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The Lower Upright Bearing Cap

 Part Details

Model Version: 8.0

Material: 6061-T6

Yield Strength: 4.600e+08 Pa

Validation: June 16th, 2023

By: Katherine Nguyen

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 General Loading Information

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

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

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.

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