In total there was two fea analysis done, one on the mounts that hold the thruster in place an attached by epoxy, Anne one that analyzed the entire structure as a worst-case scenario. Beginning with the analysis of the ABS motor Mount we would like to make sure that it will hold during normal operating procedures.

Since the model for this fea analysis is in inches The US unit inch quantities will be used. The maximum thrust force on any of the thrusters is five kilograms, so when we multiply that by gravity, we come out to roughly fifty newtons which are also roughly eleven pounds of force. Dividing that by the curved surface area of the components, a shear force is calculated. The epoxy shear strength and ABS strength will be analyzed in Abaqus. The first step was to constrain the side attached to the hull of the UUV fixed. Then a surface shear force of about eleven pounds of force is applied the results will be in psi.