Abstract—This work presents a study and implementation of the pretending of residual stresses in molding. The objects of study are a cast iron tractor Hub part (provided by the company ESCORT, Faridabad) and an optimized version of the Hub resulting from the application of a topology optimization process. The models are solved through an uncoupled thermo-mechanical solidification analysis, performed both in the FE commercial software Ansys and the results. The results shows that the part subjected to the topology optimization process develop less residual stresses than its original Hub.

Index Terms—ANSYS, Residul stresses

Cite: Mohd Rehan, Sachin Chaturvedi, and Mohd Parvez, "Pretending Through ANSYS of Residual Stresses in Cast Iron Tractor Hub," International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol.2 No.3, pp. 144-147, July 2013.