I phrased my comment wrong. My bad.
The bottleneck here is the cylinder. I got the strongest one available (3000 operating psi) for its size which equates to about 2.4/1.8 metric tons of push/pull. I don't know how much weight the arm can lift, but it's not too important right now. I'm trying...
The device is a large complex robotic arm controlled by multiple hydraulic cylinders, which in turn is controlled by a FPGA board. The arm is designed to regularly hold and move 2 metric tons of weight.
These brackets will be welded directly onto the arm and the hydraulic cylinders will...
Just need someone to double check my work.
So the bracket is going to be cut out from a steel plate in a weird, rounded out triangular shape, and then a hole will be drilled through it. For simplicity though, let's just say the bracket is a ring with one half of it welded onto a wall. OD of the...
I have a hydraulic cylinder that can lift up to 3 metric tons and I want to attach it to an arm.
The bracket is in a rigid U shape (right angles only, no round corners), with a round pin going through it.
At first I thought it'd be a simple bending stress calculation, but there is a giant hole...
Yes this is a thought experiment. Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt myself in the name of physics ^_^. Springs are required in my construct and I am just curious if they can double as a cushion.
I set the height as undetermined because of the reasons you stated. I haven't decided on the spring...
Lets say there is a rigid metal box. It is 1meter wide, 2meters long and an undetermined height. The thickness of the box's metal walls are also undetermined. The entire box weighs 2 metric tons.
There is a person lying face down or face up in this box, and inside the box, the bottom and top of...
Thank you. My understanding was the ultimate tensile strength was the dangerous one and the yield stress was the optimal one. Thank you for clarifying before I made a huge mistake.
The pipes are the main load bearing members. The pipes make up the skeleton of the structure, and I will be welding various things onto the pipe. The reason why I am using pipes instead of round bars is to make the structure lighter. No fluid will be flowing through the pipes. The hydraulic...
I'm making a robotic structure using hydraulics and pipes, and I need to choose what size pipe and thickness I will be using.
I've searched online to the best of my ability but all I got were equations for I-beams.
I've taken statics in college so I know how to calculate all the loads in a...