De La Salle University

Gokongwei College of Engineering

Compilation of LBYMRES Post-Laboratory Reports

In Partial Fulfillment of the course

LBYMRES

Submitted By:
Munsayac Jr III, Francisco Emmanuel

Submitted To:
Sir Joey Sta. Agueda

December 13, 2016

Introductory Activity
A. Introduction
A bent rod is clamped at one end, and loaded by 2000lb force at the other end. The
material is steel with Youngs modulus of 30e+6 and Poisson ratio of 0.3. To create the FEA,
elements can be linear or parabolic. Linear are faster to compute but less accurate as
compared to parabolic. Another benefit of the parabolic is it fits better with curved surfaces.
Von misses stress in used as a main factor of consideration in design as it is considered to e
the effective stress. To increase accuracy, Parabolic elements is used for the case with smaller
( ~0.1 in per element) elements.
A foot pedal is made of steel and loaded with 100lb along the edge. It is clamped at the
end. A cylindrical Bar under torsion is made of steel with torque of 1500 lb in. It is equivalent
to 1000lb separated by 1.5 in. In terms of strength of materials, the answer is 7643 following
the formula t = TR/j, with j as the polar moment of inertia

B. Results
1. BENT ROD RESULTS
LOADS Computation
Fx=-2.000e+003 lbf
Fy=-8.196e-015 lbf
Fz=8.710e-009 lbf

Mx=4.920e-009 Nxm
My=-1.808e+003 Nxm
Mz=1.130e+003 Nxm

Material Steel

Yield strength 36259.42psi

Young's modulus 4351.13psi

Max Displacement 286.08in

Poisson's ratio 0.3

Max Von Misses 30119.418

Density 7860kg_m3

Mass 5.087kg

Coefficient of thermal expansion 1.17e005_Kdeg

Global Error 1.26%

2. Steel Foot Pedal

Size=.3, Sag =0.05
MAX DISP
MAX VON MISSES

LINEAR
0.015
4874.688

PARABOLIC
0.021
10183 psi

GLOBAL ERROR
LINEAR: 36.417
PARABOLIC:
4.711

Size=.1, Sag =0.05

MAX DIP
MAX VON MISS

0.019
7904.796

.021
12193.508

LINEAR: 26.78
PRABOLIC :2.32

3. Cylindrical Bar

Global Error 7.476

Max Disp. 0.007
Max Von Misses 871792.733
Yield Strength 36259.42

III. Conclusion
It can be concluded that element type and size plays a major role in the FEM
and FEA. It affects the global error of the analysis. Parabolic and a smaller size element yields a
more accurate result. Von misses will also be use as a design factor in FEM/FEA. It is considered
to the be the effective stress of the design. CATIA FEM also has the ability for stress,
displacements and stress visualization for better viewing by engineers to further improve certain
details of the designs.

ILISAROV BRACE
I.

Introduction
An Ilizarov brace is a type of fixation used in orthopedic surgery to increase length or
deform limb bones. It is done on complex bone fractures. In FEM, structural analysis
of the Ilizarov assembly. It will be first assembled in part assembly in catia, then a
static structural analysis is to be done. Due to assembly complexity, it would take
more time for it to analyze the analysis.

II.

Results

Global Error
Max Displacement
Von Misses
Mass
III.

63.34
0.059
11614.797
1.051

Conclusion
Due to hardware limitations, it was impossible for parabolic element computations to
happen which could have improved the accuracy of the results. It also not a complete
Ilisarov assembly since its just using a single level Ilisarov. It must also be noted that
the 4 crossing circular bars are pressure fitted and bolts are bolt tightened. Loads are
on the Crossing point of the circular bars.

MATSMEM
I.

Introduction

In materials selection, it important to take into consideration not only the price, but also
the strength of the materials. It might not be recommended to replace steel by aluminum
or vice versa. In catia, it can simulate how materials would affect the design due to
varying values of the deformation.
II. Results

III. Conclusion
To conclude, it has shown great error in computations, it might have been caused by wrong
measurements on the actual experimentations or misrepresentation in the FE models. On certain
cases on the tensile has shown lower errors. There is also a slight inaccuracy on modelling of the
test specimen

FINAL PROJ
I.

Introduction
A folding, double deck bed is mounted on a wall with a letter F post. It is
specifically mounted on the bars of the post. A maximum distributed load 300 lbs.
are added each of the beds. FEM will be used to find the breaking point and to
tell whether the structure could handle the load. Note that the bed will be bolt
tightened at the sides connected to the posts.

II.

Results

FEM RESULTS
Max Von Misses
16932.2psi
Mass
135.306 kg
Max Displacement
0.144 in
Global Error
10.42%

CALCULATIONS
Max Bearing Stress
339.53 psi
Max Shearing Stress
339.53 psi
Designed Clamping Force 127.06lb
Allowable stress
13200 psi

III.

Results and Analysis

Based from the FEM done, it will safely carry a 300lb person. Deformation are very
small mere 0.144in. The global error rate is at 10.42%. It can be further reduced by
reducing the size of the elements which is already at 0.502in , but due to hardware
constraints, calculations could not carried out, a faster computer can commence the
calculations. Manual calculation is also done by getting the shear and bearing stress
of the bolts, since based from the FEM, failure occurs there if ever. The material is
steel, which has a yield strength of 36259.42 psi, twice of that the maximum von
misses, so no apparent failure in the setup, as long as the loading is static. With
manual calculations, the stress acquired are less than that of the allowable stress based
on the yield with a safety factor of 2.5. It would though not follow the safety factor on
the FEM analysis. In conclusion, the bed could handle the maximum load of 300 lbs.
It is suggested to make the simulation more accurate is to properly simulate the wall
mount and the welded circular bars