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- Cantilevered shelving supported by a wall
Afternoon Guys
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Its been many years since I have done any calculations regarding beams and columns, but upon looking at buying a detached garage locally, we noticed it would come with some shelving. I know the material well as I use it where I work so I've got no concerns about the cantilever arms, the material, compressive loads or shear loads (Each arm is rated to 2500N point load at the tip)
However what does worry me is the reaction where the uprights are held by the wall and subsequently whether it could do damage to the 100mm thick breeze block partition wall
Below is the diagram for the shelving uprights. There are 3 uprights in total with shelving boards linking the three. The most I would plan to put up there is 100kg per shelf and assuming a pointload at the tip worst case. (Hence 327N per arm)
My only real concern is the horizontal load being applied to the wall at R1 as it resists toppling. My calculations look to simple imo and with my uni days long behind me, Im not at all confident in them. That said, if they are even close to being right then 315N total horizontal load on the wall doesnt worry me at all.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Cheers guys :)
Wonderful forum & recommended by my daughter who uses it regularly to help with her homework, so thank you all for that.
Its been many years since I have done any calculations regarding beams and columns, but upon looking at buying a detached garage locally, we noticed it would come with some shelving. I know the material well as I use it where I work so I've got no concerns about the cantilever arms, the material, compressive loads or shear loads (Each arm is rated to 2500N point load at the tip)
However what does worry me is the reaction where the uprights are held by the wall and subsequently whether it could do damage to the 100mm thick breeze block partition wall
Below is the diagram for the shelving uprights. There are 3 uprights in total with shelving boards linking the three. The most I would plan to put up there is 100kg per shelf and assuming a pointload at the tip worst case. (Hence 327N per arm)
My only real concern is the horizontal load being applied to the wall at R1 as it resists toppling. My calculations look to simple imo and with my uni days long behind me, Im not at all confident in them. That said, if they are even close to being right then 315N total horizontal load on the wall doesnt worry me at all.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Cheers guys :)