2009
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Stress Analysis
- 1 Get Started With Stress Analysis
- 2 Analyze Models
- 3 View Results
- 4 Revise Models and Stress Analyses
- 5 Generate Reports
- 6 Manage Stress Analysis Files
- Simulation
- Index
Contents
Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 1 Get Started With Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Learning Autodesk Inventor Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using Stress Analysis Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Understanding the Value of Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Understanding How Stress Analysis Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Analysis Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Interpreting Results of Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Equivalent Stress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Maximum and Minimum Principal Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Deformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Safety Factor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Frequency Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2 Analyze Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Working in the Stress Analysis Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Running Stress Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Verifying Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Applying Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Applying Constraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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