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The Upper Upright Bearing Cap
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Model Version: 8.0 Material: 6061-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 |
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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2 mm | 2.447e+06 |   | |||||
1.75 mm | 2.545e+06 |  | |||||
1.5 mm | 2.711e+06 |  | |||||
1.25 mm | 2.916e+06 |  | |||||
1 mm | 3.000e+06 | 
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Case #4: Forwards Right
Node Size | Max Stress (Pa) | Location | |||||
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2 mm | 1.055e+06 |  | |||||
1.75 mm | 1.097e+06 |  | |||||
1.5 mm | 1.186e+06 |  | |||||
1.25 mm | 1.244e+06 |  | |||||
1 mm | 1.305e+06 | 
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Recommendations
The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (11.33) occurring in case #2.