Overview

In this tutorial, you’ll learn to compute stresses on a crankshaft model.

The model contains one rigid body of the piston and two flexible bodies with modal stress shape information from a NASTRAN analysis. A simulation will be performed of only the inertia effects of the crankshaft starting at rest and ramping up to about 5000 RPM in 0.1 seconds. The goal is to determine the maximum von Mises stress in the arm.

Stresses or strains can only be animated on flexible bodies that reference an MNF containing stress or strain modes. For more information, see the Adams Flex online help.

The tutorial includes the following sections:

This tutorial takes about one hour to complete.