Weight reduction of Industrial Lift Platform

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

In this paper, design and analyses of Sandwich structures are investigated for industrial Crane platform. Primary goal is to develop an equivalent cross section of structure material model that is a good substitute for the actual V Section core. By replacing the actual V Section structure with the other cross section model, during the finite element analyses, substantial advantages can be obtained with regard to ease of modeling and model modification, solution time and hardware resources. To figure out the best equivalent model among the approximate analytical models that can be found in the literature, a comparison is made. Both models are analyzed under the same loading and the boundary conditions. In finite element analyses, ANSYS finite element program is used. The results are compared to find out the best performing equivalent model. After three major analyses loops, decision on the equivalent model is made.

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