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The Lower Upright Bearing Cap
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Model Version: 8.0 Material: 6061-T6 Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa Validation: June 16th, 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 |
Loading Case #5:
Upright to LCA | 11844.22222 | 2322.421431 | -624.6421637 | 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 | 2.874e+06 |   | |||||
1.75 mm | 2.958e+06 |   | |||||
1.5 mm | 3.132e+06 |  | |||||
1.25 mm | 3.332e+06 |  | |||||
1 mm | 3.503e+06 | 
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Recommendations
The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (9.703) occurring in case #2.