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Contents
1) A Brief History of Computer Aided Engineering. 3 2) Introduction to Finite Element Analysis4 a) A Brief History . 4 b) What is Finite Element Analysis?............................................................................4 c) How Does Finite Element Analysis Work?.............................................................5 d) What is the importance of Finite Element Analysis?............................................6 3) Some Basics of the Engineering Strength of Material...7 4) Modeling & Analysis Of A- Frame..8 a) Objective Of The Analysis On A- Frame......9 b) Actually what is A- frame?...............................................................................10 c) Modeling of A-Frame on Solid Works..11 d) How we do modeling & simulation in SOLIDWORKS..12 e) Analyzing of A-Frame on Solid Works....13 f) Material Properties..14 g) Load & Fixture14 h) Meshing.15 i) Results16 5) Analyzing of A-Frame using Nauticus 3D Beam...18 6) Second case Analysing solidworks......23 7) Second case Analysing 3d beam..28 8) Analysis of Foundation....34 9) Analysis of Bracket..38 10) Result Comparison....42

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A Brief History of Computer Aided Engineering

The classical period of Engineering relied on extensive testing and the development and use of fundamental principles. Galileo, Newton, Da Vinci, Hooke, and Michelangelo all contributed to the body of knowledge on mechanics and materials. Design Engineers were often asked to put their money where their mouth or pencils were. Early railroad bridge engineers often took first ride across a new structure to show confidence in their calculations. When the designers life was on the line, the importance of a sound understanding of the tools used was clear. In the late 1800s Lord John William Strutt Rayleigh, known as Lord Rayleigh, developed a method for predicting the first natural frequency of simple structures. It assumed a deformed shape for a structure and then quantified this shape by minimizing the distributed energy in the structure. Walter Ritz then expanded this into a method now known as Rayleigh-Ritz method, for predicting the stress and displacement behavior of structures. The choice of assumed shape was critical to the accuracy of the results and boundary or interface condition had to be satisfied as well. Unfortunately, the method proved to be too difficult for complex shapes because the number of possible shapes increased exponentially as complexity increased, this predictive method was critical in the development of FEA algorithms in later years.

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Introduction to Finite Element Analysis

A Brief History
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was first developed in 1943 by R. Courant, who utilized the Ritz method of numerical analysis and minimization of variational calculus to obtain approximate solutions to vibration systems. Shortly thereafter, a paper published in 1956 by M. J. Turner, R. W. Clough, H. C. Martin, and L. J. Topp established a broader definition of numerical analysis. The paper centered on the "stiffness and deflection of complex structures". By the early 70's, FEA was limited to expensive mainframe computers generally owned by the aeronautics, automotive, defense, and nuclear industries. Since the rapid decline in the cost of computers and the phenomenal increase in computing power, FEA has been developed to an incredible precision. Present day supercomputers are now able to produce accurate results for all kinds of parameters.

What is Finite Element Analysis?

FEA consists of a computer model of a material or design that is stressed and analyzed for specific results. It is used in new product design, and existing product refinement. A company is able to verify a proposed design will be able to perform to the client's specifications prior to manufacturing or construction. Modifying an existing product or structure is utilized to qualify the product or structure for a new service condition. In case of structural failure, FEA may be used to help determine the design modifications to meet the new condition. There are generally two types of analysis that are used in industry: 2-D modeling, and 3-D modeling. While 2-D modeling conserves simplicity and allows the analysis to be run on a relatively normal computer, it tends to yield less accurate results. 3-D modeling, however, produces more accurate results while sacrificing the ability to run on all but the fastest computers effectively. Within each of these modeling schemes, the programmer can insert numerous algorithms (functions) which may make the system behave linearly or non-linearly. Linear systems are far less complex and generally do not take into account plastic deformation. Nonlinear systems do account for plastic deformation, and many also are capable of testing a material all the way to fracture.

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How Does Finite Element Analysis Work?

FEA uses a complex system of points called nodes which make a grid called a mesh (Figure 1). This mesh is programmed to contain the material and structural properties which define how the structure will react to certain loading conditions. Nodes are assigned at a certain density throughout the material depending on the anticipated stress levels of a particular area. Regions which will receive large amounts of stress usually have a higher node density than those which experience little or no stress. Points of interest may consist of: fracture point of previously tested material, fillets, corners, complex detail, and high stress areas. The mesh acts like a spider web in that from each node, there extends a mesh element to each of the adjacent nodes. This web of vectors is what carries the material properties to the object, creating many elements

Figure (1) Meshing of A-Frame

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What is the importance of Finite Element Analysis?

The awareness about Finite Element Analysis came into existence after The sinking of the Sleipner A platform on 23 Aug 1991. The loss was caused by a failure in a cell wall, resulting in a serious crack and a leakage that the pumps were not able to cope with the wall failed as a result of a combination of a serious error in the finite element analysis which consequently lead to insufficient anchorage of the reinforcement in a critical zone. The cell wall failure was traced to a tri cell, a triangular concrete frame placed where the cells meet, as indicated in the diagram below.

The post accident investigation traced the error to inaccurate finite element approximation of the linear elastic model of the tri cell. Due to wrong choice of element type, the shear stresses were underestimated by 47%, leading to insufficient design. In particular, certain concrete walls were not thick enough. More careful finite element analysis, made after the accident, predicted that failure would occur with this design at a depth of 62m, which matches well with the actual occurrence at 65m.

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Some Basics of the Engineering Strength of Material Engineering Stress & Strain Engineering Stress is defined as applied load P divided by orginal cross sectional area A0 to which load is applied. Stress = Load/Area P/ A0

Engineering Strain is defined as the change in length at some instant, as reference to the original length. Strain = l/l Hookes Law =E

Stress Strain Curve

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Modeling & Analysis Of A- Frame

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Objective Of The Analysis On A- Frame

An analysis of an A-Frame is conducted to understand the stress and deflection that is present under product loading. Two load cases are considered to understand the structural integrity of the frame which are as follows. 1) Stress and deflection due to vertical load of 25 tons on the A-Frame being supported on the side as shown in fig.

2) Stress and deflection due to different load condition in which the A-Frame adjusted into 35 degree angle being supported on the side as shown in fig.

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Actually what is A- frame? A- Frame is commonly used in marine operations in Vessels and offshore ports for lifting heavy loads. So its construction is very typical for the safety of huge vessels and for the work force working on the ports .

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Modeling of A-Frame on Solid Works

Solidworks is a 3D Mechanical CAD software used for designing complex parts then assembling that complex parts into full model.

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How we do modeling & simulation in SOLIDWORKS

PARTS

SUB ASSEMBLY

MAIN ASSEMBLY

SIMULATION

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Analyzing of A-Frame on Solid Works

A-frame assembly is created using 2-D & 3-D solid works. Solid and plate elements are used to create the model. A-Frame is constructed by assembling different beams (foundation A-frame, vertical beams, horizontal beam and the hook) as shown in Fig1.2. The vertical beams are supported with the help of horizontal beams. Hook is made fixed on the horizontal beam. AFrame is used as a crane used to lift heavy loads in ships. The application of load is on the hook. Below figure shows 2D & 3D model of A-Frame on Solid Works and information about model. Case 1 Stress and deflection due to vertical load of 25 tons on the A-Frame being supported on the side

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Material Properties
Property Elastic modulus Poisson's ratio Mass density Tensile strength Yield strength Value 21000 0.28 7800 480.83 355 Units N/mm2 constant kg/m3 N/mm2 N/mm2

Loads & Fixtures

Fixture name Fixed-1 Fixture Image Fixture Details Entities: 2 face(s) Type: Fixed Geometry

Resultant Forces Components Reaction force(N) Reaction Moment(N-m)

X -0.0356445 0

Y 250000 0

Z -0.000488281 0

Resultant 250000 0

Load name Force-1

Load Image

Load Details Entities: 1 face(S) Reference: Face<1> Type: Apply Force Values: 250000 N

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VERTICAL LOAD (250000 N)

RIGID CONNECTORS

PIN FIXED GEOMETRY

Meshing
Mesh type Mesher Used: Jacobian points Maximum element size Minimum element size Mesh Quality Total Nodes Total Elements Maximum Aspect Ratio % of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 % of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 Solid Mesh Curvature based mesh 4 Points 289.987 mm 57.9974 mm High 116319 58595 145.4 11.4 4.39

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Results
Name
Stress1

Type
VON: von Mises Stress

Min
11576.9 N/m^2 Node: 76873

Max
1.58873e+008 N/m^2 Node: 48659

Study_1 Stress

Now the above results of analysis shows the maximum stress on AFrame due to load 25 ton which is 158872576 N/m2 Given Yield Strength is 355000000 N/m2

Now Factor of safety can be calculated as Yield Strength/Stressmax = 355000000/158872576 N/m2 Therefore F.O.S = 2.234 which says our model is Perfect.

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Displacement
Name
Displacement1

Type
URES: Resultant Displacement

Min
0 mm Node: 54

Max
2.59658 mm Node: 49089

Study 1-Displacement

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Analyzing of A-Frame using Nauticus 3D Beam

After applying Load of 250000 on centre node deflection can be seen

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Beam Information
Beam Start Node 1 3 4 2 2 7 8 7 8 11 End Node 7 8 5 6 11 2 4 9 10 4 Elastic Length [mm] 5000 5000 1450 1450 2750 1250 1250 4590,7 4590,7 2750 Mass [kg] 1117 1117 324 324 615 279 279 2 2 615 Profile

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2

Nodes Information
Nod e No
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

X [mm]

Y [mm]

Z [mm] X transl Y transl

Fixed

Boundary Conditions Z transl

Fixed

X rot
Free

Y rot
Fixed

Z rot
Fixed

-2750 -2750 2750 2750 4200 -4200 -2750 2750 -2750 2750 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1950 1950 0

0 6250 0 6250 6250 6250 5000 5000 844 844 6250

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Free

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed Fixed

Fixed Fixed

Fixed Fixed

Free Free

Fixed Fixed

Fixed Fixed

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Material Information
Material Material Name S355j2G3 Steel E [N/mm2] 210000 210000 Density [kg/m3] 7800,0 7800,0 Poisson Thermal Coefficient [mm/mm/C] 1,1e-005 1,26e-005 Yield Stress [N/mm2] 355 235 Ultimate Strength [N/mm2] 470 360

2 1

0,30 0,30

Node Loads in global coordinate system

Node No Px [N] 0 Py [N] 0 Pz [N] -250000 Mx [Nmm] 0 My [Nmm] 0 Mz [Nmm] 0

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Node Deflections, Reaction Forces and Moments, Signed values

Node No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

x [mm]
0 0,011566 0 -0,011566 -0,011566 0,011566 -0,5805 0,5805 0 0 0

y [mm]
0 -0,27676 0 -0,27676 -0,27676 -0,27676 -0,2214 -0,2214 0 0 -0,27676

z [mm]
0 -0,12985 0 -0,12985 0,96807 0,96807 -0,10388 -0,10388 0 0 -2,4335

rx [deg]
0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,002537 0,00331 0,00331 0,002537

ry [deg]
0 0,04338 0 -0,04338 -0,04338 0,04338 0,01535 -0,01535 0 0 0

Px [N]
25304 0 -25304 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0

Py [N]
-0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pz [N]
125000 0 125000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

My [Nmm]
50721331 0 -50721331 0 0 0 0 0 10 -10 0

Mz [Nmm ]
2 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 6 -6 0

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Beam Stresses
Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nx [N/mm2] -4 -4 0 0 -1 -4 -4 0 0 -1 Qy [N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 Qz [N/mm2] -2 2 0 0 10 -2 2 0 0 -10 Mx [N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 My [N/mm2] 17 17 0 0 53 24 24 0 0 53 Mz [N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Combined Element stresses

Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ny (min) [N/mm2] -21 -21 0 0 -54 -28 -28 -0 -0 -54 Ny (max) [N/mm2] 13 13 0 0 52 20 20 0 0 52 Nz (min) [N/mm2] -4 -4 0 0 -1 -4 -4 -0 -0 -1 Nz (max) [N/mm2] -4 -4 0 0 -1 -4 -4 0 0 -1

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Effective Stresses
Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

eff
[N/mm2] 21 21 0 0 54 28 28 0 0 54

Usage

x-pos [mm] 5000 5000 1450 0 2750 1250 1250 0 0 0

y-pos [mm] -242,5 -242,5 242,5 242,5 242,5 242,5 242,5 2 -2 242,5

z-pos [mm] -242,5 242,5 -242,5 -242,5 242,5 -242,5 242,5 -0,03121 -0,03121 242,5

Nx
[N/mm2] -4 -4 0 0 -1 -4 -4 0 0 -1

My
[N/mm2] -16 -16 0 0 -51 -23 -23 0 0 -51

Mz
[N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mx
[N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0

Qy
[N/mm2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0 0

Qz
[N/mm2] 1 -1 0 0 -7 1 -1 -0 0 7

0,06 0,06 0,00 0,00 0,15 0,08 0,08 0,00 0,00 0,15

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Second case Stress and deflection due to different load condition in which the A-Frame adjusted into 35 degree angle being supported on the side.

Study Properties
Study name Analysis type Mesh type Thermal Effect: Thermal option Zero strain temperature Study 2 Static Solid Mesh On Include temperature loads 298 Kelvin

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Loads & Fixtures

Fixture name Fixed-1 Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: Type: 2 face(s) Fixed Geometry

Resultant Forces
Components Reaction force(N) Reaction Moment(N-m) X 0.00537109 0 Y 250000 0 Z 0.00793457 0 Resultant 250000 0

Load name Force-1

Load Image

Load Details
Entities: Reference: Type: Values: 1 face(s) Face< 1 > Apply force ---, ---, 250000 N

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Rigid connectors

Pin connectors Vertical load 250000

Fixed geomerty

Meshing
Mesh type Mesher Used: Jacobian points Maximum element size Minimum element size Mesh Quality Total Nodes Total elements Maximum Aspect Ratio % of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 % of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 Solid Mesh Curvature based mesh 4 Points 235.921 mm 47.1843 mm High 146201 73669 59.474 18.2 3.5

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Results
Name
Stress1

Type
VON: von Mises Stress

Min
37328.4 N/m^2 Node: 44778

Max
2.05345e+008 N/m^2 Node: 66244

Study_2Stress

Now the above results of analysis shows the maximum stress on AFrame due to load 25 ton which is 205344880 N/m2 Given Yield Strength is 355000000 N/m2 Now Factor of safety can be calculated as Yield Strength/Stressmax = 355000000/158872576 N/m2 Therefore F.O.S = 1.728 which says our model is Perfect.
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Displacement
Name
Displacement1

Type
URES: Resultant Displacement

Min
0 mm Node: 138713

Max
2.77015 mm Node: 85958

Study_2-Study 1-Displacement-Displacement1

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Analysis of A-Frame using Nauticus 3D Beam

After applying Load of 250000 on centre node deflection can be seen

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Beam Information
Beam Start Node 1 3 4 2 11 8 2 10 8 11 End Node 11 8 5 6 7 9 10 4 4 2 Elastic Length [mm] 5404,5 5404,5 1450 1450 6764,3 6764,3 2750 2750 755,41 755,41 Mass [kg] 1208 1208 324 324 265 265 615 615 169 169 Profile

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3

Node Information
Node No
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

X [mm]
-2750 -2750 2750 2750 4200 -4200 -2750 2750 2750 0 -2750

Y [mm]
0 -5046 0 -5046 -5046 -5046 1950 -4427 1950 -5046 -4427

Z [mm] X transl
0 3533 0 3533 3533 3533 844 3100 844 3533 3100 Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed Fixed

Boundary Conditions Y transl

Fixed

Z transl
Fixed

X rot
Fixed

Y rot
Fixed

Z rot
Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

Fixed

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Profiles
Profile 2 3 Profile Name Circular Tube Hollow box with constant Thickness and corner radius Type 10: Circular Tube 12: Hollow box with constant Thickness and corner radius Material 2 S355j2G3 2 S355j2G3 Shear factor fy 1,00 1,00 Shear factor fz 1,00 1,00 Profile parameters Outer Diameter=80 [mm], Thickness=40 [mm] Box profile Height=500 [mm], Box profile Width=500 [mm], Plate Thickness=15 [mm], Outside Corner radius=25 [mm]

Node Loads
Node No 10 Px [N] 0 Py [N] 0 Pz [N] -250000 Mx [Nmm] 0 My [Nmm] 0 Mz [Nmm] 0

Forces, Moments And Deflections, Signed Values

Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nx [N] -377680 -377680 0 0 317553 317553 -14785 -14785 -71649 -71649 Qy [N] -14785 14785 0 0 0 -0 0 0 14785 -14785 Qz [N] -17444 -17444 0 0 18 18 125000 -125000 -102427 -102427 Mx [Nmm] -29357178 29357178 0 0 -56307 56307 -0 -0 29437388 -29437388 My [Nmm] 171411737 171411737 0 0 240518 240518 -284146595 -284146595 77375000 77375000 Mz [Nmm] -50736116 50736116 0 0 -4699 4699 -33850113 -33850113 61901827 -61901827 [mm] 8,8369 8,8369 11,139 11,139 8,8369 8,8369 14,066 14,066 11,139 11,139 x [mm] -0,38135 0,38135 -0,006758 0,006758 -0,23637 0,23637 0,006758 -0,006758 0,23637 -0,23637 y [mm] -4,7854 -4,7854 -6,1001 -6,1001 -4,7854 -4,7854 -6,6469 -6,6469 -6,1001 -6,1001 z [mm] -7,4253 -7,4253 -9,3204 -9,3204 -7,4253 -7,4253 -12,397 -12,397 -9,3204 -9,3204

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Node Deflections, Reaction Forces And Moments, Signed Values

Node No. 1 x [mm] 0 y [mm] 0 z [mm] 0 rx [deg] 0 ry [deg] 0 rz [deg] 0 Px [N] 14785 Py [N] -299365 Pz [N] 230926 Mx [Nmm] 17141173 7 0 17141173 7 0 My [Nmm] 7317136 0 7317136 Mz [Nmm] 407313 28 0 407313 28 0

2 3

0,00675 8 0

-6,1001 0

-9,3204 0

0,1716 0

0,07558 0

-0,02279 0

0 -14785

0 -299365

0 230926

6 7 8 9 10 11

0,00675 8 0,00675 8 0,00675 8 0 0,23637 0 0 -0,23637

-6,1001

-9,3204

0,1716

-0,07558

0,02279

-5,5234

-7,4077

0,1716

-0,07558

0,02279

-5,5234 0 -4,7854 0 -6,6469 -4,7854

-7,4077 0 -7,4253 0 -12,397 -7,4253

0,1716 0 0,1644 0 0,1716 0,1644

0,07558 0 -0,06206 0 0 0,06206

-0,02279 0 0,02604 0 0 -0,02604

0 0 0 -0 0 0

0 299365 0 299365 0 0

0 -105926 0 -105926 0 0

0 -117727 0 -117727 0 0

0 -51516 0 51516 0 0

0 23209 0 -23209 0 0

Beam Stresses
Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nx [N/mm2] -13 -13 0 0 63 63 -1 -1 -3 -3 Qy [N/mm2] -1 1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 1 -1 Qz [N/mm2] -1 -1 0 0 0 0 10 -10 -8 -8 Mx [N/mm2] -4 4 0 0 -1 1 0 0 4 -4 My [N/mm2] 38 38 0 0 5 5 64 64 17 17 Mz [N/mm2] 11 11 0 0 0 0 8 8 14 14

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Combined Element Stresses

Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ny (min) [N/mm2] -52 -52 0 0 58 58 -64 -64 -20 -20 Ny (max) [N/mm2] 25 25 0 0 68 68 63 63 15 15 Nz (min) [N/mm2] -25 -25 0 0 63 63 -8 -8 -16 -16 Nz (max) [N/mm2] -2 -2 0 0 63 63 7 7 11 11

Effective Stress
Beam No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 eff [N/mm 2] 57 57 0 0 66 66 71 71 31 31 Usag e 0,16 0,16 0,00 0,00 0,18 0,18 0,20 0,20 0,09 0,09 x-pos [mm] 0 0 1450 1450 0 0 2750 0 0 0 y-pos [mm] -242,5 242,5 -242,5 -242,5 -0,3068 0,3068 242,5 242,5 -242,5 242,5 z-pos [mm] -242,5 -242,5 -242,5 -242,5 20 20 242,5 242,5 -242,5 -242,5 Nx [N/mm 2] -13 -13 0 0 63 63 -1 -1 -3 -3 My [N/mm 2] -37 -37 0 0 2 2 -62 -62 -17 -17 Mz [N/mm 2] -6 -6 0 0 0 0 -7 -7 -11 -11 Mx [N/mm 2] -0 0 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 Qy [N/mm 2] 1 1 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -1 -1 Qz [N/mm 2] 1 1 0 0 0 -0 -7 7 5 5

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Analysis of Foundation

Model name: FOUNDATION Current Configuration: Default

Solid Bodies Document Name and Reference Boss-Extrude14

Treated As Solid Body

Volumetric Properties Mass:928.21 lb Volume:3293.94 in^3 Density:0.281793 lb/in^3 Weight:927.581 lbf

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Study Properties
Study name Analysis type Mesh type Thermal Effect: Thermal option Zero strain temperature Study 1 Static Solid Mesh On Include temperature loads 298 Kelvin

Loads & Fixture

Fixture name Fixed-1 Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: Type: 1 face(s) Fixed Geometry

Resultant Forces
Components Reaction force(N) Reaction Moment(N-m) X 1.43751 0 Y 300000 0 Z 0.170727 0 Resultant 300000 0

Load name Force-1

Load Image

Load Details
Entities: Reference: Type: Values: 2 face(s) Face< 1 > Apply force ---, ---, 150000 N

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Mesh Information
Mesh type Mesher Used: Jacobian points Maximum element size Minimum element size Mesh Quality Total Nodes Total Elements Maximum Aspect Ratio % of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 Solid Mesh Curvature based mesh 4 Points 73.8217 mm 14.7643 mm High 13577 6667 22.107 16.6

Results
Name
Stress1

Type
VON: von Mises Stress

Min
13.3897 N/m^2 Node: 7658

Max
3.36384e+007 N/m^2 Node: 8323

Assem1-Study 1-Stress-Stress1

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Name
Displacement1

Type
URES: Resultant Displacement

Min
0 mm Node: 54

Max
0.0496353 mm Node: 2874

Assem1-Study 1-Displacement-Displacement1

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Analysis of Bracket

Model name: A-Frame Bracket Block Current Configuration: Default

Solid Bodies
Document Name and Reference Split Line1 Treated As Solid Body Volumetric Properties Mass:175.226 lb Volume:621.825 in^3 Density:0.281793 lb/in^3 Weight:175.107 lbf

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Study Properties
Study name Analysis type Mesh type Thermal Effect: Thermal option Zero strain temperature Bracket Static Solid Mesh On Include temperature loads 298 Kelvin

Load & Fixtures

Fixture name Fixed-1 Fixture Image Fixture Details
Entities: Type: 1 face(s) Fixed Geometry

Resultant Forces
Components Reaction force(N) Reaction Moment(N-m) X -1.12795 0 Y 249998 0 Z -0.366346 0 Resultant 249998 0

Load name Force-1

Load Image

Load Details
Entities: Reference: Type: Values: 1 face(s) Face< 1 > Apply force ---, ---, 250000 N

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Mesh Information
Mesh type Mesher Used: Jacobian points Maximum element size Minimum element size Mesh Quality Total Nodes Total Elements Maximum Aspect Ratio % of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3 % of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10 % of distorted elements(Jacobian) Solid Mesh Curvature based mesh 4 Points 13.0099 mm 4.33659 mm High 76706 49221 4.5885 99.6 0 0

Results
Name
Stress1

Type
VON: von Mises Stress

Min
2251.7 N/m^2 Node: 15563

Max
1.091e+008 N/m^2 Node: 11021

A-Frame Bracket Block-Study 2-Stress-Stress1

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Displacement
Name
Displacement1

Type
URES: Resultant Displacement

Min
0 mm Node: 46

Max
0.0664566 mm Node: 23294

A-Frame Bracket Block-Study 2-Displacement-Displacement1

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Result Comparisons Of Displacement

Displacement
14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

Displacement

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