This lesson will begin the process of setting up a static stress study on
the steering wheel to make sure that it is strong
enough to handle the loads it will endure.
We will begin the process by creating a new design from
the FSAE steering wheel simulation file.
Once that is open, we'll change to the simulation work space
using the pull-down on the left end of the tool bar.
The new study dialog will appear asking
us what type of simulation we would like to perform.
I happened to have Fusion 360 Ultimate,
so I have eight different options of simulation available to me.
The type of simulation we want to run will be
static stress simulation and all versions of Fusion 360 have this capability.
The static stress selected,
I'll click OK to start the setup process.
On the right-hand side,
the dialog for getting started will appear.
This dialog will show you how to find
helpful tutorials and general information on different types of study that are available.
For now, we'll simply close the dialog.
On the left-hand side is a special version of the browser for simulation.
If I expand the model components,
I can see the individual components that make up the assembly.
I don't want to analyze all of them,
so I will deselect the components that I don't want to
analyze by removing the check from the checkbox.
The only components that I want to analyze are
the steering shaft and the steering wheel base plate.
But I will also deselect the tachometer circuit body
as it serves no real structural purpose for the steering wheel base.
When we're done, we can minimize the model components folder.
We can expand the study materials folder and it will show
us the materials that are being used for the remaining components.
Everything that is left is the default material which is steel.
Through simulation, we're hoping to find more effective materials for the job.
In the materials panel on the tool bar,
I can use the drop-down to see options.
You might have also noticed that the appearance of the model has
changed since we entered the simulation work space.
When entering the simulation work space,
the components took on the appearance of
their physical materials rather than the appearance overrides that were applied to them.
To explore the material options with our analysis,
we'll change them by selecting the study materials option.
When the dialog opens,
it will show us the current model materials.
If we choose to change the physical material in the model work space,
that change would be reflected here.
Instead, we will simply change the study materials using
the drop-down menu and selecting Aluminum 7075 for the steering wheel base plate,
and then scrolling down the alphabetic list to
Steel high-strength structural for the steering shaft.
We'll click OK to keep these changes and immediately,
you'll see the appearance of the model is changed based on the study material selected.
The high-strength structural steel shaft is presented in a darker gray,
and the aluminum steering wheel base plate is shown in more of a silver tone.
At this point, we will save the file and move to the next step.