I'm having trouble running a Mechanica test on a shaft. The version of Pro/E I have only has Mechanica Lite. Here's a picture of the shaft. It's supported at the bearings shown and the rotor in the middle rotates. I want to study the stress in the shaft under the weight of itself and the rotor and under torsion from the rotor spinning.
http://i.imgur.com/iX2IK.jpg
I've opened Mechanica Lite from the shaft part file, but was unable to constrain properly where the bearings would be or apply the moment properly. The best thing I could think of was to add blocks as shown below that would act to support the shaft and that would essentially serve as the bearings. In the testing. I was able to constrain these blocks.
http://i.imgur.com/ci25b.jpg
Now I'm trying to apply a moment, but the moment option is greyed out no matter what I select (shown below). I'm also unsure how to apply gravity. I would appreciate help in running this analysis. My end goal is to see how much I can hollow out the shaft to save on weight and maintain strength. Thanks.
http://i.imgur.com/j13P7.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/iX2IK.jpg
I've opened Mechanica Lite from the shaft part file, but was unable to constrain properly where the bearings would be or apply the moment properly. The best thing I could think of was to add blocks as shown below that would act to support the shaft and that would essentially serve as the bearings. In the testing. I was able to constrain these blocks.
http://i.imgur.com/ci25b.jpg
Now I'm trying to apply a moment, but the moment option is greyed out no matter what I select (shown below). I'm also unsure how to apply gravity. I would appreciate help in running this analysis. My end goal is to see how much I can hollow out the shaft to save on weight and maintain strength. Thanks.
http://i.imgur.com/j13P7.jpg