Study on Analysis Support of Lubrication Phenomenon by Three-Dimensional CAD Development of Auxiliary Analysis Tool for CAD

Three-dimensional CAD (Computer Aided Design) software can be used to analyze phenomena related to movement such as vibration and friction. But this requires knowledge for handling material properties and uses special three-dimensional CAD functionality. For these reasons, analysis based on three-dimensional CAD of phenomena is greatly influenced by skill level in model design and enormous time if required due to processing of analysis. Therefore, it is difficult to treat as an auxiliary tool for analysis. Also, various software exist as three-dimensional CAD, but each software varies in method of use. In addition, automatically obtained finite element mesh data in analysis differs depending on software. Therefore, even with the same model, it is difficult to analyze under the same conditions and to obtain the same result [14]. In this paper, we will study the method for analyzing the lubrication phenomena. From this study we will propose a method easy even for beginners, and show that the analysis method is simple and quick and reduces the burden on the designer.