Exercise J Hanger Assembly Model

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Exercise J
Hanger Assembly Model
Brick Elements
Objective: Determine the maximum stress in the hanger assembly from a load applied at the center of the
shaft.

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



Loads: 100 pounds will be applied downward at the center of the shaft.

Constraints: The bottom surfaces of the brackets will be fully constrained.

Elements: Brick

Material: Brackets: Steel (AISI 4130)
Shaft: Iron
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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 J.dmit Select the Exercise J.dmit file in the "exercise J \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 Click on the "Material" heading for Part 1 in the tree
view.

<Ctrl>Mouse Holding down the <Ctrl> key, click on the "Material"
heading for Part 2 in the tree view.
Mouse Right click on one of the selected headings.

"Modify: Material" Select the "Modify Material" command.
"Steel (AISI 4130)" Highlight the "Steel (AISI 4130)" item from the list of
available materials in the "Select Material" section.
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"View Properties" Press the "View Properties" button to view the
material properties associated with steel.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to close the properties window.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to accept the selected material.
Mouse Right click on the "Material" heading for Part 3 in the
tree view.
"Modify Material" Select the "Modify Material" command.
"Iron, Fe" Highlight the "Iron, Fe" 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 iron.
"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 bottom
surfaces of the brackets.

"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 bottom of one of the brackets.
<Ctrl>Mouse Holding down the <Ctrl> key, click on the bottom of
the other bracket.
Mouse Right click in the display area.
"Add: Surface Boundary
Conditions"
Select the "Add" pull-out menu and select the
"Surface Boundary Conditions" command.
"Fixed" Press the "Fixed" button in the "Predefined" section.
"OK" Press the "OK" button to apply these constraints.

"View: Orientation: YZ Right" Access the VIEW pull-down menu and select the
"Orientation" pull-out menu. Select the "YZ Right"
command.

"Selection: Select: Vertices" Access the SELECTION pull-down menu and choose
the "Select" pull-out menu. Select the "Vertices"
command. This will allow you to select the vertices.

Mouse Click on a vertex near the middle of the bar on the left
side.
Mouse Right click in the display.
"Add: Nodal Force" Select the "Add" pull-out menu and select the "Nodal
Force" command.
"Y" Select the "Y" radio button in the "Direction" section
to specify that the force will be applied in the Y
direction.
-100 Type "-100" in the "Magnitude" field.

"OK" Press the "OK" button to apply this force. The 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.
"Results Options:
Displaced Model Options"
Access the RESULTS OPTIONS pull-down menu and
select the "Displaced Model Options" command.
"Transparent" Select the "Transparent" radio button.

Mouse Click the X to close the "Displaced Model Options"
dialog. The model should look like Figure 2.

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Figure 2: Displaced Model

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