Aluminum Tie Stress Distribution Validation. |
I always thought a memo is like a report that every step needs to be clear and specific. However, the purpose of a memo was to show the supervisor the answer to a question, and convincing proves that the supervisor can finish reading in 5 minutes. This memo validated against the 1D analytic solution for uniform tensile loading based on Saint-Venant's principle for an aluminum tie. I modeled the geometry in ANSYS, then I used shell elements instead of 3D volume elements to construct the model because this type of element can reduce the amount of calculation. A less expensive numerical computation means a quicker processing time, and this means in the same duration, more iterations of this model can be solved. A major difference between a report and a memo is that a memo contains more screenshots and plots than a report, because even screenshots look less professional. Still, they are more direct than explanations in words. Thus, I included all the static structure conditions as screenshots in the memo on page 4. The significance of a memo becomes more evident in the research field. Since a research project usually covers at least several months or even longer, it is impossible to remember everything from the beginning to the end. Therefore, after one or two weeks of work, a memo is constructed to record any progress made or just some plots and what they illustrate.
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