Recent content by Saint.V8

You bunch of superstars...now it has been explained, it is dead simple really... For some unknown reason, my brain couldn't fathom out which side of the argument was correct - I have been working on a simulation model and the results it was giving me just didn't seem right, and it is because I...

This is most likely dead simple but my brain has shut down for the day! Lets say a Hydraulic Jack is placed in a square steel frame so once the jack is operated it acts upon the top and bottom rails which are held in place by the two side rails... The jack is pumped up to say 10 tonnes - does...

Further too... Used the simulation software to tell me the reaction forces, then using the area of each pad on the reaction forces to give me the floor loading force. 2 images attached, one with the original 0.5m square pads and one with 1m square pads under the 'heavy' end...whilst the...

Many thanks for the reply, I thought as much that it may be neither of those solutions. I attach some diagrams of the structure to give a better understanding of the question. In the question above I used roughly generic figures, the images show the final dimensions. It has to be located in an...

Been trying to bend my head round something that is no doubt so simple it is unreal...! I am designing a structure that has a total weight of 1.6 tonnes (1600kg), the structure floor area is 8m x 3.5m and sits on 8 pads of 500mm x 500mm. To calculate the floor loading do I: Divide the weight...

Hi, New to the forum, I am a Design Engineer and hoping to help out where i can and find answers to where I can't !