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The Upper Upright Bearing Cap

 Part Details

Model Version: 8.0

Material: 6061-T6

Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa

Validation: June 15th, 2023

By: Katherine Nguyen

Loading

 General Loading Information

Only applying Fz force

  • Only loading cases 2 and 4 are tested, since there is only one force and no moments being applied, these are the greatest magnitudes of force in both positive and negative Z

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

2 mm

2.447e+06

1.75 mm

2.545e+06

1.5 mm

1.25 mm

1 mm

Case #4: Forwards Right

Node Size

Max Stress (Pa)

Location

Recommendations

The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (3.59) occurring in case #4.

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