Shock Clevis Sim - Oct 25/2023

Owned by Nathan Roberts
Oct 25, 2023
2 min read

Material: 6061-T6

Yield Strength: 2.750e+08 N/m^2

Fixtures:

  1. Virtual wall on top face matching chassis

  1. Virtual wall on bottom faces to match bolt shape

  1. On flat faces to match chassis clevis friction

Loading:

  1. Forces inward at an angle of 23.9 degrees (mirrored on both sides)

Mesh:

  1. Mesh applied with an initial size of 4 mm and 1 mm for fine details

Results:

Simulation

Max force

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Simulation

Max force

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Rest

1.057e+07

 

Accel + RT

7.534e+06

 

Accel + LT

1.003e+07

 

Brake + RT

1.003e+07

 

Brake + LT

1.283e+07

 

Recommendation:

The part far exceeds the required strength so creating a cut near the center of the part could reduce weight without significantly impacting part stability and strength.