Finite element analysis using solidwork software on innovative anti-animal trash bin

Abstract

The conflict between humans and long-tailed macaques still continues to this day. This is due to the increasing of human population that has led to the destruction of the natural habitat of long-tailed macaques for development and agricultural activities. Apart from that, feeding by humans to long-tailed macaques is also one of the factors that cause this conflict. As such, trash bins found in areas close to forest edges, residential areas and recreational areas are often targeted by long-tailed macaques in search for food. So with that, an anti-animal trash bin has been designed to solve this problem. This anti-animal trash bin has been specially designed using an opening and locking mechanism that prevents long-tailed macaques from being able to open the bin. However, there are a few disadvantages in terms of the material of the bin. Therefore, the main objective of this paper is to test several types of advanced materials to increase the strength of bin materials by using SolidWorks software. The materials used are AISI 1023 carbon steel, Chrome Stainless Steel and Ti- 5Al-2.5Sn Annealed. It was found that the Ti-5Al-2.5Sn Annealed had the highest max stress value of 1.137 x 105N/m2 which is 88.21% higher than Chrome Stainless Steel that had the lowest max stress value (max stress: 0.604 × 105N/m2).