OS-1520 Stresses

scyrock

Hi, I am a beginner about non linear simulation, I want simulate a contact about a gear transmission.
In Altair tutorials I found this example:'OS-1520: Finite Sliding of Rack and Pinion Gear Model' that could help me.
In the simulation, the motion is create by 'enf_rotation' from a displacement of 5 radians. The load step hasn't Load declared and the rack is free to move on x.

Now I have three questions:

-What differece is between SPC and SPCD? If I used SPCD for 'enf_rotation' would I get a different result?

-Why there are contact stress in results? (There aren't forces or torque, the rack is free to slide)

-If I want evalue the contact stress about a gear trasmition with a motion torque on pinion and a resistence torque on gear wheel, is this hypermesh's tutorial a good way?

 

 

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FaroukM

What differece is between SPC and SPCD? 

Hi,

- SPC is an abbreviation of Single-Point Constrained. With a SPC you can define a sets or only a Single-Point that will be constrained. For example, in linear or non linear static analysis, you can use it to apply an enforced displacement, for thermal analysis you can use it to define a temperature BC ...

 

- SPCD is general, in addition to an enforced displacement (valid in static analysis), you can define velocity or acceleration for dynamic analysis. You can also use it to define an amplitude for a dynamic load.

-Why there are contact stress in results?

- Solving the contact problem mean find the contact pressure and hence, the stress and strain ....

 

Cheers,