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Dynamic Simulation
Analyze front loader assembly
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In Inventor, click the ‘Projects’ icon in the ribbon. Navigate to Right click the ‘Level of Detail Dynamic Simulation’ in the
where you saved the project files and select Assy, Chassis, browser and select ‘Activate’.
Front DS.ipj. Then open Assy, Chassis, Front DS.iam.

3. 4.

Select ‘Concentric’ from the drop-down for the placement. In the browser, collape the ‘Grounded’ item.
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5. 6.

In the Graphics Window, select the hydraulic cylinder assme- In the Browser, under ‘Standard Joints’, right click ‘Cylindri-
bly, ‘PK46.43.04.0202:1 (~1)’. cal:2’ and select ‘Properties’ from the short cut menu.

7. 8.

In the ‘Joint Properties’ dialog box, on the dof 2 (T) tab, enter Apply load force ‘Dynamic Simulation > Load > Force’.
initial condition value of 400 mm. Then click ‘OK’.
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9. 10.

In the graphic window, select a point on the bottom of the Select the edge shown to specify the load direction.
bucket as shown.

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Flip the load direction so that it is pointing down. Switch to ‘Associative Load Direction’, and enter a value of 1250
N, then click Apply.
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13. 14.

Repeat step 9 - 12 on the mirror oposite side of the bucket. Select ‘Unknown Force Dynamic Simulation > Results > Un-
known Force’

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On the ‘Unknown Force’ dialog box, uncheck ‘Display’ Once the simulation completes in the ‘Output Grapher’, right
then click ‘OK’. click on ‘Step 200’, select ‘Search Max’.
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Right click the hightlighted step (Step 0), select Note the Maximum force of 40430.40
‘Curve Properties’. Close the ‘Properties’ dialog box. Close the ‘Output Grapher’.

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Exit the animation by clicking ‘Construction Mode’ on the In the browser, under ‘Standard Joints’, right click
‘Simulation Player’. Save your work. ‘Cylindrical:2’ and select ‘Properties’ from the short cut menu.
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In the ‘Joint Properties’ dialog box, on the ‘dof 2 (T)’ tab, select Enter a ‘Constant Value’ of 41500 N, Click ‘OK’.
‘Edit Joint Force’, check on ‘Enble Joint Force’, select ‘Constant
Value’.

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Select ‘Export to FEA Dynamic Simulation > Stress Analysis > In the graphics window, select the part shown.
Export to FEA’.
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Select ‘OK’ on the warning message dialog box. In the graphics window, select the sub-assembly shown,
right click and select ‘Flexible’ from the short cut menu.

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Select ‘Export to FEA Dynamic Simulation > Stress Analysis > In the graphics gindow, select the part shown. On the ‘Export
Export to FEA’. to FEA’ dialog box, click ‘OK’
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On the ‘FEA Load-Bearing Faces Selection’, under ‘Joints to On the ‘FEA Load-Bearing Faces Selection’, under ‘Joints to
complete’: ‘Load Bearing’, select ‘Welding:13’. Select the large complete’: ‘Load Bearing’, select ‘Revolution:14’. Select the
inside circular face shown. small inside circular face shown. Click ‘OK’.

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Run the simualtion, click ‘Run’ on the ‘Simulation Player’. Open the ‘Output Grapher’.
‘Dynamic Simulation > Results > Output Grapher’.
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On the ‘Output Grapher’, expand ‘Joint Revolution:14’, then On the ‘Output Grapher’, under ‘Joint Cylindrical:2’, uncheck
expand the Force folder, then check ‘On Force’. ‘P[2]’.

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On the ‘Output Grapher’, check ‘Time Step 1.00000’ to export it. On the ‘Output Grapher’, double click on the graph at the ‘0.5
time mark’.
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On the ‘Output Grapher’, check ‘Time Step 0.50000’ to export it. Repeat previous steps for the 0.75 time mark in the graph.

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Notice that the time steps have been added to the ‘Export to Exit the animation by clicking ‘Construction Mode’ on the
FEA’ folder in the ‘Output Grapher’. Close the ‘Output Grapher’. ‘Simulation Player’. Save your work.
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Start the ‘Stress Analysis Environment, Environments > Beign > Create a ‘New Study Analysis > Manage > Create Study’.
Stress Analysis’.

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On the ‘Create New Study’ dialog box, check on, ‘Detect and From the ‘Time Step’ drop down list, select the ‘t:1’ time step
Elminate Rigid Body Modes’, ‘Separte Stresses Across Contact Click ‘OK’.
Surfaces’, ‘Motion Loads Analysis’.
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Turn Off the display of the load glyphs by unchecking ‘Bounda- In the browser, right click on ‘Materials’, select ‘Show All Mate-
ry Conditions Analysis > Display > Boundary Conditions’. rials’ from the short cut menu.

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Click ‘Mesh Settings Analysis > Mesh > Mesh Settings’. On the Mesh Setting dialog box, enter the values: Average
Element Size: 0.250, Minimum Element Size: 0.375, Check ‘ON’,
‘Create Curved Mesh Elements’. Click ‘OK’.
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Click ‘Mesh View Analysis > Mesh > Mesh View’. Turn off Mesh Run simulation, click ‘Simulate Analysis > Solve > Simulate’.
View by clicking ‘Mesh View’ again.

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Click ‘Run’, on the ‘Simulate’ dialog box. Adjust the displacement display, Select ‘Adjusted x0.5
Analysis > Display > Displacement Adjustment’.
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53. 54.

Animate the analysis results ‘Analysis > Result > Animate’. Click the ‘Play’ button on the ‘Animate Results’ dialog box. View
the results animation. Areas of red are areas of concern.
Click ‘OK’ to close the animation.

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Place Probe to measure result at a selected point on the part Click on the part in the graphics window to place a Probe.
‘Analysis > Result > Probe’.
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Right click in the graphics gindow, select ‘Finish’ from the short Hide the Probe display by clicking Off the Probe Lables
cut menu. ‘Analysis > Display > Probe Lables’.

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In the browser, double click ‘Displacement’ under the ‘Results’. View the Displacement results in the graphics window. Areas
of red are areas of concern. To finsh the analysis, Click ‘Finish
Analysis’.
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