FSU-25 Lower Upright Bearing Cap

Owned by Katherine Nguyen
Last updated: Jun 23, 2023
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The Lower Upright Bearing Cap

Model Version: 8.0

Material: 6061-T6

Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa

Validation: June 16th, 2023

By: Katherine Nguyen

Loading

Only applying + Fz force

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

 

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

Virtual Wall on the contact face between the bearing housing and the upright

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

Advanced Fixture on Cylindrical Faces (block radial, axial, and circumferential translation)

 

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

Node Size

Max Stress (Pa)

Location

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

 

Recommendations

The bearing housing cap passed both extreme cases, with the lowest safety factor (9.703) occurring in case #2.