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Exercise I
Bracket Model
Brick Elements
Objective: Determine the maximum stress in the bracket from a load applied at the hole.

Geometry: Use the Exercise I.dmit file located in the "exercise I\input file" directory.



Loads: 40 pounds will be applied downward at the hole.

Constraints: The back surface is fully constrained.

Elements: Brick

Material: Steel (ASTM - A514)
Apply 40 pound load
downward (-Y) at hole.
Fully constrain
the back surface.
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Solution
Meshing the Model
Start FEMPRO from the Windows taskbar.


"Start: Programs: ALGOR V17:
FEMPRO"
Press the Windows "Start" button. Select the
"Programs" pull-out menu and then select the
"ALGOR V17" pull-out menu. Select the
"FEMPRO" command.

"Open" Select the "Open" icon at the left side of the dialog

"ALGOR Direct Memory Image
Transfer Files (*.dmit)"
Select the "ALGOR Direct Memory Image Transfer
Files (*.dmit)" option in the ALGOR Files section of
the "Files of type" drop-down box. Navigate to the
directory where the model is located.
Exercise I.dmit Select the Exercise I.dmit file in the "exercise I \input
file" directory.
"Open" Press the "Open" button.
"OK" A dialog will appear asking you to choose the design
scenario for this model. Press the "OK" button to
accept the default of "Static Stress with Linear
Material Models" in the "Single analysis" field.

"Mesh: Model Mesh Settings" Access the MESH pull-down menu and select the
"Model Mesh Settings" command.

"Mesh model" Press the "Mesh model" button.

"No" Press the "No" button when asked to view the mesh
results. A mesh will be displayed at this time.

"Tools: FEA Editor" Access the TOOLS pull-down menu and select the
"FEA Editor" command to move to the FEA Editor
environment where we will load and constrain the
model.

"OK" When prompted to assign a unit system, press the
"OK" button to accept the default "English (in)"
system.

Defining the Material Data

Mouse Right click on the "Material" heading for Part 1 in the
tree view.

"Modify: Material" Select the "Modify Material" command.
"Steel (ASTM - A514)" Highlight the "Steel (ASTM - A514)" item from the
list of available materials in the "Select Material"
section.
"View Properties" Press the "View Properties" button to view the
material properties associated with steel.
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"OK" Press the "OK" button to close the properties window.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to accept the selected material.

Adding Loads and Constraints

"View: Rotate" Access the VIEW pull-down menu and select the
"Rotate" command.

Mouse Rotate the model so that you can see the back of the
bracket.

"Selection: Select: Surfaces" Access the SELECTION pull-down menu and choose
the "Select" pull-out menu. Select the "Surfaces"
command. This will allow you to select the surfaces.
Mouse Click on the back of the bracket
Mouse Right click in the display area.
"Add: Surface Boundary Condition" Select the "Add" pull-out menu and select the
"Surface Boundary Condition" command.
"Fixed" Press the "Fixed" button in the "Predefined" section.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to apply these constraints.

"View: Rotate" Access the VIEW pull-down menu and select the
"Rotate" command.

Mouse Rotate the model so that you can see the surfaces on
the inside of the hole.
Mouse Click on one of the surfaces on the inside of the hole.
<Ctrl>Mouse Holding down the <Ctrl> key, click on the second
surface.
Mouse Right click in the display area.
"Add: Surface Forces" Select the "Add" pull-out menu and select the
"Surface Forces" command.
"Y" Select the "Y" radio button in the "Direction" section
to specify that the force will be applied in the Y
direction.
-20 Type "-20" in the "Magnitude" field to specify a
force of 20 pounds in the negative Y direction on each
of the surfaces. This force will be evenly distributed
across each of the surfaces so that the total magnitude
is 20 pounds on each surface or 40 pounds total.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to apply these surface forces.

"View: Orientation:
XY Top"
Access the VIEW pull-down menu and select the
"Orientation" pull-out menu. Select the "XY Top"
command. Your model should now look like Figure 1.
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Figure 1: Bracket with Constraints and Loads Applied
Analysis

"Analysis:
Perform Analysis"
Access the ANALYSIS pull-down menu and select the
"Perform Analysis" command to run the analysis. At
the completion of the analysis, FEMPRO will
automatically transfer to the Results environment.
Viewing the Results

"View: Orientation: Isometric" Access the VIEW pull-down menu and select the
"Orientation" pull-out menu. Select the "Isometric"
command. The model should look like Figure 2.


Figure 2: Displaced Model

To review a completed archive of this exercise, refer to the file Exercise I.ach in the "exercise
I\results archive" directory.
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