2. GOALS
Studying the Compliant Mechanisms Kit , modelling the failure of the existing CM kit
and discovering possible intervention points for further development.
Devise an analytical Model for beam bending of beams with Fillet radii.
5. ABAQUS: MESH CONVERGENCE STUDY
Quad mesh and Non
linear geometry were
incorporated in the
analysis
Inferences:
The values of
deflection converged
whereas the values of
the maximum Von
Mises Stress did not
converge on mesh
refinement
14. PLOTS (CONTD)
3.60E-02
3.60E-02
3.60E-02
3.61E-02
3.61E-02
3.61E-02
3.61E-02
3.61E-02
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000
Deflection Vs Node Size (5cm)
Deflection Vs Node Size (5cm)
3.70E+07
3.80E+07
3.90E+07
4.00E+07
4.10E+07
4.20E+07
4.30E+07
4.40E+07
4.50E+07
4.60E+07
0 50000 100000 150000 200000 250000 300000 350000 400000
Von Mises Stress Vs Node Size (5cm)
Von Mises Stress Vs Node Size (5cm)
Von Mises Stress did not
Converge for the 5 cm
beam
15. VALIDATION
Validated the Deflection value from FEA with the deflection values with modified
Sivanagendra’s Code for beam bending.
Sivanagendra’s code does not work with T shaped beams
Modified the code to handle T beams
30. WAIT ,ISN’T THAT SUPPOSED TO HAVE A NEGATIVE SLOPE??
Inferences:
Stiffness decreases with increase in fillet radius.
What could possibly cause this ?
Geometric linearity
Coordinate System
36. SCOPE FOR FURTHER RESEARCH
User research : Conducting a large scale survey to better understand the product and
to identify improvement directions
Development of a beam bending equation( beam with fillets) for Non Linear
Geometry
Development of a deflection equation for a general n-line circular segment
interpolation.
Attempt to understand the pre-stressed nature of the beams ( Studying the existing
Manufacturing process)
37. WHAT I LEARNT FROM THE INTERNSHIP
I was introduced to FEA
FEA in ABAQUS
Basics of MATLAB and Maple
Learnt to operate the DMA Machine
Research is iterative in nature and requires a great investment of time and a
systematic approach.
I got a feel of how research is carried out in Academia
38. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would really like to thank Professor Ananthasuresh for giving me an opportunity to
be a part of versatile and diverse research community.
Nitish and Hari for helping me both in and beyond the confines of the project, their
suggestions were very valuable.
Navneet for helping me modify Sivanagendra’s code and for helping me with the
Mesh convergence plots.
Ramesh for helping me with DMA machine and with understanding the nitty-gritties
of ABAQUS.
39. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Niharika and Akshay for helping me realise the Analytical equations.
Vineet and Mayank for helping me get acquainted with the lab.
Santosh for ever complying to my demand for new beams.
Sivanagendra for his program on the bending of Cantilever beams.
The entire M2D2 and Biomechanics Lab groups for participating in the survey.