The Bearing Housing Cap
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Model Version: 8.0 Material: AISI 4130 steel, annealed at 865C Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa Validation: June 14th, 2023 - 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 LCA | 3299.679523 | 2211.687897 | -52.35353565 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loading Case #2:
Upright to LCA | -6369.683482 | 1976.269598 | 586.7106375 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Only Fz force applied
Loading Case #3:
Upright to LCA | 9264.244391 | 1816.545461 | 390.3182687 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Loading Case #4:
Upright to LCA | -8143.498426 | 2526.632085 | -847.4304298 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Only Fz force applied
Loading Case #5:
Upright to LCA | 11844.22222 | 2322.421431 | -624.6421637 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fixtures
Mesh Refinement
Mesh Convergence & Results
Case #2: Forwards Left
Node Size | Max Stress | Location | |||||
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1.5 mm | 21.234e547e+07 |   | |||||
1.25 mm | 21.240e570e+07 |   | |||||
1 mm | 2 1.217e504e+07 |
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0.75 mm | 2 1.245e554e+07 |
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0.5 mm | 2 1.290e563e+07 |  
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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.