Week 3 Verification of Weld Joints

Objective: To compare the weld strength of 3 different materials (Stainless Steel, Aluminum Alloy, Bronze) under a given load of 15000 N for a given assembly.

Steps:

1. Geometry investigation and material assignment:

2. Define contacts and mesh the assembly:

3. Apply boundary conditions and Analysis settings:

4. Setting up the required results:

Results:

The results can be tabulated as below:

Result	Stainless Steel	Aluminum Alloy	Bronze
Directional Deformation (mm)	0.34987	0.36393	0.39381
Equi Elastic Strain (mm/mm)	0.0018731	0.0033268	0.0031794
Max Equi Stress (of Weld) (MPa)	293.91	245.31	254.01

Conclusion: As seen from the above-mentioned table, the Stainless Steel welds are strongest because they result in the least deformation. However, the welds of Aluminum alloy and Bronze are comparable in terms of deformation and stress.