Week 9 : FEA Assignment (Chapter2, Chapter 3)

Chapter 2 : Analysis of Bent Rod with Solid Elements

Attach your screenshots below in the same order. Make sure your reading matches with the screenshots given
within the lesson.

Screenshot 1: Deformation

Screenshot 2: Displacements

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Screenshot 3: Von Misses Stress (with Image Extrema)

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Screenshot 4: Dual Image layout

Screenshot 5: Principal Stress

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Chapter 2 - Practice 1: Analysis of a Foot Pedal

Attach your screenshots below in the same order. Make sure your reading matches with the one given on page 2-
21.

For element size = 0.3

Screenshot 1: Displacement (size = 0.3, sag = 0.05, element type = linear)

Screenshot 2: Displacement (Size = 0.3, sag = 0.05, element type = parabolic)

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Screenshot 3: Von Misses Stress (size = 0.3, sag = 0.05, element type = linear)

Screenshot 4: Von Misses Stress (size = 0.3, sag = 0.05, element type = parabolic)

For element size = 0.1

Screenshot 5: Displacement (size = 0.1, sag = 0.05, element type = linear)

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Screenshot 6: Displacement (Size = 0.1, sag = 0.05, element type = parabolic)

Screenshot 7: Von Misses Stress (size = 0.1, sag = 0.05, element type = linear)

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Screenshot 8: Von Misses Stress (size = 0.1, sag = 0.05, element type = parabolic)

Once you are done with the analysis, read the explanation on page 2-21 to understand how element size and
element type influence your FEA analysis.

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Chapter 3: Axially Loaded block with stress concentration.

Attach your screenshots below in the same order. Make sure your reading matches with the screenshots given
within the lesson.

Screenshot 1: Deformation

Screenshot 2: Displacements

Screenshot 3: Von Misses Stress (with Image Extrema)

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Screenshot 4: Dual Image layout

Screenshot 5: Principal Stress

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Chapter 3: Axially loaded block with stress concentration

Practice 2: Difference between Pressure and Force Loading

Attach your screenshots below in the same order. Make sure your reading matches with the one given on page 3-
23.

For Pressure = 250 lb (-ve)

Borrow screenshot 1 and 2 from class work problem.

Screenshot 1: Deformation

Screenshot 2: Von Mises Stress

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For Distributed Force = 1000 lb (-ve)

Screenshot 3: Deformation

Screenshot 4: Von Mises Stress

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Once you are done with the analysis, read the explanation on page 3-23 to understand the change in deformation
and stress pattern.

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