Chain FEA Report

FEA Analyst- Deepto Banerjee

Amit Kumar
FEA Modelling
A Non-Linear Implicit Analysis of the chain was performed using the CAD data provided by the customer.
The modeling was done using 3D simple Tetra Elements with an average mesh size of 0.1 mm.
Materials used of the pin and bush was JIS SCM 420 and the plates are made in SAE 1050. SCM 420 has
a Yield strength of 685 MPa and a Ultimate Tensile Strength of 885 Mpa. SAE 1050 has a Yield Strength
of 590 Mpa and Ultimate tensile Strength of 880 Mpa. Youngs Modulus for both Material is 200 GPA,
with an Elongation of 8-25%.
As can be seen in th Figure below, a load of 30 KgF or 294.3 N was applied to both ends of the chain,
inside the bush (seen in Yellow) and the Constraints location is assumed and shown in Green Triangle on
the edge of the Pin Plate.
RESULTS








For our model breaking point is of higher significance, hence the UTS of the material will be considered instead of YS.
The maximum Stress (figure below) on the bush and bush plate linkage is 766.7 MPa and in the Pin and Pin Plate linkage is 206.4
MPa, both being below the UTS of both SAE 1050 and SMC 420. This shows that the linkage will not break when loaded to 30KgF
from both ends. The maximum strain in the linkage is 3.164X10^(-3) and is concentrated at the point of contact between the pin
and the bush, as seen in the Picture above.

Contact Pressure

The Below Plot shows the contact pressure of all the elements within the contact region. The maximum
contact pressure is 793.9MPa, however , it is a point load on the pin bush interface and not to be considered
as a Pressure load. The Pin-Bush interface is Loaded upto 360.9MPa, and the avarage contact pressure zones
range from 36.24 Mpa to 144.5MPa.
Conclusion
1. Neither the bush, plate or Pin have stresses Exceeding the UTS, and hence do not break under the given
load.
2. Since according to Hookes law = E, Where = Yield Stress, E = Youngs Modulus, and = elastic strain
limit, hence the maximum strain of 0.003164 in the inside section of the bush, is lower than the of JIS
SMC 420 steel, of 0.00345, there is no plastic deformation.
3. The maximum stress is found on the bush pin interface of 766.7 MPa , and though higher than the Yield
point of JIS SMC 420, is point stresses, causing no permanent plastic deformation.
4. Since there is presence of point stresses at critical junctions, repeated loading may lead to fatigue induced
failures such as crack propagation. Thus it is advisable to conduct a High Cycle Strain-Life Fatigue analysis,
to further study the model.