Description
Return 1.5 × cantileverThickness × tipDeflection / length² as maximumSurfaceStrain.
A simple strain, compression, or neutral-axis formula models only part of a material's behavior. Geometry, loading, elasticity, and fatigue assumptions govern how the result can be used.
Return 1.5 × cantileverThickness × tipDeflection / length² as maximumSurfaceStrain.
When to use this tool
Use Industrial Design: Snap Fit Deflection Strain Explicit Geometry when you need one explicit deformation-model component.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter cantileverThickness, length, tipDeflection. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read result. Expand result to inspect the returned fields.
Require positive cantileverThickness and length and tipDeflection from zero through length/10. Return 1.5 × cantileverThickness × tipDeflection / length² as maximumSurfaceStrain.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| cantileverThickness | Cantilever Thickness | Required. Finite number. |
| length | Length, count, or code length under the stated domain and unit convention. | Required. Finite number. |
| tipDeflection | Tip Deflection | Required. Finite number. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| result | Result | Required. Object. |
| result.maximumSurfaceStrain | Dimensionless maximum surface strain in the stated small-deflection beam model. | Calculated result member: number. |
{
"input": {
"cantileverThickness": 2,
"length": 20,
"tipDeflection": 1
},
"output": {
"result": {
"maximumSurfaceStrain": 0.0075
}
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- This small-deflection cantilever estimate is dimensionless; material limits, stress concentration, fatigue, nonlinear geometry, and safe snap-fit design are not evaluated.
- Outputs are nested inside result. Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use validated material data and an appropriate mechanical analysis and test for safe design decisions.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Living Hinge Neutral Axis Length
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- Cable Strain Relief Clamp Compression
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