Title: Case study of Stress Calculation using Stress Superposition Method for Linear Analysis
Abstract: Abstract: Stress is one of the critical designing parameters in structural analysis of any mechanical assembly. Calculation of stress and corresponding lead time also has significant role while performing any FEM analysis. This paper explores the method of calculation of stresses using Superposition principle and its applicability when multiple load cases needs to be analyzed. This paper also describes the validation procedure of the FEA results to show the correctness of the stress superposition method against actual FEM analysis. Keywords: Superposition principle, Hand calculation, FEM, linear Analysis, Rigid body elements