Design of Fixture for Measuring Tensile Properties of Walnut Shell

Abstract:

Measuring the tensile strength at the suture line of walnut shell is difficult by general fixtures. In this paper, a particular fixture was designed for measuring the tensile properties of the whole walnut shell based on the Pro/E software. The rigidities of main parts were checked by theory of mechanics combined with ANSYS. The results show that all the deformations were within the permissible scope, that is to say, this design is reasonable. Besides, four adjusting levers are designed to meet the size requirements of vary walnuts whose diameter is from 28mm to 40mm. Meanwhile, it can be conveniently located on the electronic universal testing machine.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 479-481)
• Pages: 1438-1441
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.479-481.1438
• Online since: February 2012
• Authors: Li Liang, Yu Ming Guo
• Keywords: ANSYS, Fixture, Pro/E, Tensile Properties, Walnut Shell

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