haha, you just solved my homework :-) no, seriously, I work as a product design engineer and with a large variation of types of projects/products it is difficult for me to stay sharp on all subjects and that is why I am posting questions here. Every now and then I am in need of making...
I will try. The bottom line is fixed/immovable and serves as one side of a rail per say. The wedge shape is part of a trolley moving along the rail, but unable to move perpendicular to the rail(bottom line) only parallel movement is allowed. There is two friction contact surfaces wedge-cylinder...
Over to a different sort of "wedging" or self-enhancing lock. How would you solve this? What would be the required angle in this particular case to ensure locking?
Thank you for further insight into the problem. It absolutely makes sense that the force is out of the equation at the end.
However, by adding some numbers for testing:
Beta=5 degrees
h1=20mm
h2=40mm
This yields a required friction coefficient of as little as my=0,043. Can this really be...
I am currently working on designing a linear brake/lock for a completely different purpose but it will be based on the same principle as in a quick clamp shown below. Before building a prototype I do want to make some rough calculations to check dimensions, angles etc. etc. However, I am for...