The caulk gun is an assembly which consists of several parts, some of which can move. Several operational scenarios can exist for the caulk gun, but we chose to simulate the assembly in a static equilibrium state.
This simulation investigates when the trigger is pulled and the pushing force on the bottom of the caulk tube is about to overcome the internal tube resistance. At this instant, just before caulk exits the tube, the assembly is in static equilibrium.
On the ribbon, click
Environments tab
Begin panel
Stress Analysis
to enter the Stress Analysis environment.
Expand Caulk Gun.iam in the Stress Analysis browser. We exclude the following components from the simulation:
- Caulk Tube [8]
- Actuator Spring [9] (not modeled, but simulated with Spring contact)
- Lock Spring [10]
- Lock [11]
