEMISTER\AEN 4112 AGRICULTURAL
MACHINERY DESIGN\AEN 4112 AGRICULTURAL
MACHINERY DESIGN\Lab reports\New
folder\Tutorial problem 2)
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Units
Unit system: SI (MKS)
Length/Displacement mm
Temperature Kelvin
Angular velocity Rad/sec
Pressure/Stress N/mm^2 (MPa)
Material Properties
Model Reference Properties Components
Name: AISI 1020 SolidBody 1(Split
Model type: Linear Elastic Isotropic Line3)(ROUND BAR)
Default failure Unknown
criterion:
Yield strength: 351.571 N/mm^2
Tensile strength: 420.507 N/mm^2
Elastic modulus: 200,000 N/mm^2
Poisson's ratio: 0.29
Mass density: 7.9 g/cm^3
Shear modulus: 77,000 N/mm^2
Thermal expansion 1.5e-05 /Kelvin
coefficient:
Curve Data:N/A
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Loads and Fixtures
Fixture name Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: 1 face(s)
Type: Fixed Geometry
Fixed-1
Resultant Forces
Components X Y Z Resultant
Reaction force(N) 2,197.45 -0.000366211 -57.6604 2,198.21
Reaction Moment(N.m) 0 0 0 0
Load name Load Image Load Details
Entities: 1 vertex(s), 1 plane(s)
Reference: Right Plane
Type: Apply force
Values: ---, ---, -,500 lbf
Force-1
Entities: 1 face(s)
Reference: Axis1
Type: Apply torque
Value: 1,000 lbf.in
Torque-1
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Connector Definitions
No Data
Interaction Information
No Data
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Mesh information
Mesh type Solid Mesh
Mesher Used: Blended curvature-based mesh
Jacobian points for High quality mesh 16 Points
Maximum element size 0.59644 in
Minimum element size 0.59644 in
Mesh Quality High
Mesh information - Details
Total Nodes 13024
Total Elements 8267
Maximum Aspect Ratio 3.1014
% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 100
Percentage of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 0
Percentage of distorted elements 0
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:03
Computer name: THOMASS
Mesh Quality Plots
Name Type Min Max
Quality1 Mesh - -
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Sensor Details
No Data
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Resultant Forces
Reaction forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N 2,197.45 -0.000366211 -57.6604 2,198.21
Reaction Moments
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N.m 0 0 0 0
Free body forces
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N 0.000110622 -0.0024395 0.000442505 0.00248177
Free body moments
Selection set Units Sum X Sum Y Sum Z Resultant
Entire Model N.m 0 0 0 1e-33
Beams
No Data
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Study Results
Name Type Min Max
Stress1 SX: X Normal Stress -8,829.411psi 2,786.698psi
Node: 3 Node: 11257
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Name Type Min Max
Displacement1 URES: Resultant Displacement 0.000e+00mm 9.915e-01mm
Node: 1 Node: 519
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ROUND BAR-Static study on round bar-Displacement-Displacement1
Name Type Min Max
Strain1 ESTRN: Equivalent Strain 1.874e-07 2.632e-04
Node: 10373 Node: 3
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ROUND BAR-Static study on round bar-Strain-Strain1
Name Type Min Max
Stress2 TYZ: Shear in Z Dir. on XZ Plane -1.173e+03psi 1.249e+03psi
Node: 12641 Node: 10
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ROUND BAR-Static study on round bar-Stress-Stress2
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Conclusion
STRESS COMP(PSI) SOLIDWORKS (PSI) THEORITICAL % ERROR
CALCULATIONS
SIGMA X 2893.01 psi 2829.42 psi 2.25
TAU XY 280.3 psi 282.94 psi 0.93
Both the numbers from the SolidWorks Simulation and the hand calculation came out to be under 3%,
which is pretty good. It is important to compare the simulation results to the theoretical values to ensure
the simulation was set up and run correctly.
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