American Chopper

Objective- To create a complete input file for performing a drop test using LS-DYNA. Why is Drop test performed? The nonlinear explicit finite element code LS-DYNA is used for the drop impact simulations. The main purpose of drop test is to perform finite element analysis for the given model in order to determine the critical…

Objective: To obtain the input value and conversion factor for the measurements in accordance with the provided unit systems. Procedure Physical quantity: A physical quantity is a quantity that can be measured i.e. a physical quantity is properly defined, has proper units, and its value can be measured by an instrument.…

Objective- Perform meshing on the Floor panel geometry of a car using Hypermesh. Procedure Import the .stp file.   Organize all the components to collector using tool>organize>collector   Measure the distance between the surfaces using geom>distance Create washer split using geom>quick…

Objective- Perform meshing on the Side Door geometry of a car using Hypermesh. Procedure Import the .stp file. Clear out the errors on the geometry given using quick edit panel option. Trim the component into four parts using geom>surface edit>trim with surfs/planes option. Defeature the ribs…

Objective-Create connector to attach the various parts of the given model using Hypermesh. Right_Rail_2 & Front_truss_1:- Seam-Quad(angled+capped+L) 2. Left_Rail_2 & Front_truss_1:- Quad elements Front_truss_2, Front_truss_1 & Right_Rail_1:- Spot weldwith 3 Layers and 5…

Objective- Perform meshing on the Backdoor geometry of a car using Hypermesh. Procedure Import the .stp file. Delete the solid part. Remove errors in parent geometry by increasing tolerance value given under quick edit panel. Extract the mid-surface using mid-surface option given under geometry tab for the inner,outer…

Objective- To perform Batch meshing with given criteria and assign the non-linear material property to the provided components. Procedure- Hood Import the given .stp file. Measure the distance using geom>distance Delete the solids Why do we perform meshing? The basic idea of finite element analysis is to make…

Objective-Morph the given side body component to the desired shape as shown in the images above and write a Macro for the same. Procedure- Morphing Open hypermesh and import the .stp file. Firstly extract the surface out of FE using geom>surfaces>FE   Now create morh volume for desired shape…

Objective- To perform 3D meshing on housing, chassis and crank housing model. Procedure Housing model Import the geometry Delete the solid part Clear out geometrical errors if present Why do we perform meshing? The basic idea of finite element analysis is to make calculations at only limited number of points and then…

Objective- Clean the Hood geometry and perform meshing using Hypermesh. Procedure Import the .stp file. Delete the solid part. Extract the mid-surface using mid-surface option given under geometry tab for both the inner outer panel and latch and hinge part. Why do we extract mid-surface? Mid surface is a surface…

Objective- Create 1D elements for the following components: Rod element with only translational DOF and RBE2 link. Cross-Section- BOX Dimension a=12mm, Dimension b=10mm, Thickness t=0.75mm Beam element with all DOF and RBE3 link. Cross-Section-I Dimension A=8mm, Dimension B=10mm, Dimension C=8.5mm, Thickness t1=0.75mm,…

  Objective: To sketch and model different parts of chopper under part modelling environment using Solid works. To assemble parts of chopper under assembly environment. To create photorealistic rendering of the chopper using Photo view 360. Part Modelling The 3D part is the basic building block of any large scale…

Objective: To do part as well as surface modelling of Yacht using Solid works. To assemble parts of Yacht under assembly environment. To create photorealistic rendering of the Yacht using Photo view 360. Part Modelling The 3D part is the basic building block of any large scale design. Features are the individual shapes…

To mesh the interior plastic component of the side door of a vehicle with the given quality criterion Procedure Geometry clean up Extracting mid surface Assigning thickness and PID Mesh generation Quality criteria Geometry clean up When the cad model is imported it has lots of topological errors. Errors are checked under…

To mesh the backdoor of an automobile with the given quality criterion using ANSA. Procedure Geometry clean up Extracting mid surface Assigning thickness and PID Mesh generation Quality criteria Geometry clean up When the cad model is imported it has lots of topological errors. Errors are checked under checks manager>geometry.…

To clean the given cad model of BMW M6 for generating surface mesh and also creating wind tunnel for drag analysis on the given model Procedure Geometry clean up Assigning PID with given length Surface Mesh generation Create wind tunnel Geometry clean up When the cad model is imported it has lots of topological errors…

To generate Surface mesh and Volume mesh for a Turbocharger model using ANSA Procedure Geometry clean up Assigning PID with given length Surface Mesh generation Volume Mesh generation Geometry clean up When the cad model is imported it has lots of topological errors as shown below:   Following errors occured We see…

To generate a surface mesh of Pressure Valve model Using ANSA. Procedure Geometry clean up Assigning PID Mesh generation Geometry clean up When the cad model is imported it has lots of topological errors. We see a lot of single cons and missing faces. Inside this model we have a seal tube and spring which are interconnected…