Week 8 - Universal Joint
AIM:
For this challenge, you will have 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(They can all be found in the General Materials section) The three materials must be used on the joint with the springs alone. Use a refined mesh if possible for the academic license. You need to obtain the Equivalent stress and total deformation for all the three cases and compare them. Submit a report regarding the same.
PROCEDURE:
- Open the Ansys work bench and import the given model.
- Edit the Engineering Data files and add the material properties like Structural steel,stainless steel,Titanium Alloy from the given Engineering Data files.
- Open the Edit space claim and modify if any surfaces were missing or any defatures in the surfaces.
- Then Edit the given model in the model tab.
- And rename the components according to the parts.
- After that delete the contats in the given model.
- Create the joints in the model using Revolue joints,Trasnilation joints,Fixed Joints.
- Then the mesh the model with the Target Element length of 10mm.
- Give the Analysis setting og the time interval of 5 steps and Click on the weak spring on,Large deformation on output controls on in the model.
- Give the Joint Rotation to the Ground to Body and give the angle for the Rotation.
- Give the output block of the large deformation,stress,strain.
Structural Steel:
Total Deformation
Equivalent Stress
Equivalent strain
Stress
STAINLESS STEEL
Total Deformation
Equivalent stress
Equivalent strain
stress
Titanium alloy
Total Dedormation
Equivalent stress
Equivalent strain
stress
Conclusions:
Structural Steel:
Deformation
Maximium=38.637mm
Minimum=0
Strain
Maximum=0.0012934mm
Minimum=3.2865e-13
Equivalent Stress
Maximum=2435Mpa
Minimum=1.276e-8Mpa
Equivalent Stress2
Maximum=6.8042Mpa
Minimum=0.00054688Mpa
Stainless Steel:
Deformation
Maximium=38.637mm
Minimum=0
Strain
Maximum=0.0012916mm
Minimum=3.3533e-13mm
Equivalent Stress
Maximum=2350.7Mpa
Minimum=1.2394e-8Mpa
Equivalent Stress2
Maximum=6.5499Mpa
Minimum=0.13345Mpa
Titanium Alloy:
Deformation
Maximium=38.637mm
Minimum=0
Strain
Maximum=0.001288mm
Minimum=3.1018e-12mm
Equivalent Stress
Maximum=1175.3Mpa
Minimum=1.2361e-7Mpa
Equivalent Stress2
Maximum=3.2287Mpa
Minimum=0.05967Mpa
Hnece the universal joint of the different material are stainless steel,structural steel,Titanium Alloy were extracted and Deformation,stress,strain were given in the model.