Brake Pedal Lower Links Stress Analysis Report

Brake Pedal Lower Links Stress Analysis Report

Analyzed File: Pedal Assembly Lower Links.iam

Autodesk Inventor Version: 2013 (Build 170138000, 138)

Creation Date: 6/30/2014, 10:05 AM

Simulation Author: EP

Summary:

Project Info (iProperties)

Summary

Author EP

Project

Part Number Pedal Assembly Lower Links

Designer EP

Cost $0.00

Date Created 6/26/2014

Status

Design Status WorkInProgress

Physical

Mass 0.365884 lbmass

Area 123.361 in^2

Volume 10.1276 in^3

Center of Gravityx=0.1 iny=1.125 inz=3.96936 in

Note: Physical values could be different from Physical values used by FEA reported below.

Simulation:1

General objective and settings:

Design Objective Single Point

Simulation Type Static Analysis

Last Modification Date 6/30/2014, 10:04 AM

Detect and Eliminate Rigid Body Modes No

Separate Stresses Across Contact Surfaces No

Motion Loads Analysis No

Mesh settings:

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Avg. Element Size (fraction of model diameter) 0.1

Min. Element Size (fraction of avg. size) 0.2

Grading Factor 1.5

Max. Turn Angle 60 deg

Create Curved Mesh Elements No

Use part based measure for Assembly mesh Yes

Material(s)

Name Steel

General

Mass Density 0.283599 lbmass/in^3

Yield Strength 30043.5 psi

Ultimate Tensile Strength 50072.6 psi

Stress

Young's Modulus 30479 ksi

Poisson's Ratio 0.3 ul

Shear Modulus 11722.7 ksi

Stress Thermal

Expansion Coefficient 0.0000216 ul/f

Thermal Conductivity 104.879 btu/( ft hr f )

Specific Heat 0.35613 btu/( lbmass f )

Part Name(s)

Pedal Assembly Lower LinksPedal Side PlatePedal Side PlateMaster Cylinder Rod End Mount PlateActuator Rod End Mount Plate

Operating conditions

Force:1

Load Type Force

Magnitude 600.000 lbforce

Vector X 600.000 lbforce

Vector Y -0.000 lbforce

Vector Z -0.000 lbforce

Selected Face(s)


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Force:2

Load Type Force

Magnitude 200.000 lbforce

Vector X -200.000 lbforce

Vector Y 0.000 lbforce

Vector Z 0.000 lbforce

Selected Face(s)


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Fixed Constraint:1

Constraint Type Fixed Constraint

Selected Face(s)


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Contacts (Bonded)

Name Part Name(s)

Bonded:1Pedal Side Plate:1Master Cylinder Rod End Mount Plate:2

Bonded:2Pedal Side Plate:1Actuator Rod End Mount Plate:1

Bonded:3Pedal Side Plate:2Master Cylinder Rod End Mount Plate:2

Bonded:4Pedal Side Plate:2Actuator Rod End Mount Plate:1

Results

Reaction Force and Moment on Constraints

Constraint NameReaction Force Reaction Moment

Magnitude Component (X,Y,Z) Magnitude Component (X,Y,Z)

Fixed Constraint:1 400 lbforce

-400 lbforce

378.769 lbforce ft

-1.79407 lbforce ft

0 lbforce 378.746 lbforce ft

0 lbforce -3.70758 lbforce ft

Result Summary

Name Minimum Maximum

Volume 10.1278 in^3

Mass 2.87224 lbmass

Von Mises Stress 0.00510194 ksi 35.5957 ksi

1st Principal Stress -5.52108 ksi 28.7587 ksi

3rd Principal Stress -33.6391 ksi 1.85344 ksi

Displacement 0 in 0.0233184 in

Safety Factor 0.843439 ul 15 ul

Stress XX -24.6098 ksi 22.134 ksi

Stress XY -15.3913 ksi 17.4191 ksi

Stress XZ -19.3934 ksi 8.07499 ksi

Stress YY -17.7507 ksi 8.45604 ksi


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Stress YZ -9.33136 ksi 9.04719 ksi

Stress ZZ -18.0158 ksi 16.5358 ksi

X Displacement -0.00000874389 in 0.0232853 in

Y Displacement -0.00229718 in 0.00272808 in

Z Displacement -0.00597642 in 0.00287056 in

Equivalent Strain 0.000000147348 ul 0.00101891 ul

1st Principal Strain 0.0000000517302 ul 0.000827389 ul

3rd Principal Strain -0.00104189 ul -0.00000010413 ul

Strain XX -0.000574487 ul 0.000544636 ul

Strain XY -0.00065693 ul 0.00074348 ul

Strain XZ -0.000827746 ul 0.000344655 ul

Strain YY -0.000373531 ul 0.000270656 ul

Strain YZ -0.000398279 ul 0.000386151 ul

Strain ZZ -0.000577723 ul 0.000539173 ul

Contact Pressure 0 ksi 55.5603 ksi

Contact Pressure X -50.1405 ksi 53.0048 ksi

Contact Pressure Y -12.4982 ksi 13.0158 ksi

Contact Pressure Z -33.6482 ksi 26.5016 ksi

Figures

Von Mises Stress


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1st Principal Stress


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3rd Principal Stress

Displacement


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Safety Factor


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Stress XX


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Stress XY

Stress XZ


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Stress YY


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Stress YZ


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Stress ZZ

X Displacement


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Y Displacement


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Z Displacement


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Equivalent Strain

1st Principal Strain


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3rd Principal Strain


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Strain XX


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Strain XY

Strain XZ


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Strain YY


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Strain YZ


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Strain ZZ

Contact Pressure


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Contact Pressure X


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Contact Pressure Y


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Contact Pressure Z

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