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Structural Analysis of Aluminum Alloy

The document outlines a procedural guide for conducting structural analysis using an elastic-perfectly plastic material model with 1060 aluminum alloy. It details steps for performing both linear and nonlinear analyses, including applying loads, creating meshes, and recording results. The analysis aims to study structural collapse due to material yielding and includes instructions for comparing results and observing the effects of increased load on the model's behavior.

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Structural Analysis of Aluminum Alloy

The document outlines a procedural guide for conducting structural analysis using an elastic-perfectly plastic material model with 1060 aluminum alloy. It details steps for performing both linear and nonlinear analyses, including applying loads, creating meshes, and recording results. The analysis aims to study structural collapse due to material yielding and includes instructions for comparing results and observing the effects of increased load on the model's behavior.

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ENGS 355 Structural Analysis Fall 2025

Objective: Conduct analysis with the elastic-perfectly plastic material model; study the
structural collapse caused by material yielding.

Figure 1. Bracket Model for Nonlinear Analysis


Procedure:
1. Assign material properties to be linear-elastic isotropic material, 1060 aluminum alloy
with yield strength of 27.6MPA (note that you will need to change the units for this
model).
2. Start a new study named Linear Analysis.
3. Apply a fixed restraint to the back face.
4. Apply a load of 5000N to the top face.
5. Apply a mesh.
a. Add a localized mesh control on the fillet with the top Mesh Parameters triangle
base set to 2.5mm.
b. Create a Mesh of 2nd-order elements, using the default Mesh Density.
6. Run the study.
a. Record your maximum stress; has your component yielded? Take a screen shot
of your results.
b. Record your maximum displacement; take a screen shot of your results
7. Save your study.
8. Start a new study; select Nonlinear under the Advanced Simulation and select Static
Analysis from the secondary options. Name the study Nonlinear Analysis.
9. Click Apply Material next to New Study Option. Verify that the material properties are
1060 aluminum alloy with yield strength of 27.6MPA; change the Model Type to be
Plasticity – Von Mises.
10. Apply a fixed restraint to the back face.
11. Apply a load of 5000N to the top face.
ENGS 355 Structural Analysis Fall 2025

12. Create the same mesh as you used in Step 5.


13. Run the study.
a. Record your maximum stress; has your component yielded? Take a screen shot
of your results.
b. Record your maximum displacement; take a screen shot of your results
c. How is this analysis different than your previous analysis? Which analysis is more
accurate? Why?
Note: You can compare the results from multiple studies by selecting Compare Results on the
top toolbar and then checking the results that you would like to view.
14. Create a copy of this study, double the load magnitude and run the nonlinear material
analysis again. Observe a solution crash. How many steps were successfully completed?
What is different than the previous nonlinear analysis?
Comment: When increasing the load to 10000N, the last successful step does not cause
plastification of the cross section. The next load increment causes complete plastification of the
cross section. Once this happens then a plastic hinge develops, causing a rigid body motion in
the model. That in turn, causes the solution to crash.

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