Tutorial - Analyzing the rod for von-mises stress using Mechanica in Creo Elements/Pro?

Sudhir Gill

4 Feb, 2012 04:48 PM

Here is the tutorial.

1. Step 1:

   Start Creo Elements/Pro in Part mode.
   

   

2. Step 2:

   Sketch>>Top Plane and draw a circle of 20mm diameter.
   

   

3. Step 3:

   Extrude it by 200mm.
   

   

4. Step 4:

   Applications>>Mechanica.
   

   

5. Step 5:

   Click OK with default settings.
   

   

6. Step 6:

   Insert>>Displacement Constraints.
   

   

7. Step 7:

   Select front face and click OK. This will fix all the DOFs of the front face.
   

   

8. Step 8:

   Insert>>Force/Moment Load.
   

   

9. Step 9:

   Select the other face of the rod. And Enter an value of 10000 in X at Force and click OK.
   

   

10. Step 10:

    Properties>>material.
    

    

11. Step 11:

    Select Steel and Click >>> button.
    

    

12. Step 12:

    Properties>>material assignment.
    

    

13. Step 13:

    Keep default settings and click OK.
    

    

14. Step 14:

    Analysis>>Mechanica Analysis/Studies.
    

    

15. Step 15:

    Click File Menu and then New Static.
    

    

16. Step 16:

    Keep the default setting for now and click OK.
    

    

17. Step 17:

    Click the green flag to run the analysis. OK.
    

    

18. Step 18:

    Click Analysis menu and then Results.
    

    

19. Step 19:

    Click this icon.
    

    

20. Step 20:

    Select the analysis1 file just created and Click Open. A dialogue window will appear click OK and Show.
    

    

21. Step 21:

    The von-mises stress distribution is shown.
    

    

22. Step 22:

    Click that icon again and under display options check deformed and click OK and Show.
    

    

23. Step 23:

    Now we can see the deformed and undeformed state of the rod under load.