Workshop3 RemoteBoundaryConditions

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Thegoalofthisworkshopistoanalyzethebaseofthejackassemblyshownhere. Ourassumptionisthemechanismhasbeenprovenalreadysowechoosetonot includetheadditionalpartsandmodelonlythebase.

Theweightofavehiclewillbesimulatedusingapointmass. Wellassumetherearelateralloadsactingonthejackaswellwhichwillbe
appliedusingaremoteforce.

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Sincewewontbemodelingtheentireassembly,weneedtoknowthelocation wherethejackwillbecontactingthevehicle.Weassumethistobethecentroid ofthetopmemberofthejackassembly. Centroid=(2,247,0)

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BeginanewWorkbenchsessionand,fromtheProject page,chooseRestoreArchive...andbrowsetothe fileWS3_Remote_BC.wbpzandOpen(location providedbyinstructor). Whenprompted,Saveusingthedefaultnameinthe samelocationasthearchivefile.

FromtheUnitsmenuverify:

ProjectunitsaresettoMetric(kg,mm,s,C,mA,N,mV). DisplayValuesinProjectUnitsischecked(on).

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1. FromtheStaticStructuralsystemdoubleclick (orRMB>Edit)theModelcell.

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2. WhenMechanicalopens,verifytheunitsare settoMetric(mm,kg,s,mV,mA).

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WhenMechanicalopenswewillhaveonlythebasepart.Sincewellbeusing remoteconditionsaswellasapointmassallatthesamelocation,itmakes sensetousearemotepointasareference.

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Note,theuseofaremotepointmeansmultipleconditionsatthesameloction (likepointmasses,remoteloads,etc.),canallreferencethatlocationwithout duplicatingtheconstraintequationsusedtoapplythem.

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HighlighttheModelbranchinthetree. Selectthe8splitfacesshownhere,RMB>Insert>RemotePoint.

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4. Highlighttheremotepoint,RMB>Rename:Load Point. 5. IntheRemotePointdetailsenterthelocation: X= 2 Y=247 Z=0

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Assaidearlier,thislocationrepresentsthecentroidof thetoppadofthejackwherethevehiclewillmake contactwhenitislifted.

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6. 7. HighlighttheGeometrybranch. RMB>Insert>PointMass.
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InthepointmassdetailschangetheScoping MethodtoRemotePoint. IntheRemotePointsfieldchooseLoad Pointfromthelist.

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10. Enteramassof350kginthedetails.

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10. HighlighttheStaticStructuralbranch,RMB>Insert >RemoteForce.
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11. InthedetailschangetheScopingMethodto RemotePoint. 12. SelectLoadPointfromthedropdownlistof remotepoints.

13. Inthedetailsenterthefollowingloads:
XComponent=2 YComponent=0 ZComponent=4
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12. Highlightthebottomfaceofthepart,RMB >Insert>FixedSupport. 13. HighlighttheStaticStructuralbranch, RMB>Insert>StandardEarthGravity.
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14. SpecifyYdirectionforgravity.

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Solvethemodel. Whenthesolutioniscompletevariousdisplacementplotscanbeusedtoverify theloading.

Inthisworkshopweveshownhowremoteboundaryconditionscanbeusedto simplifythegeometrymodelmakingforamoreefficientsolution.

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