Week 4 -Wire Bending Challenge

WIRE BENDING CHALLENGE

OBJECTIVES

In this challenge, we have to perform an analysis to simulate the bending of a wire in ANSYS. We have to use Copper Alloy (Non Linear), Aluminium Alloy (Non Linear) and Magnesium Alloy (Non Linear) for the wire alone. we need to find out the Equivalent stress and Equivalent strain on the wire alone and Compare the results.

PROCEDURE

• First, we have to input the engineering materials with required properties or else by creating with required properties.

• Then we have to import our model into ansys, import the model and open it in space claim so that ansys will read it.

• Then assign required connections in this assignment we will use frictional contact between the components and revolute joint at the wheel.

• Then mesh the component with required mesh size in this assignment we will use
  • Mesh – default tetrahedrone
  • Sizing – 2.2mm
  • Sphere Sizing – 0.8mm radius – 0.8
  • Nodes – 7993
  • Elements – 4003

• Analysis setting

• Then give the required solution parameters then solve.

RESULTS

Case1 – copper alloy

Equivalent stress of wire

Equivalent elastic strain of wire

Case2 – Aluminium alloy

Equivalent stress of wire

Equivalent elastic strain of wire

Case3 – Magnesium alloy

Equivalent stress of wire

Equivalent elastic strain of wire

CONCLUSION

	Copper Alloy	Aluminium Alloy	Magnesium Alloy
Stress of wire (MPa)	651.98	449.06	484.23
Strain of wire	0.00597	0.00637	0.010839

From the above table represent that the copper alloy has maximum stress than other alloy materials because copper alloy has high young's modulus

and magnesium alloy has maximum strain than other alloy materials because of less young's modulus than others.