We've got a tilted shipping container here on a frame that we're using to house material. Now we're switching material to one of a higher density and I've been asked to find out how much weight the system can withstand. My problem is figuring out how to model this problem and what failure...
Hi,
It was recently brought up at the place I work that the mezzanine could possibly be overloaded. I calculated the point load on some 50 gallon barrels (the heaviest thing we have up there). Each barrel is 22.5" in diameter and weighs 200 kg. I calculated a load of ~160 lbs/ft^2. The...