Conveyors, cranes, scissor jacks, lifting
devices among other material handling equipments are required to
provide fail-safe service without compromising on safety. Though
Indian and Internationally accepted Standards provide methods for
design of these equipments, they serve as guidelines for incorporating
best design practices. Finite element analysis has become
commonplace to address cost and weight challenges without compromising
on integrity, safety and longevity of such heavy-duty mechanical
systems. Cosmos FEA has been aiding design engineers in providing
fail-safe designs to address mission-critical requirements. Some
of the areas of applications include:
- Stiffness and
strength calculations of load bearing members
- Factor of safety
calculations for combination of loads involving self-weight, payload,
wind-loads (for outdoor applications) among others
- Natural frequency
calculations for girders
- Weight and Cost
reduction strategies for load bearing members
- Limit load analysis
and buckling load factor calculations for full systems
- Performance
simulations of shipboard equipments subjected to shock and vibrations
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