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peleus
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Hi all,
I'm trying to crack what is admittedly a homework question. I don't necessarily want you to just spit out the right answer for me, but if you could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
A shelf for a hot air dryer is to be made from acrylic sheet. The shelf is simply
supported as shown in Figure 1, and has width w = 500mm, thickness t = 8mm and
depth b = 200mm. It must carry a distributed load of 50N at 60oC with a design life of 8000 hours of continuous use. How much will the shelf sag in that time?
Essentially Figure 1 simply show's that the force is evenly distributed across the entire shelf, it's not a point load.
We also have a graph of Creep Modulus (GPa) vs Time (s).
8000 hours * 60 seconds/hour = 480000s
Reading the graph of 4.8x10^5 seconds, we have a Ec of ~2.5 GPa.
Can anyone give me some pointers of a direction to go in from here?
Thanks.
I'm trying to crack what is admittedly a homework question. I don't necessarily want you to just spit out the right answer for me, but if you could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
A shelf for a hot air dryer is to be made from acrylic sheet. The shelf is simply
supported as shown in Figure 1, and has width w = 500mm, thickness t = 8mm and
depth b = 200mm. It must carry a distributed load of 50N at 60oC with a design life of 8000 hours of continuous use. How much will the shelf sag in that time?
Essentially Figure 1 simply show's that the force is evenly distributed across the entire shelf, it's not a point load.
We also have a graph of Creep Modulus (GPa) vs Time (s).
8000 hours * 60 seconds/hour = 480000s
Reading the graph of 4.8x10^5 seconds, we have a Ec of ~2.5 GPa.
Can anyone give me some pointers of a direction to go in from here?
Thanks.