• Nikhil Nitin Kulkarni
• Dr. Joshi S.P

Isolators, also used to reduce vibrations in a system, consist of nitrile rubber and mild-steel sandwich structure. Isolator provides control in vibrations in base structure on which it gets mounted. For this paper, we are verifying isolator deformation in practical conditions and in virtual, meanwhile using ANSYS WORKBENCH. Here, we are considering only vertical load applied on isolator as a dead load of the system mounted on isolators. We have modeled 3D-sandwich structure of isolator in ANSYS Modeler and manufactured in practical as well. In ANSYS, we applied materials to the models as per the material tests carried in the laboratory. To get the deformation in software, we used the STATIC STRUCTURAL module in ANSYS WORKBENCH. In practical, we tested our model on UTS machine. As output, we got force Vs deflection points and curve. By applying various vertical loads in practical testing and in software, we compared the result values. In conclusion, we got approximately same deformation values in software as compared with the laboratory testing carried on UTS machine.

Sandwich Isolator, FEA, Modeling, ANSYS Workbench, Deformation.

"STATIC STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION ANALYSIS OF SANDWICH ISOLATOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.342-346, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06059.pdf

"STATIC STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION ANALYSIS OF SANDWICH ISOLATOR", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp342-346, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAH06059.pdf