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Bottom line: Flexures will not buckle or fatigue under normal operating conditions
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* ASME document on 6061 Aluminum Fatigue
FEA Design Verification: Vibration Frequencies
Ignoring LS Including LS in model
1st mode:
1st mode:
233 Hz
17 Hz, in
x-direction
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Shaft Fatigue
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Rail Flexure FEA
Fatigue under
X-Stiffness nominal conditions Buckling Worst case
Applied loads/ X-force: 1N on cylinder X-disp: 128 μm X-disp: 66.6 μm X-disp: 137 μm
displacements Y-rot: 0.015 deg Y-rot: 0.0189 deg Y-rot: 0.0189 deg
Y-force: 2000N X-force: 220 N
Result Δ = 1.58 mm σmax = 8.29 MPa Load factor = 1.83 σmax = 18.3 MPa
Conclusion/ Kx = 632 N/μm FR: σmax < 120 MPa Force to buckle ≈ σyield = 275 MPa
Implications for 104 cycles 3660 N → Will not break
→ Will not fatigue → Will not buckle
Applied loads/ X-force: 100 N Y-force: 100 N Z-force: 85 N X-torque: 0.1Nm X-disp: 12 μm
displacements Y-disp: 14 μm
Z-force: 200 N
Conclusion/ Kx = 1.026 N/μm Ky = 1.087 N/μm Kz = 7.494 N/μm Kz,rot = 279 Nm/rad σyield = 275 MPa
Implications → Will not break
or fatigue