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04 Simscale Assignment Report - Example

This report summarizes a finite element analysis of a connecting rod performed in SimScale. Four different mesh densities were tested: very coarse, coarse, moderate, and very fine. The number of elements increased with finer meshes. Maximum displacement and stress were analyzed and compared to mesh coarseness. Finer meshes had higher accuracy but longer runtimes. The results agreed with literature that mesh density affects accuracy, with inadequate meshing potentially causing significant errors.

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04 Simscale Assignment Report - Example

This report summarizes a finite element analysis of a connecting rod performed in SimScale. Four different mesh densities were tested: very coarse, coarse, moderate, and very fine. The number of elements increased with finer meshes. Maximum displacement and stress were analyzed and compared to mesh coarseness. Finer meshes had higher accuracy but longer runtimes. The results agreed with literature that mesh density affects accuracy, with inadequate meshing potentially causing significant errors.

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[Computational Simulations

and Finite Element Method]


[REPORT]

Abstract
Recently, computational simulations have become an extremely useful tool for solving various
problems in engineering, this report will show the finite element method and solid body analysis.
Software used was SimScale, a computer-aided engineering (CAE) software product based on
cloud computing. A structural analysis of a connecting rod has performed under various type of
mesh. Result showed a good agreement between mesh coarseness and maximum displacement
and maximum stress.

Priyambodo Nur Ardi Nugroho


Department of Ship Building
Shipbuilding Institute of Polytechnic Surabaya
[priyambodo@ppns.ac.id]
Description of the Analyzed Problem
This report will demonstrate a structural analysis of a connecting rod, and the goal was to
analyze the stress field of the connecting rod under pressure load. This problem will use quasi
static and linear model. Software used was web browser platform SimScale, a computer-aided
engineering (CAE) software product based on cloud computing. SimScale was developed by
SimScale GmbH and allows Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis and
Thermal simulations. SimScale could be accessed in Website https://www.simscale.com/

Figure. 1 Structural Analysis of Connecting Rod

Description of the Numerical Model


Model geometry and structure of the connecting rod was using geometry from the Tutorial 1,
with diagonal length 0.195358 [m], as constraints, one side of the connecting rod was fixed while
as load 3 MPa of pressure load was applied as seen in Figure 2. Maximum displacement and
maximum stress were analyzed.Connecting rod was made of aluminum, with material properties
as follow: Young’s Modulus: 70 [GPa]; Poisson’s Ratio: 0.3; and density: 2700 [kg/m 3]

Figure 2 Model Geometry and Structure of Connecting Rod

Type of Discretization:
4 (four) type of mesh was performed to analyze the effect of mesh coarseness to the
displacement and maximum stress. Meshing results could be seen as follow:
Figure 3. Very Coarse Mesh

Figure 4. Coarse Mesh

Figure 5. Moderate Mesh

Figure 6. Very Fine Mesh


Result Representation
Number of elements, maximum displacement and maximum stress for each mesh density could
be seen in Table 1. All number of elements, including nodes number, 1D, 2D and 3D elements
are all increased with the finer mesh density. In average, coarse mesh density possess 2% more
number of finite elements compared to very coarse mesh density. While moderate mesh density
has 42% more finite elements compared to coarse mesh density. The finest mesh density has
about 595% more finite elements compared to moderate mesh density.

Table 1. Number of Elements, Max Displacement and Max Stress


Discussion and Conclusions

In finite element analysis, mesh density is a critical issue which closely relates to the accuracy of the finite element
models while directly determines their complexity level. A high-quality mesh is one of the most critical factors that
must be considered to ensure simulation accuracy, and this is why it is very important to check and improve the
mesh quality. Increasing the “Fineness” level will gradually increase the mesh size in the overall domain. Inadequate
mesh-fineness may cause significant error in the result estimate from finite element analysis.

References:
A. Chowdhury, C.N. Kostem, Significance of mesh-fineness in accuracy of finite element analysis of hyperbolic
cooling tower shells, Computers & Structures, Volume 40, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 237-241, ISSN 0045-7949,
https://doi.org/10.1016/0045-7949(91)90350-U.

Liu, Yucheng. (2013). Effects of Mesh Density on Finite Element Analysis. SAE Technical Papers. 2.
10.4271/2013-01-1375.

https://simscale.com
Very Coarse Mesh
First Order
Nodes 15646
1D elements (edges) 4082
2D elements (faces) 17774
3D elements (volumes) 65207
Runtime 7 min
Coarse Mesh
First Order
Nodes 16018
1D elements (edges) 4118
2D elements (faces) 18318
3D elements (volumes) 66574
Runtime 1 min
Moderate Mesh
Nodes 25000
1D elements (edges) 4588
2D elements (faces) 25032
3D elements (volumes) 109495
Runtime 6 min
Very Fine Mesh
First Order
Nodes 231083
1D elements (edges) 10199
2D elements (faces) 147362
3D elements (volumes) 1143698
Runtime 7 min

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