Joseph Toumanios | Mechanical Engineer

In this project I assigned a fixed support and a preexisting moment of 621.42 Nm for the saw blade.  As one would expect the most deformation occurs closer to the blades.  The shear stress seems consistent throughout, but one will notice the it forms ripples just off the center in a cross formation.  An example of this can be seen on the image to the left.  The same can be said of the normal stress of the saw blade.  The total deformation is much more dramatic as the blade turns and can be seen below.