Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

Register Log in
  • Congratulations TugboatEng on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Simulate 3-point bending of tube?

Status
Not open for further replies.
BAC52

BAC52

Mechanical
Joined
Mar 25, 2009
Messages
7
Location
US
If I wanted to do a 3-point bend test for a tube in Solidworks using COSMOSWorks, how would I go about it?

I'm using Solidworks Office Premium 2008 (64bit edition).

Thanks!
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
I don't see why I wouldn't be.

Solidworks just doesn't seem to want to behave when it comes to working with a tube.

The test is on a thinwall tube (1 meter long, 1" O.D with a .049" wall thickness).
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
BCs are bit funny for 3 point bending, not that they really make much difference in this case.

Can you post screendumps of your model?



Cheers

Greg Locock

SIG:Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
With beam elements it is rather easy to get the B.C. right.

Simply supported at one end.
Simply supported slider at the other end.
Load the center node. (you did arrange for that?)



TOP
CSWP, BSSE

"Node news is good news."
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hmm, I'm not sure how to go about doing that kellnerp. Any tips?

The only real FEA I've done with solidworks is tensile tests.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
I went to a Simulation demo today and asked to see them make beam elements but the demo guy wasn't up on that. He stated that they were available.

To get the boundary conditions stated you would take your model which would be based on two equal length collinear curves and at one end you would fix UX, UY, UZ RY and RX. At the other end you would fix UY and UZ. In the center you would apply -FY.

These boundary conditions would not work on a shell or solid model without additional construction.

TOP
CSWP, BSSE

"Node news is good news."
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Hmm, I gave it a shot, but it was unable to load the center of the beam because there was no reference plane for the load.

Can I have non-member reference points?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

lpresciuttini
  • Locked
  • Question Question
Pressure Vessel Linearization (Simulation): Invalid points
Replies
1
Views
1K
IdanPV
IdanPV
FPPE
  • Locked
  • Question Question
Pressure Vessel Linearization (Simulation): Invalid points
Replies
1
Views
586
IdanPV
IdanPV
Champ58
  • Locked
  • Question Question
Buckling Analysis of Assembly
Replies
1
Views
396
FEA way
FEA way
zoo123
  • Locked
  • Question Question
AREA MOMENT OF INERTIA OF WELDED bEAM
Replies
2
Views
344
SBaugh
SBaugh
Denny Gibson
  • Locked
  • Question Question
SolidWorks 2018 Simulation: Simultaneous solution of mechanical and thermal stresses?
Replies
1
Views
312
FEA way
FEA way

Part and Inventory Search

Sponsor

Back
Top