Hydraulics Cabinet Structural Analysis under Inertial Loading

Summary

• Cabinet constructed from a steel frame and panels.
• Mechanical components welded or bolted to cabinet
• Beam and shell elements used to represent structure
• Point masses and rigid elements used to represent mechanical components
• Analysis undertaken to prove the integrity of steel frame and to ensure that the mechanical components remain attached under extreme inertia loading
• Axial force, shear force, bending moment, torsional moment and displacement results. These results were used as inputs to handcalcs carried out to BS 5950

Bending moment results for base of hydraulics cabinet

December 2002