The Upper Upright Bearing Cap
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Model Version: 8.0 Material: AISI 4130 steel, annealed at 865C6061-T6 Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa Validation: June 15th, 2023 By: Katherine Nguyen |
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Loading
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Only applying Fz force
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Loading Case #1:
Upright to |
UCA | -3299.679523 |
-115. |
1178968 |
52.35353565 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loading Case #2:
Upright to |
UCA |
5289. |
283482 |
184. |
5304023 |
493. |
6893625 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Only Fz force applied
Loading Case #3:
Upright to |
UCA |
-8504. |
324391 |
-296. |
6954611 |
369. |
6017313 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loading Case #4:
Upright to |
UCA |
6762. |
228426 |
235. |
9179152 | - |
533. |
8395702 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Only Fz force applied
Loading Case #5:
Upright to |
UCA |
-10872. |
67222 |
-379. |
3214308 | - |
346. |
9078363 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
Mesh Refinement
0.25 mm element size; 0.225 mm min element size on this chamfered edge
Mesh Convergence & Results
Case #2: Forwards Left
Node Size | Max Stress (Pa) | Location | |||||||
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1.5 2 mm | 12.547e447e+0706 |    | |||||||
1.25 mm | 1.570e+07 |  | |||||||
1 mm | 1.504e+07 |
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0.75 mm | 12.554e545e+0706 |   | |||||||
01.5 mm | 1.563e+07 | 
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1.25 mm | |||||||||
1 mm |
Case #4: Forwards Right
Node Size | Max Stress | Location |
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1.5 mm | 3.391e+07 |
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1.25 mm | 3.406e+07 |
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1 mm | 3.374e+07 |
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0.75 mm | 3.401e+07 |
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0.5 mm | 3.480e+07 | |
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Recommendations
The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (3.59) occurring in case #4.