Tutorial on analyzing the rod for von-mises stress using Mechanica in Creo Elements/Pro.
Here is the tutorial.
Step 1
Start Creo Elements/Pro in Part mode.
Step 2
Sketch>>Top Plane and draw a circle of 20mm diameter.
Step 3
Extrude it by 200mm.
Step 4
Applications>>Mechanica.
Step 5
Click OK with default settings.
Step 6
Insert>>Displacement Constraints.
Step 7
Select front face and click OK. This will fix all the DOFs of the front face.
Step 8
Insert>>Force/Moment Load.
Step 9
Select the other face of the rod. And Enter an value of 10000 in X at Force and click OK.
Step 10
Properties>>material.
Step 11
Select Steel and Click >>> button.
Step 12
Properties>>material assignment.
Step 13
Keep default settings and click OK.
Step 14
Analysis>>Mechanica Analysis/Studies.
Step 15
Click File Menu and then New Static.
Step 16
Keep the default setting for now and click OK.
Step 17
Click the green flag to run the analysis. OK.
Step 18
Click Analysis menu and then Results.
Step 19
Click this icon.
Step 20
Select the analysis1 file just created and Click Open. A dialogue window will appear click OK and Show.
Step 21
The von-mises stress distribution is shown.
Step 22
Click that icon again and under display options check deformed and click OK and Show.
Step 23
Now we can see the deformed and undeformed state of the rod under load.