In this tutorial, you will conduct a static stress analysis of the loading on a pin joint assembly used as a hydraulic cylinder mount. We will use two types of contact between parts--bonded and surface contact. A rod eye is connected to a clevis with a pin joint and a retainer assembly. A tensile force of 1500 lbf is applied to the rod eye. The objective is to determine the displacement of the pin, the von Mises stress throughout the assembly, and contact forces.
This tutorial should take about 20 minutes to setup and run.
Important: Before you begin, download and extract the Quick Start Tutorial datasets by clicking here (if you have not downloaded them previously). Choose Save when prompted and save this file to a folder on your computer. Then, extract the contents of the zip file to the working folder of your choice. The dataset we will use for this tutorial is Joint_Assembly.dwg, which is an Inventor Fusion CAD model.
When you are ready, click here to start the tutorial.