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Drop Test - SolidWorks

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Drop Test - Material

Specify material for the mug

Right click

on Material

Select Edit Material

Choose material,

Ceramic Porcelain

2010 version

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Drop Test - Study Load Simulation: Tools Add-Ins, check the box

click on Drop Test

and name the file

Simulation creates two

folders: Setup and

Result Options

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Drop Test Setup Folder

Right click the

Setup folder and

select Define/Edit

Specify drop

height or velocity

at impact.

Vimpact = (2gh)1/2

Sets the height from which

the body is dropped from rest

Target: sets the orientation of

the impact plane

Normal to gravity. The impact plane is normal to gravity.

Parallel to Ref. plane. The impact plane is parallel to the

selected reference plane.

Target orientation reference. Select a reference plane

Sets the direction and value of

the acceleration of gravity

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Drop Test Setup Folder

1000

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Drop Test Result Options Folder

Right click the

Result Options

folder and select

Define/Edit

Sets the time to monitor what happens

to the object during the first 106

microseconds after the first impact.

Sets the time to start saving results.

The default value of 0 instructs the

program to start saving data from

the moment of first impact

Number of Plots, accept the default

25, this means that the solution is

divided into 25 intervals and the

results (plots) are saved for these

intervals only.

Select points (vertices), results

for these points will be available

in the time history plots

No. of graph steps per plot, Sets the number of graph intervals for result plots.

The total number of data points for each graph is equal to No. of plots times No.

of graph steps per plot.

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Drop Test Result Options Folder

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Drop Test Results

Stress, Strain and

displacement results

Right click the Results

and select Define Time

History Plots to view the

time history graphs.

Select a particular

vertex to obtain the

max. stress for that

location. Or select all

vertices.

Select the type of

stress to view

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Drop Test Results

Vertex 1

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Drop Test Results

Vertex 3

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Drop Test Results

Vertex 4

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Drop Test Results

Maximum Principal Stress Von Mises Stress

Vertex 3 Vertex 4

Compressive strength = 551 MPa, Tensile strength = 172 MPa

Ceramic Porcelain

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Create datum (reference)

plane to be used as target

orientation

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Direction of the

gravity force

Impact plane,

glancing off

Max. von Mises stress = 594 > 551 MPa

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Impact plane, direct contact

Gravity perpendicular to

the target plane

Max. von Mises stress = 831 > 551 MPa

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Max. von Mises stress = 870 > 551 MPa

Target plane

Perpendicular to

the target plane