Stress Test of Front Left Sub Axle from a Go-Kart





Author: Stephen Burke


Company: Kartbuilding


Date: 28th June, 2007



  1. File Information
  2. Materials
  3. Load & Restraint Information
  4. Study Property
  5. Stress Results
  6. Displacement Results
  7. Deformation Results
  8. Design Check Results
  9. Appendix



1. File Information



Model name: Front_Left_Stub_Axle
Model location: Front_Left_Stub_Axle.SLDPRT
Results location:
Study name: COSMOSXpressStudy (-Default-)




2. Materials



No. Part Name Material Mass Volume
1 Front_Left_Stub_Axle [SW]Plain Carbon Steel 0.757716 kg 9.71431e-005 m^3



3. Load & Restraint Information



Restraint
King Pin Pivot <Front_Left_Stub_Axle> on 2 Face(s) immovable (no translation).
Description:


Load
Track Rod Connection <Front_Left_Stub_Axle> on 1 Face(s) apply force 110.23 lb normal to reference plane with respect to selected reference Front using uniform distribution
Description:




4. Study Property



Mesh Information
Mesh Type: Solid mesh
Mesher Used: Standard
Automatic Transition: Off
Smooth Surface: On
Jacobian Check: 4 Points
Element Size: 4.5984 mm
Tolerance: 0.22992 mm
Quality: High
Number of elements: 6774
Number of nodes: 12503



Solver Information
Quality: High
Solver Type: FFE








5. Stress Results



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot1 VON: von Mises stress
39.1196 N/m^2
(-4.06737 mm,
33.763 mm,
102.805 mm)
1.50449e+008 N/m^2
(21.3136 mm,
7.5 mm,
-43.5597 mm)



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6. Displacement Results



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot2 URES: Resultant displacement
0 mm
(0 mm,
6.5 mm,
-16 mm)
0.265382 mm
(138.605 mm,
7.5 mm,
-72.948 mm)



Front_Left_Stub_Axle-COSMOSXpressStudy-Displacement-Plot2
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7. Deformation Results



Plot No. Scale Factor
1 84.459



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8. Design Check Results



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Based on the specified parameters, the lowest factor of safety (FOS) found in your design is 1.46624.





9. Appendix



Material name: [SW]Plain Carbon Steel
Description:
Material Source: Used SolidWorks material
Material Library Name:
Material Model Type: Linear Elastic Isotropic

Property Name Value Units
Elastic modulus 2.1e+011 N/m^2
Poisson's ratio 0.28 NA
Mass density 7800 kg/m^3
Yield strength 2.2059e+008 N/m^2








Note:

COSMOSXpress design analysis results are based on linear static analysis and the material is assumed isotropic. Linear static analysis assumes that: 1) the material behavior is linear complying with Hooke’s law, 2) induced displacements are adequately small to ignore changes in stiffness due to loading, and 3) loads are applied slowly in order to ignore dynamic effects.

Do not base your design decisions solely on the data presented in this report. Use this information in conjunction with experimental data and practical experience. Field testing is mandatory to validate your final design. COSMOSXpress helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests.