Fauntleroy's Sexy Mama Bridge





Author: Justin Fauntleroy


Company: Patriot Designs


Date: Dont Matter



  1. Introduction
  2. File Information
  3. Materials
  4. Load & Restraint Information
  5. Study Property
  6. Results
    1. Stress
    2. Displacement
    3. Displacement
    4. Factor of Safety
  7. Conclusion
  8. Appendix



1. Introduction



This bridge rocks my socks!


2. File Information



Model name: Bridge Base
Model location: Z:\SolidWorks Documents\Fauntleroy\Bridge Base.SLDPRT
Results location: C:\Temp
Study name: SimulationXpressStudy (-Default<As Machined>-)




3. Materials



No. Body Name Material Mass Volume
1 Bridge Base [SW]Balsa 0.0089876 kg 5.6176e-005 m^3



4. Load & Restraint Information



Fixture
Restraint1 <Bridge Base> on 2 Face(s) immovable (no translation).


Load
Load1 <Bridge Base> on 1 Face(s) apply normal force 15 lb using uniform distribution




5. Study Property


Mesh Information
Mesh Type: Solid Mesh
Mesher Used: Standard mesh
Automatic Transition: Off
Smooth Surface: On
Jacobian Check: 4 Points
Element Size: 0.23844 in
Tolerance: 0.011922 in
Quality: High
Number of elements: 11927
Number of nodes: 31670
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss): 00:00:21
Computer name: VMADMIN-054810C



Solver Information
Quality: High
Solver Type: Automatic








6. Results


6a. Stress



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot1 VON: von Mises Stress
3.39218 N/m^2
(-0.93529 in,
-0.1875 in,
-1.55769 in)
5.22893e+007 N/m^2
(8.41848 in,
-1.46394 in,
-1.28038 in)



Bridge Base-SimulationXpressStudy-Stress-Plot1
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6b. Displacement



Name Type Min Location Max Location
Plot2 URES: Resultant Displacement
0 m
(-1.79466 in,
-0.1875 in,
-2.90625 in)
0.00818192 m
(7.16073 in,
-1.84687 in,
-1.54908 in)



Bridge Base-SimulationXpressStudy-Displacement-Plot2
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6c. Displacement









6d. Factor of Safety






Bridge Base-SimulationXpressStudy-Factor of Safety-Plot4
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7. Conclusion



Bridge is still awsome!


8. Appendix



Material name: [SW]Balsa
Description:
Material Source:
Material Model Type: Linear Elastic Isotropic
Default Failure Criterion: Unknown
Application Data:

Property Name Value Units
Elastic modulus 3e+009 N/m^2
Poisson's ratio 0.29 NA
Mass density 159.99 kg/m^3
Yield strength 2e+007 N/m^2








Note:

SolidWorks SimulationXpress 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. SolidWorks SimulationXpress helps you reduce your time-to-market by reducing but not eliminating field tests.