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If someone wants to have a test run of big assembly in SIMSOLID then let me know. www.2st.nl info@2st.nl Saco van Loon www 2st nl

As it is through thickness stress, the material will yield in shear. A hole will be punched. Saco van Loon www 2st nl

Make cuts in your beam model and ask for all forces, moments, translations and rotations. Apply these to the plate model, and fix the model according to the 1, 2 ,3 method (free free) with three points. The points should be at a place, where no load or constraint is acting. If all is well, the...

Have you considered CAELinux? It is open source. Saco van Loon 2st

1st model something you know and get a feel for the fea. Then move on to more complex models. Saco van Loon 2st

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My boss suggests SAP 2000 for crane calculation. I work in Europe so the standards supported should be european too. We now have a perfect working program : Krasta. German and very good supported. Costs 3000 Eu single seat. http://www.kuehne-bsb.de/ Any thoughts or suggestions?

No, a model loosely based on Topaloff. I want to mention again that the stresses in the polyurethane are not the limiting factor. The connection to the bearing material is! Do you have the possibility to make the roller in a V shape? This will increase the surface in contact with the pipes.

I did a calculation on the same problem. At the time i did not have access to a non linear solver. I did it in Excel. The problem with a layer of polyurethane on steel is the shear stress in the layer where the polyurethane is connected/cured to the steel. There in most cases the system fails...