Week 4 -Wire Bending Challenge

Report Week 4 Wire Bending

Aim: Simulate the bending of a wire with 3 material: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.

Procedure:

Add material:

Import geometry:

Contact:

wire to lever:

wheel to wire:

Revolute Joint:

Mesh: All bodies use Tetrahedrons mesh, contact faces 1mm element size, sphere mesh redius 7mm, element size 0.3mm

Analysis Setting:

step 1:

step 2 to step 8:

Fixed support:

Rotation Joint:

Result:

case 1: Cooper Alloy NL

Equivalent strain

Equivalent stress

case 2: Aluminium Alloy NL

Equivalent strain

Equivalent stress

case 3: Magnesium Alloy NL

Equivalent strain

Equivalent stress

Conclusion:

Simulation completed of bending of a wire with 3 material:Copper Alloy (Non Linear), Aluminium Alloy (Non Linear) and Magnesium Alloy ( Non Linear). Equivalent stress and Equivalent strain on the wire alone are shown in the result.