About this tutorial

Perform a structural frequency (modal analysis) study to find natural mode shapes and frequencies of vibration.

Category

Simulation

Time Required

30 minutes

Tutorial File Used

Suspension-Fork_Complete.iam

Note: Click and read the required Tutorial Files Installation Instructions athttp://www.autodesk.com/inventor-tutorial-data-sets-2014 . Then download the tutorial data sets and the required Tutorial Files Installation Instructions, and install the datasets as instructed.

The tutorial uses an Inventor assembly. It demonstrates the process to create, solve and view results using 3D plots to illustrate the various mode shapes and corresponding frequency values.

Manual contacts and selection of advanced meshing settings are included. The first 10 mode shapes are found and the results are explained.

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