Batangas State University

Simulation of
Centrifuge
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016
Designer: Abdala et. al
Study name: Static 1
Analysis type: Static

Table of Contents

Description
Design and Development of Soybean Grinding and Soymilk
Centrifugal Separating Machine

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Description...........................................1
Assumptions..........................................2
Model Information..................................2
Study Properties.....................................5
Units..................................................5
Material Properties.................................6
Loads and Fixtures..................................7
Connector Definitions..............................8
Contact Information................................8
Mesh Information....................................9
Sensor Details......................................10
Resultant Forces...................................10
Beams...............................................11
Study Results.......................................12
Conclusion..........................................15

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Assumptions
Fixture installed on the location of the bearing. Speed used for the shaft is 1500 rpm as used in the study.
The force used inside the centrifuge filter is 10 N.

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Model Information

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Model name: FOR STUDY

Current Configuration: Default

Solid Bodies
Document Name and
Reference
5.0mm Clearance Dowel
Hole1

Treated As

Solid Body

Volumetric Properties

Document Path/Date
Modified

Mass:0.0752431 kg
Volume:9.40539e-006 m^3
Density:8000 kg/m^3
Weight:0.737382 N

C:\Users\Louie
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DPRT
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Mass:4.54703 kg
Volume:0.000568379 m^3
Density:8000 kg/m^3
Weight:44.5609 N

C:\Users\Louie
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RT
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Cut-Extrude3

Solid Body

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Study Properties
Study name

Static 1

Analysis type
Mesh type

Static
Solid Mesh

Thermal Effect:
Thermal option

On
Include temperature loads

Zero strain temperature

Include fluid pressure effects from SolidWorks
Flow Simulation
Solver type
Inplane Effect:

298 Kelvin
Off

Soft Spring:
Inertial Relief:

Off
Off

Incompatible bonding options

Large displacement

Automatic
Off

Compute free body forces

Friction

On
Off

Use Adaptive Method:

Result folder

Off
SolidWorks document (C:\Users\Louie
Abdala\Documents\THESIS\design\FINAL)

FFEPlus
Off

Units
Unit system:

SI (MKS)

Length/Displacement
Temperature

mm
Kelvin

Angular velocity
Pressure/Stress

Rad/sec
N/m^2

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Material Properties
Model Reference

Properties
Name:
Model type:
Default failure
criterion:
Yield strength:
Tensile strength:
Elastic modulus:
Poisson's ratio:
Mass density:
Thermal expansion
coefficient:

AISI 316 Stainless Steel

Sheet (SS)
Linear Elastic Isotropic
Max von Mises Stress
1.72369e+008 N/m^2
5.8e+008 N/m^2
1.93e+011 N/m^2
0.27
8000 kg/m^3
1.6e-005 /Kelvin

Components
SolidBody 1(5.0mm
Clearance Dowel Hole1)
(Impeller-1),
SolidBody 1(Cut-Extrude3)
(Stator-1),
SolidBody 1(Boss-Extrude1)
(baseplate-1),
SolidBody 1(Boss-Extrude1)
(filter-1),
SolidBody 1(FlangeHexFillet)
(hex flange screw_am-2),
SolidBody 1(Cut-Extrude7)
(rotor-1),
SolidBody 1(Boss-Extrude2)
(shaft-1)

Curve Data:N/A

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Loads and Fixtures

Fixture name

Fixture Image

Fixture Details
Entities:
Type:

1 face(s)
Fixed Geometry

Fixed-1

Resultant Forces
Components
Reaction force(N)
Reaction Moment(N.m)

Load name

X
-5.44009
0

Load Image

Y
14.5089
0

Z
-2.34184
0

Resultant
15.6712
0

Load Details
Centrifugal, Ref:
Angular Velocity:
Angular Acceleration:

Face< 1 >
1500 rpm
0 rpm^2

Centrifugal-1

Entities:
Type:
Value:

2 face(s)
Apply normal force
10 N

Force-1

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Connector Definitions
No Data

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Contact Information
Contact

Contact Image

Contact Set-30

Contact Properties
Type: No Penetration
contact pair
Entites: 2 face(s)
Advanced: Node to
surface

Contact/Friction forces
Components
Contact Force(N)

X
0.021313

Y
18.525

Z
-0.1093

Resultant
18.525

Type: Node to node

Components: 1 component(s)

Global Contact

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Mesh Information
Mesh type
Mesher Used:

Solid Mesh
Curvature based mesh

Jacobian points
Maximum element size

4 Points
148.022 mm

Minimum element size

Mesh Quality

29.6045 mm
High

Remesh failed parts with incompatible mesh

On

Mesh Information - Details

Total Nodes
Total Elements

38931
17500

Maximum Aspect Ratio

% of elements with Aspect Ratio < 3

133.18
54.8

% of elements with Aspect Ratio > 10

% of distorted elements(Jacobian)

4.61
0

Time to complete mesh(hh;mm;ss):

Computer name:

00:01:07
LOUIE

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Sensor Details
No Data

Resultant Forces
Reaction Forces
Selection set

Units

Sum X

Sum Y

Sum Z

Resultant

Entire Model

-5.44009

14.5089

-2.34184

15.6712

Reaction Moments
Selection set

Units

Sum X

Sum Y

Sum Z

Resultant

Entire Model

N.m

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Beams
No Data

Study Results
Name

Type

Min

Max

Stress1

VON: von Mises Stress

4441.59 N/m^2
Node: 38374

2.52912e+007 N/m^2
Node: 6886

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Name

Type

Min

Max

Displacement1

URES: Resultant Displacement

0 mm
Node: 38237

1.39423 mm
Node: 788

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