Simulation of bicycle

frame
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016
Designer: Solidworks
Study name: Frequency 1
Analysis type: Frequency

Table of Contents
Description...........................................1
Assumptions..........................................2
Model Information..................................2
Study Properties.....................................3
Units..................................................3
Material Properties.................................4
Loads and Fixtures..................................4
Connector Definitions..............................5
Contact Information................................5
Mesh information....................................6
Sensor Details........................................7
Study Results........................................8
Conclusion..........................................13

Description
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Simulation of bicycle frame

Assumptions

Model Information

Model name: bicycle frame

Current Configuration: Default<As Machined>

Solid Bodies
Document Name and
Reference
Fillet3

Treated As

Solid Body

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Volumetric Properties
Mass:1.83311 kg
Volume:0.000678929 m^3
Density:2700 kg/m^3
Weight:17.9645 N

Document Path/Date
Modified
D:\RESTORED
DATA\KETTERING\ACADEM
ICS\SUMMER
16\FEA\BYCICLE\bicycle
frame.SLDPRT
Sep 10 15:46:29 2016

Simulation of bicycle frame

Study Properties
Study name
Analysis type

Frequency 1
Frequency

Mesh type
Number of frequencies

Solid Mesh
5

Solver type
Soft Spring:

FFEPlus
Off

Incompatible bonding options

Thermal option

Automatic
Include temperature loads

Zero strain temperature

Include fluid pressure effects from SOLIDWORKS
Flow Simulation
Result folder

298 Kelvin
Off
SOLIDWORKS document (D:\RESTORED
DATA\KETTERING\ACADEMICS\SUMMER
16\FEA\BYCICLE)

Units
Unit system:
Length/Displacement

SI (MKS)
mm

Temperature
Angular velocity

Kelvin
Rad/sec

Pressure/Stress

N/m^2

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Material Properties
Model Reference

Properties
Name:
Model type:
Default failure
criterion:
Yield strength:
Tensile strength:
Mass density:
Elastic modulus:
Poisson's ratio:
Thermal expansion
coefficient:

Components

1060 Alloy
Linear Elastic Isotropic
Max von Mises Stress

SolidBody 1(Fillet3)(bicycle
frame)

2.75742e+007 N/m^2
6.89356e+007 N/m^2
2700 kg/m^3
6.9e+010 N/m^2
0.33
2.4e-005 /Kelvin

Curve Data:N/A

Loads and Fixtures

Fixture name

Fixture Image

Fixture Details
Entities:
Type:

2 face(s)
Fixed Hinge

Entities:
Type:

1 face(s)
Fixed Geometry

Fixed Hinge-1

Fixed-1

Entities:
Type:
Translation:
Units:

On Cylindrical
Faces-1

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1 face(s)
On Cylindrical Faces
---, 0 rad., --mm

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Connector Definitions
No Data

Contact Information
No Data

Mesh information
Mesh type
Mesher Used:

Solid Mesh
Curvature-based mesh

Jacobian points
Maximum element size

4 Points
51.8012 mm

Minimum element size

Mesh Quality Plot

10.3602 mm
High

Mesh information - Details

Total Nodes

45469

Total Elements
Maximum Aspect Ratio

23082
117.49

% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3

% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10

23.4
3.77

% of distorted elements(Jacobian)
Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss):

0
00:00:07

Computer name:

Mesh Quality Plots

Name

Type

Min

Max

Mesh Quality Plot1

Mesh

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Study Results
Name

Type

Min

Max

Amplitude1

AMPRES: Resultant Amplitude

Plot for Mode Shape: 1(Value =
126.052 Hz)

0.000e+000
Node: 915

1.352e+000
Node: 9737

bicycle frame-Frequency 1-Amplitude-Amplitude1

Name

Type

Min

Max

Amplitude2

AMPRES: Resultant Amplitude

Plot for Mode Shape: 2(Value =
185.031 Hz)

0.000e+000
Node: 915

1.523e+000
Node: 3480

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Name

Type

Min

Max

bicycle frame-Frequency 1-Amplitude-Amplitude2

Name

Type

Min

Max

Amplitude3

AMPRES: Resultant Amplitude

Plot for Mode Shape: 3(Value =
282.384 Hz)

0.000e+000
Node: 915

2.182e+000
Node: 16170

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Name

Type

Min

Max

bicycle frame-Frequency 1-Amplitude-Amplitude3

Name

Type

Min

Max

Amplitude4

AMPRES: Resultant Amplitude

Plot for Mode Shape: 4(Value =
306.22 Hz)

0.000e+000
Node: 915

1.883e+000
Node: 2571

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Name

Type

Min

Max

bicycle frame-Frequency 1-Amplitude-Amplitude4

Name

Type

Min

Max

Amplitude5

AMPRES: Resultant Amplitude

Plot for Mode Shape: 5(Value =
428.236 Hz)

0.000e+000
Node: 915

2.434e+000
Node: 15076

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Name

Type

Min

Max

bicycle frame-Frequency 1-Amplitude-Amplitude5

Mode List
Frequency Number

Rad/sec

Hertz

Seconds

792.01

126.05

0.0079332

1162.6

185.03

0.0054045

1774.3

282.38

0.0035413

1924

306.22

0.0032656

2690.7

428.24

0.0023352

Mass Participation (Normalized)

Mode Number

Frequency(Hertz)

X direction

Y direction

Z direction

126.05

6.3084e-009

2.2181e-011

0.65292

185.03

2.7053e-007

5.8994e-008

0.099558

282.38

0.016575

3.1744e-008

306.22

6.4042e-008

4.0747e-007

0.030003

428.24

1.4538e-006

4.8379e-006

0.001307

0.15067

Sum X = 0.15067

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Sum Y = 0.016581

Sum Z = 0.78379

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Conclusion

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