Real versus actual measurments?
I am new to SimSolid. It seems very capable and has a lot of features I have not explored. But I have one area of concern, how does it relate to real world experience. Below is simple pipe:
- 47” long
- wall thickness of .065”
- Material is as below, Chromoly steel. Note that I get very similar results with AISI 4140 steel - Normalized from the default database
- Immovable at each end of the pipe (the faces)
- Load in the center on a .25” diameter circle is 50 lbs
As you can see the calculated displacement is .044727” in the center. Yet, if I take a piece of real chromoly pipe and load it like this its displacement is 0.165” in the lab, a 4X difference. Either the tool isn’t good at thin wall tubular material, or I am doing something wrong. Given all that I have read about the product, tutorials, etc. I am inclined to think the issue is how I am using the tool. But this is pretty simple analysis given the vast capabilities of the tool. Thoughts?
