3 answers

• 
  Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago

  Here is the tutorial.

  1. Step 1

     Open the bracket part in SolidWorks.

     

  2. Step 2

     Click New study under study advisor in Simulation tab.

     

  3. Step 3

     Input name Bracket and click OK.

     

  4. Step 4

     Click Apply material.

     

  5. Step 5

     Select alloy steel. Click apply and then close.

     

  6. Step 6

     Select fixed geometry under fixture advisor.

     

  7. Step 7

     Select the circular faces of the holes. Click OK.

     

  8. Step 8

     Select Force under external loads advisor.

     

  9. Step 9

     Select the top face of the bracket and input force of 1000N.

     

  10. Step 10

      Select Create mesh under run.

      

  11. Step 11

      Change mesh density to fine. Since this is not a big geometry we can decrease the mesh size and increase precision. Even then it's upto you to define the mesh size. Click OK.

      

  12. Step 12

      Now our model is meshed.

      

  13. Step 13

      Click Run to start simulation.

      

  14. Step 14

      Now the solver will start solving the problem.

      

  15. Step 15

      After solver is finished we have our plots. Default is Stress (von-Mises) plot.

      

  16. Step 16

      Double click Displacement for displacement plot.

      

  17. Step 17

      Double click Strain for strain plot. Now we have successfully completed the analysis of the bracket model in SolidWorks.

      

  1. 
     Manolis Theofilos over 1 year ago

     Very nice tutorial. Since you did the analysis in Autodesk Simulation, Solidworks, Creo Elements and Ansys, (I could do that in Inventor) you should upload the results and see if there are any diferences between software.

  2. 
     Manolis Theofilos over 1 year ago

     You should make it an assembly file first and not a single part. Also mesh settings must be identical and also chosen material. What you should do is use the original bracket model in step format which has the welds on.

  3. 
     Adam Pohl over 1 year ago

     Well done sir

  4. 
     Sudhir Gill over 1 year ago

     That's very nice Idea!! Thank You Manolis Sir!!

  5. 
     Paul Kurowski about 1 year ago

     CAD model is full of stress singularites and stress results are incorrect no matter how refined the mesh is. In fact, stress in sharp re-entrat edges will diverge to infinity with mesh refinement.

  6. 
     Sudhir Gill about 1 year ago

     Thanx for this useful information. Looks like I have to learn more about this. :D

• 
  Chirag Aggarwal over 1 year ago

  Sudhir Gill rocks!!

  1. 
     Paul Kurowski about 1 year ago

     This analysis is incorrect, model is full of stress singularities and provided incorrect results.

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  Karim Abouhiga about 1 month ago

  I luv ur tutorials :D