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nonlinear contact analysis with FEM

Flattening tube in PrePoMax

Flattening aluminium tube in PrePoMax
Flattening mesh of an aluminium tube

Have you ever tried to flatten an aluminium tube in a vice? It is stronger than expected. I even damaged the vice a bit with this action. Then I made a model in FreeCAD and…

Published 9 January 2024By Peter Grosse
Categorised as PrePoMaxTagged CalculiX, contact, FEM, nonlinear, opensource, PrePoMax

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link

Bicycle chain with FEM stress results in PrePoMax
Bicycle chain with "von Mises stress" results

Some month ago I prepared a geometry from a rest of a bicycle chain in FreeCAD. I used only a caliper to measure the dimensions. Because I really wanted to test the nonlinear contact in…

Published 13 July 2023By Peter Grosse
Categorised as PrePoMaxTagged Bicycle, CalculiX, contact, fatigue, Fatlab, FEM, nonlinear, PrePoMax

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