Hello, I am new to solidworks simulation. I needed some help for my project, that basically aims in finding the stresses developed on a car rim.
What I basically want to know is how to apply a bearing load over an area, as i want to know whether the design of the rim will be able to take the load applied due to the wieght of the car. And how do I go through the simulation. How will a virtual wall help me??
Any other alternatives for finding the stresses, displacements on the rim due to the load acting on it.
I want the rim to be static and the main area of concentration is near the contact surface of the rim with the ground.
I have uploaded the rim I have made for testing.
I look forward for your help!
Thank you in advance.
I might try just open a sketch and draw two ovals, then project the sketch up to the rim areas and issue command "insert...curve...split line" to split the rim surfaces in two places. Then, just fix those two little surfaces (completely fixed). This will 'hold' the rim and hopefully stop the "large displacement" notice from popping up. However, the notice could still pop-up if the load is so large compared to the stiffness of the rim material/structure, that the deformation does fall out of the "small displacement theory".