One principal stress on a free surface should be zero, but its not. Why?
On a free boundary surface of a solid, one of the principal stresses should be zero (plane stress), or equal to the applied pressure, if there is a pressure load on it. This, seemingly simple boundary...
View ArticleCreo Analysis Capabilities?
Hi, Does anyone have a list (or better yet know where PTC has a published list) of Creo Parametric 2.0's analysis features and if possible their capabilities within the design process? Particually...
View ArticleUsing Fasteners - Creo Simulate
I was studying about the use of fasteners (adding them directly with the software tool) in Creo Simulate 2.0 and I couldn't find some answers for the doubts below: Simulate 2.0 really doesn't...
View ArticleImpact Analysis / Drop Test Simulation
Hello everybody, I am trying to simulate a drop test of a headform & helmet in ProMechanica. I have actual acceleration and time readings from the accelerometers and material properties required...
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Mechanica Analysis errors out.
I am trying to do an static analysis on a car frame. Here I took a screen shot of a test run I tried in mechanica. It consists of two tubes meeting at about 70 degrees. You can see the red blob of...
View ArticleExplanation of Buckling
Hello,Someone he already made simulations of buckling.Because I do not understand the result in buckling of a rod with several ( BLF) bending load factor , I still getthe same scale of displacement,...
View ArticleWhich constraint set
Hi again, Questions are thick and fast this week. If I have a patterned part (20 times say) and that part has constraints and loads defined in it, does the order of appearance of the constraint and...
View Articlecylindrical csys enforced displacement constraints
Hello All, A simple model comprising a cylindrical bar held at one end. The constraint is defined in a cylindrical csys as it is desired the bar should rotate relative to an applied load. The rotation...
View ArticleRAM and hyperelastic
Hi, I have just run an interesting hyperelastic model, it took 3 days and did not complete. (I can't share the model). Over the 3 days I periodically monitored the study and watched the RAM get...
View ArticleDesign for Railway carriage
Hi everyone, I was just designing a railway passenger bogie. What will be the best method to draw in Creo 2.0 parametric I was thinking of beam elements are to be used o/ r extrusion of part. Attached...
View ArticleRigid link versus weighted link
hello Everybody I have a model where I want to assign a mass , but this mass is outside the model.First I have created a point where my mass will be located but I don't know what is the best solution...
View ArticleFastener with preload for 3 components
Hi, So I'm wondering what is the best method to fasten 3 components together and apply a preload? I'm running Creo 2.0 and I've had no issues using the advanced fastener tool with 2 components,...
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How to know the beam element node reaction force and moment in Pro Mechanica
Hello all, I am new to Pro Mechanica. I have a question regarding to probe the reaction force and moment at a node of a beam element. In my application, I use the beam element to represent my whole...
View ArticleHow Does One View FEA Elements Inside a Solid Mesh?
After I mesh an assembly I can not see the elements inside of the solids. This makes debugiging a mesh very difficult in many cases. Is there a way to change the display of the mesh to make the surface...
View ArticleDocument on Pro Mechanica. WF2
Hello, I just found this document on Pro Mechanica. WF2. I know this is not brand new, but the base is always the same, it can troubleshoot it. The literature on simulation is not easy to find. If...
View ArticleSub-assemblies registering as 0 mass in top assembly?
I'm trying to run a dynamic analysis using a servo motor and just gravity for a landing gear, but everytime I try I get an error message stating parts have zero mass. I know it's the sub-assemblies...
View ArticleFastener "separation stress" measure
Hi all,I wondered the real significance of that measure that you have when you create a fastener.In my opinion it is the value of pressure in the little area around each hole, whose diameter you can...
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Where is RMS Results?
I ran some random vibration analysis and I'm wondering despite checking the box I don't have any RMS resutls in the log or results. Shouldn't creo calculate it for me?
View Articlebug in displacement?
after analysing my model, a component which was constraint on one side and the other side of that was resting on a V groove had most deformation.But what results shows me is that my component deformed...
View ArticleQuestion about the latest version 3B2 :Arbortext
Question about the latest version 3B2Have you been to solve this problem with the Arabic language as when additions or movements formation does not appear in the text and disappear.Have you been to...
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