rb1957: I would use FEA analysis but this is a small SMALL somewhat old-fashioned firm. My boss refuses to own a computer and does all of his work by hand... We dont really have any kind of engineering software here, save autosketch 9.
He has already made his calculations... he wants to see...
I have a made a quick sketch, but do not see an option to post... maybe this will help...
Imagine a rectactangle with the right side missing. This would be the interior outline of the structure. the horizontal dimension is 16" [x] and the vertical dimension is 24" [y]. The structure moves...
If I have a steel structure resembling a "U", and a hydraulic cylinder in the opening of this structure with a prescribed load of 154,000#, how will I determine what thickness of steel plate to fabricate this structure out of [if I know all other dimensions]? In school I only remember using FEA...
