OBJECTIVE: To perform static structural analysis on a plate with holes. Plate dimensions:       length              =          300mm                …

OBJECTIVE: To perform frontal car crash simulation and perform a parametric study using 3 different values of thickness for the car body. Analyse the total deformation and Equivalent stresses acting on the model.    SOLUTION: Step 1: Part Model and Material The model was used as given and the thickness of the…

OBJECTIVE: To simulate the bending of iPhone as per the given cases below Case 1: Simulate the model Case 2: Move the bottom fingers from their defined position to the given position X= 22.5mm & Z= 10mm and obtain the results for the simulation. Also define the S-N curve for the Aluminium Alloy material as…

OBJECTIVE: To write a few words on grid dependency test and its use. To perform a grid dependency test for the Bevel gear simulation for mesh sizes of 6, 5 and 4 mm Solve for Von-Mises stress, Equivalent elastic strain and Total Deformation using the previously mentioned mesh sizes. To write a report and present the findings…

OBJECTIVE: To perform an analysis to simulate a sphere pressing on a plate. Use Structural steel for both sphere and plate but the material of the plate must be Non Linear. Press the sphere onto plate 4mm downwards and retract it and capture the plastic deformation developed.   SOLUTION:   Step…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a transient structural analysis on a double universal joint with a spring using three different materials: Structural Steel, Stainless Steel and Titanium alloy. The three materials must be used on the joint with the springs alone. To obtain the Equivalent stress and total deformation for all the three…

OBJECTIVE: To perform static structural analysis on the given rail wheel and Track setup. Case 1: Multiply the bearing load by 5 times and compare the results with the load of 100000N. Compare the Total Deformation, Equivalent stress and the life under both the loads. Case 2: Implement a user defined result and…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a tension and torsion test on the specimen provided. For the tension test, displace one end of the specimen to 18mm while keeping the other fixed. Find out the total deformation, equivalent stress and temperature of the specimen. For the torsion test, displace one end of the specimen to an angle of…

OBJECTIVE: To simulate the rolling operation on the given model with a copper workpiece. The model has to be modified, such that the length of the workpiece is increased by 60mm and the size is reduced on both sides by 8mm. The simulation has to run for 14 steps with small, but random values, for the displacement. Also…

OBJECTIVE: To carry out static structural analysis on the given spur gear model for three different materials (a) Cast iron (ductile) (b) Cast Steel (c) Cast Bronze, and evaluate the (i) equivalent stress (ii) total deformation (iii) stress intensity and (iv) find location of possible fracture, for all three cases. To…

OBJECTIVE: To perform an analysis to simulate the bending of a wire. Use wire material as Copper Alloy (Non Linear), Aluminium Alloy (Non Linear) and Magnesium Alloy (Non Linear). Find out the Equivalent stress and Equivalent strain on the wire alone and compare the results   SOLUTION: Step 1: Model The model was…

OBJECTIVE: To perform an explicit dynamics simulation to find out the Equivalent Stress, Total Deformation and also insert a User defined result to calculate the temperature of the body. You need to perform this for 2 cases.  Case one will be with a cutting velocity of 20000mm/s and case two will be with a cutting…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a transient structural analysis on a worm gear assembly. To rotate the worm so as to get to almost end of the half cut and get results for Equivalent stress, Equivalent elastic strain and the total deformation in the model.    SOLUTION: Step 1: Part model and material The model for the analysis…

OBJECTIVE: To simulate a bullet penetrating into a bucket using 3 different non-linear materials for the bucket and analyse their behaviour for the same velocity of bullet.    SOLUTION: Step 1: Part Model and Material The model was used as given and the analysis was carried out for 3 different non linear material;…

OBJECTIVE: To perform Sheet metal bending for 3 different materials and perform variation of certain settings. Case 1: Aluminium Alloy 1199, Copper Alloy NL and Magnesium Alloy NL. To find out the Equivalent stress, Equivalent elastic strain and Total Deformation in Y direction and compare the results for the…

OBJECTIVE: To perform a transient analysis on a piston and cam mechanism model.   Run the analysis with Frictionless contact, Frictional with 0.1 and 0.2 as the frictional contact for a total of 3 cases. Find out the Equivalent Stress, Directional Deformation and Equivalent Elastic Strain and compare them for all…

OBJECTIVE: To simulate three different types of welding using three different weld materials. Weld Material to be used: Case 1:  Stainless Steel: In this case, the material of the plates must also be the same. Use Stainless steel for both weldments and plates. No need to add flux to the weldments. Case 2: Aluminium…

OBJECTIVE:1.   To mesh the buckle clip model in such a way that the overall number of elements is less than 31,000. It is mandatory to bring it under 31K.2.     Simulate the component for both kinds of motion Moving the buckle by keeping the clip fixed Moving the clip by keeping the buckle…

OBJECTIVE: To write a Matlab code to solve and generate plot for Otto cycle. The code should create a PV diagram of the cycle and should also calculate the thermal efficiency of the engine. SOLUTION: A Matlab code was written to solve the Otto cycle, to find the pressure, volume and temperature values at the various state…

OBJECTIVE: To write a MATLAB program that solves the ODE which represents the equation of motion of a simple pendulum with damping.  Using, L =1 metre, m =1 kg, b = 0.05, g = 9.81 m/s2. Simulate the motion between 0-20 sec, for angular displacement = 0, angular velocity=3 rad/sec at time t=0. Also, animate the motion…

OBJECTIVE:1. Create 3D models for driver and driven wheels using the given drawings2. Perform motion analysis by rotating the driver wheel at 10rpm. 3. Obtain the following plots:a) Contact force (between driving and the driven wheel) as a function of time.b) Angular Displacement of the driven wheel.4. Compare the contact…

  OBJECTIVE: Write a code in MATLAB to optimise the stalagmite function and find the global maxima of the function. Clearly explain the concept of genetic algorithm in your own words and also explain the syntax for ga in MATLAB in your report. Make sure that your code gives the same output, even…

OBJECTIVE: To model an IC Engine Valve Train assembly and carry out the MBD simulation. The speed of rotation of the cam is 1500rpm and the cam lift is set as 3.5mm and 6mm for two different cases. The material for the whole assembly is to be assigned as Cast Carbon Steel. To find: Valve lift Contact forces between: Cam…

OBJECTIVE: To model an IC engine piston assembly and carry out motion analysis of the model. The model has three variants with each case having different wrist pin offsets, 0mm, 10mm positive offset and 10mm negative offset. The model analysis is to be carried out for all three cases. The speed of rotation is 2000rpm and…

OBJECTIVE: To design a Planetary Gear and carry out its Multibody Dynamics simulation Ring Gear: Module = 2.5, Number of teeth = 46 Sun Gear: Number of teeth = 14 Input Speed of the Gear = 200 rpm. Design a carrier such that the number of planetary gear is 4. The simulation is to be carried out for 3 different cases: Sl.No…

OBJECTIVE: To create a Rankine Cycle Simulator using OCTAVE/MATLAB, which calculates the state points of the cycle based on user inputs and plots the corresponding T-s and h-s plots.   SOLUTION: The Rankine cycle is an idealized thermodynamic cycle, which is used in steam turbines. The principle of the cycle is the…

File Parsing is the technique of reading information from a file so that it can be used in a computer program to perform useful tasks. This report explains in detail such a program, which reads data from the NASA thermodynamic data file and calculates the molecular weight of different species. Further, the program also…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this project is to perform bending simulation in three beams with different geometry, compare the results of stress, displacement and strain for all three cases and suggest the best geometry.   SOLUTION: The bending simulation on the beams are carried out, considering the structure as cantilever…

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this project is to carry out buckling analysis on a cyclone separator stand. The analysis is to be carried out on plain stand and with a metallic stiffener attached to it. Further, a design study is to be carried out to find the optimum position of the stiffener.   SOLUTION: Buckling of beam…

OBJECTIVE: To create a rotating shaft model in Solidworks, perform a frequency analysis and find the critical frequencies of the model.   SOLUTION: Frequency Analysis is the study of the vibrations in a body, so as to design the model to avoid failures. Every part/body has a natural frequency with which it vibrates,…

OBJECTIVE: To model and run a pipe flow simulation with an inlet Reynolds number of 100, 1000 and 10000. For each of these cases: 1. Compare the normalized velocity profiles at 85%, 90% and 95% of the pipe length.2. Normalize the velocity profile by the inlet velocity.   SOLUTION: The flow through pipes or pipe flow,…

  OBJECTIVE: To simulate flow over a cylinder and generate pressure – velocity plots. The flow simulation is to be carried out for three different cases with Reynolds number of 120%, 140% and 200% of the initial Re taken in the base line simulation. Further, the end time needs to be precisely calculated and…

OBJECTIVE: To model flow over a NACA0017 airfoil for angle of attacks of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 degrees and compare the lift and drag forces in each case.   SOLUTION: Airfoil or Aerofoil is a cross sectional geometry used in aeroplane wings and turbine blades. It usually has a characteristic shape with a rounded leading…

OBJECTIVE: To create a 3D model of an IC engine flow bench geometry and perform a flow analysis. For a particular valve lift, carry out a grid dependency test and identify the best grid size. Further, using this grid size perform a parametric study to study the effect of valve lift on mass flow rate.   SOLUTION: A…

OBJECTIVE: To design a simple centrifugal pump and perform flow analysis of the model. Further, obtain the relationship between the pressure ratio and mass flow rate from the flow analysis.   SOLUTION: Centrifugal pumps are devices used to transport fluids by the conversion of rotational kinetic energy to the hydrodynamic…

OBJECTIVE:  Create 1D elements on the component with given cross-section and DOF. Assign the elements at each of the points as shown in the figure.  a. Rod element: with only translational DOF and RBE2 link Cross-Section: BOX Dimension a = 12 mm, Dimension b =10 mm, Thickness t = 0.75 mm  b. Beam…

OBJECTIVE: Generate mid surface and perform geometry clean-up of the component Generate mesh with low tria concentration and proper mesh flow Satisfy all the below given quality parameters  Target Element Size = 5mm S.N Quality Criteria Value 1 Aspect Ratio 5 2 Skewness 45 3 Warping 15 4 Taper 0.5 5 Min. Length 2…

OBJECTIVE: To mesh the given model of backdoor geometry of a car. Generate mid surface and perform geometry clean-up of the component Generate mesh with low tria concentration and proper mesh flow Satisfy all the below given quality parameters Target Element size - 5mm S.N Quality Criteria  Value  1 Aspect Ratio …

OBJECTIVE: To create 3D mesh for the given three models named Housing model, Chassis Assy and Tetmesh pm. Element size conditions: Min - 2mm, Target – 5mm, Max – 7mm. For all three models, tetramesh needs to be generated with mesh size 6mm and tet collapse of 0.15. SOLUTION: The objective of this project is…

OBJECTIVE: To create connectors at the different joints and attach the various parts in the given model. The connectors to be used at the different joints are as given below:   Right Rail 2 & Front truss 1:                              …

OBJECTIVE: To mesh the given model of side door geometry of a car. Generate mid surface and perform geometry clean-up of the component Generate mesh with low tria concentration and proper mesh flow Satisfy all the below given quality parameters Assign thickness to the component Target Element size - 4mm S.N Quality Criteria …

OBJECTIVE: To mesh the given model of floor panel of a car. Generate mid surface and perform geometry clean-up of the component Generate mesh with low tria concentration and proper mesh flow Satisfy all the below given quality parameters Assign thickness to the component Target Element size - 5mm S.N Quality Criteria …

OBJECTIVE: 1. To carry out geometry cleanup operation on the given parts : a) Practice b) Clip Repair  c) Mounting Bracket 2. To eliminate all free edges and convert all of them into refined geometry.  Clean the geometry. Extract midsurface. Clean midsurface geometry. Ignore holes less than dia 5mm. Create…

OBJECTIVE: To perform 3D tetra meshing on the given housing model To perform 3D hexa meshing on the arm bracket model To create 1D elements in the given model To understand the given radios text files and answer the given questions   SOLUTION: 3D Tetra meshing The objective of this project is to create 3D tetra mesh…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the results of the base simulation with one having improved shell element properties. In the given crash beam file, change the run time to 55 ms. Change the number of animation steps during simulation to a minimum of 25 and maximum of 60. Run the base simulation without any modification to element properties.…

OBJECTIVE: To compare the results with law 2, failure mode and law 27. Open FAILURE_JOHNSON_0000.rad. Notice the properties and change it to recommended values if need be. Run the model as it is and name it Law2_epsmax_failure In /FAIL/JOHNSON, change Ifail_sh = 1, Dadv = 1, Ixfem = 1. Run the model as Law2_epsmax_crack.…

OBJECTIVE: Create the mesh for bumper assembly, mesh size should be 6mm.  Run the crash tube model as it is. Change the Inacti = 6 and run. Create the type 11 contact and run. Remove both notches and remove boundary condition on rigid body node then run. Create a new notch in the middle, select the whole section…