When adding pressure loads to a perpindicular face inventor states that the pressure is applied uniformly to the selected face.
As an example a disc of 300 mm dia(area= 70685 sq mm) with a uniform pressure load of 10MPa.
The Question is this !
Is the 10MPa load input construed by inventor as 10MPa per square mm or 10MPa over the entire disc area.
which is the correct interpretation?
Solved! Go to Solution.
Solved by blair. Go to Solution.
10MPa total over the area.
Thanks for the reply,if that is the case then i will have to rethink the plate thickness,the deflection seems awfully
high.
just for the record the input is as follows.
Plate dia = 488mm
thickness say 12 mm
pressure on plate area 29 psi(0.199 Mpa)
plate constraint on perimeter.
material .mild steel
analysis shows max displacement =0.48
If you wish have a look.
Regards
methoni
oops, let me wake up a bit and look at this again.
...back in a while.
In any case - it should be really easy to do a couple of virtual experiments to verify.
The answer is in your question. What's a MPa?
A MPa is 1,000,000 N/m² or 1 N/mm²
which is an expression of pressure.
Thanks for your input.
What started out as a simple problem now seems to be confusing.
So are you saying that if you enter a figure in inventor of say 10MPa,inventor knowing the surface area of plate(from original sketch input calculates the total load over the plate area.
The deflection/stress is then derived from this extrapolation.
Does this make sense ?
That makes sense.
As JD suggested, experiment. Try some simple exercises for which you can determine the results using classical methods until you're comfortable with the FEA interface.
There is a difference between "Pressure" and a "Force" load in Inventor. A pressure load of 10 psi on a 12" x 12" plate will produce a total "load" of 1440 lb. A "Force" load of 10 lb on a 12" x 12" plate will produce a total "load" of 10 lb.
The pressure load will always be acting perpendicular to the surface whereas a force load can be in any direction (vector) to the surface.
The area that Inventor will use is dependent of the units used. If you are using Imperial and apply a 10psi, then the load force will be the 10 lb on every square inch.
So a Pa is force of one Newton per square Meter and a MPa is 1,000,000 Pa
Can't find what you're looking for? Ask the community or share your knowledge.