Load cases to analyse a bus-chassis part?
Load cases to analyse a bus-chassis part?
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Hi,
I have to evaluate via FEM a chassis part from a bus: the last transverse beam, which supports part of the motor weight. I am just wondering about the load cases I must consider. If the beam is 3-DOF restricted in its end, and the motor is simulated as a point-mass over the beam linked to it, how much should its weight be? 2g, 3g? If there is a braking, should I consider more than 1g?
I just don't want my motor to fall onto the street in any case....
Thak you everyone in advanced
PedroRB
I have to evaluate via FEM a chassis part from a bus: the last transverse beam, which supports part of the motor weight. I am just wondering about the load cases I must consider. If the beam is 3-DOF restricted in its end, and the motor is simulated as a point-mass over the beam linked to it, how much should its weight be? 2g, 3g? If there is a braking, should I consider more than 1g?
I just don't want my motor to fall onto the street in any case....
Thak you everyone in advanced
PedroRB





RE: Load cases to analyse a bus-chassis part?
I emphasise that this is very crude, and not really of much use for anything more sophisticatd than a back-of-the-envelope-calculation in the real world.
Cheers
Greg Locock