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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 |
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 75 mm | 12.570e545e+0706 |   1 | |||||
1.5 mm | 12.504e711e+0706 |   | |||||
01.75 25 mm | 12.554e916e+0706 |
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1 mm | 13.563e000e+0706 |  
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Case #4: Forwards Right
Node Size | Max Stress (Pa) | Location | |||||
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1.5 2 mm | 31.391e055e+0706 |   | |||||
11.25 75 mm | 31.406e097e+0706 |
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1.5 mm | 31.374e186e+0706 |
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1.25 mm | 31.401e244e+0706 |
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1 mm | 31.480e305e+0706 |
 
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Recommendations
The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (311.5933) occurring in case #4#2.