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Step 7: Verification & Validation

It is very important that you take the time to check the validity of your solution. This section leads you through some of the steps you can take to validate your solution.

Simple Checks

Does the deformed shape look reasonable and agree with the applied boundary conditions? We checked this in step 6.

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The forces in the X and Z directions are essentially zero and the total Y Axis is 100.00 (lbf) as expected.

Refine Mesh

Let's repeat the solution on a finer mesh with more smaller element size.Repeat the mesh steps, but this time use element size of 0.05 instead of 0.125. This will create 10 divisions through the thickness of the crank instead of 4.

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