CosmosWorks Tutorial (HJSIII, 07.07.

31) 1) Start SolidWorks 2) Toolbar > Open > browse and open and existing part file (0.5 inch thick by 1 inch wide by 6 inch long bar) 3) Check for CosmosWorks icon in left-panel Toolbar > Tools > Add-ins > check both boxes for CosmosWorks and un-check CosmosFloWorks Left click on the CosmosWorks icon near the top of the left panel 4) Static study Right click on the name of your part in the left panel and pull down Study Enter a suitable name for this study, select Type Static and accept with green check mark 5) Material Expand the Solids tree in the left panel to the lowest level Right click on a body and pull down Apply/Edit Material Pull down Units English IPS and select radio button From library files Choose a suitable material (make it AISI 1045 cold drawn, Sy = 76.87 ksi) 6) Restraints Right click on Load/Restraint in the left panel and pull down Restraints Left click on the left end of the bar in the main window to select the restrained face Accept with green check mark 7) External load Right click on Load/Restraint in the left panel and pull down Force Left click on the right end of the bar in the main window to select the loaded face

Select radio button Apply force/moment and left click on the small pink window that defines the direction for the force Left click on a vertical edge of the right end of the bar in the main window Pull down Units English IPS and enter a suitable value for the force (make it 30 lbf down) Use Reverse direction radio box if needed Accept with green check mark 8) Toolbar > File > Save As > save your work 9) Mesh Right click on Mesh in the left panel and pull down Create Mesh Accept default parameters with green check mark 10) Analyze Right click on the name of your study and pull down Run An icon named Results should appear in the left panel with subfolders If subfolders do not appear, right click on Results and pull down Define Stress Plot Choose von Mises Stress with units psi and accept with green check mark If subfolder do appear, right click on a Stress icon and pull down Show To change a Stress result, right click on the icon and pull down Edit Definition 11) Different loading Right click on Load/Restraint Force in the left panel and pull down Edit Definition Change the magnitude of the force and accept with green check mark (make it 300 lbf down) Note that a red arrow now appears by the name of your study Right click on the name of your study and pull down Run to analyze again (300 lbf at the tip of a 6 inch cantilever beam with 0.5 inch thickness and 1.0 inch width will cause 43.2 ksi bending stress at the root of beam, N = 1.78 for Sy=76.87 ksi)

12) Factor of safety Right click on Results in the left panel and pull down Define Design Check Plot In Step 1, pull down Max von Mises stress and move to Step 2 with the blue right arrow In Step 2, pull down Units psi, check radio button to Yield strength and move to Step 3 with blue right arrow In Step 3, select radio button Areas below factor of safety and enter factor of safety (make factor of safety 2) Accept with green check mark 13) Refine the entire mesh Right click on Mesh in the left panel and pull down Create Mesh Move the slider all the way to Fine and accept with green check mark Right click on the name of your study and pull down Run to analyze again 14) Refine a region of the mesh Right click on Mesh in the left panel and pull down Apply Mesh Control Left click on an edge or surface of your part where you want a finer mesh and accept with green check mark Right click on Mesh in the left panel and pull down Create Mesh Reset and accept default parameters with green check mark Right click on the name of your study and pull down Run to analyze again 15) Frequency study Right click on the name of your part in the left panel and pull down Study Enter a suitable name for this study, select Type Frequency and accept with green check mark Right click on Load/Restraint in the left panel to restrain the left end of the bar

Right click on the name of your frequency study and pull down Run An icon named Results should appear in the left panel with subfolders Right click on any of the Deformation subfolders and pull down Show to see the deformation and frequency in the main window Right click on the active Deformation subfolder and pull down Animate Left click on the right arrow start video button to animate the mode shape Video pause and stop buttons, video speed controls and save to AVI movie options are available Exit with green check mark 16) Buckling study Right click on the name of your part in the left panel and pull down Study Enter a suitable name for this study, select Type Buckling and accept with green check mark Right click on Load/Restraint in the left panel to restrain the left end of the bar and apply a force normal to right end of the bar Right click on the name of your buckling study and pull down Run An icon named Results should appear in the left panel with subfolders Right click on the Deformation subfolder and pull down Show Load Factor displayed in the main window is the ratio of buckling load divided by the current normal force defined in Load/Restraint Force