Complete Beam Design with MDSolids Verification

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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (MCE 2213)
Higher Colleges of technology-Dubai
Department of Mechanical Engineering
MECHANICS OF MATERIALS
(MCE 2213)
COMPLETE BEAM DESIGN WITH
MDSOLIDS VERIFICATION

MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (MCE 2213
Contents
PROBLEM STATEMENT........................................................................................... 2
TASK APPROACH.................................................................................................... 2
ANALYSIS 1............................................................................................................ 2
LOAD DIAGRAM.................................................................................................. 3
SHEAR FORCE DIAGRAM..................................................................................... 4
BENDING MOMENT DIAGRAM.............................................................................4
ANALYSIS 2............................................................................................................ 5
ANALYSIS 3............................................................................................................ 7
ANALYSIS 4.......................................................................................................... 10
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION.................................................................................. 11
APPENDICES......................................................................................................... 12
APPENDIX I- 3D MODEL MODEL........................................................................12
APPENDIX II – FEA SIMULATION DATA...............................................................13
Physical......................................................................................................... 13
Material(s)..................................................................................................... 13
Operating conditions..................................................................................... 13
Results........................................................................................................... 14
Figures.......................................................................................................... 15
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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (MCE 2213
PROBLEM STATEMENT
The task is to fully design the H beam shown above and verify the solution
obtained by analytical methods with solution from MD solids.
TASK APPROACH
A loading diagram was drawn, shear force diagram and a bending moment
diagram was drawn. A large I beam was selected tentatively from a table of
standard beams. using the properties of the selected beam, the maximum shear
and tensile stress were calculated using the maximum shear force and bending
moments read from the shear force and bending moment diagram respectively.
Stresses at critical stress were then determined.
MDSolids software was used to verify these results. An I beam was selected and
subjected to loading as per the task. The software was used to generate shear
force and bending moment diagrams. A beam similar to the one selected was
designed and material set to A36. Stress limits were input and the stresses at
critical points analysed. Autodesk Inventor was used to model and simulate the
beam.
ANALYSIS 1
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MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (MCE 2213
LOAD DIAGRAM.
We need to calculate the reactions at the support A and at 8 metres from A.
to calculate, we assume that the beam is at equilibrium. At equilibrium, the
sum of clockwise moments is equal to the sum of anticlockwise moments. The
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