Vibration analysis of shaft in SolidWorks and ANSYS
Grunwald, Benjamin (2018)
Saimaan ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201804275723
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201804275723
Tiivistelmä
The objective of this thesis was to explore the differences in use of a professional FEM-Software and a FEM-Simulation-Tool that is integrated in a 3D-Design software. The study was commissioned by Seppo Toivanen of Saimaa University of
Applied Sciences.
In order to determine the differences a vibration analysis of an output shaft of an electric motor with an attached planetary gear was carried out. Three different cases were simulated in each software. For every simulation case a control calculations was carried out to verify the results of the simulation. The information for this thesis was collected from books, internet sources, journals and the Help Guides of each software.
The results of this study show that both software can deliver adequate results but the professional FEM-Software offers more possibilities to reproduce the reality within the software. Therefore it is recommended to use the professional FEMSoftware for special and complex cases. Simulation of those cases requires highly skilled engineers, who know exactly what they do. In return the simulation tool is excellent for beginners in FEM to learn the basics and for quick analysis in between the designing work. For further investigations it is recommended to spread the study over several analysis types and to analyse several structures with different boundary conditions.
Applied Sciences.
In order to determine the differences a vibration analysis of an output shaft of an electric motor with an attached planetary gear was carried out. Three different cases were simulated in each software. For every simulation case a control calculations was carried out to verify the results of the simulation. The information for this thesis was collected from books, internet sources, journals and the Help Guides of each software.
The results of this study show that both software can deliver adequate results but the professional FEM-Software offers more possibilities to reproduce the reality within the software. Therefore it is recommended to use the professional FEMSoftware for special and complex cases. Simulation of those cases requires highly skilled engineers, who know exactly what they do. In return the simulation tool is excellent for beginners in FEM to learn the basics and for quick analysis in between the designing work. For further investigations it is recommended to spread the study over several analysis types and to analyse several structures with different boundary conditions.