Thank you, WARose, for the offer. I'll wait on that because I feel like this is more of me being naive than not having access to FEA software. Nonetheless thank you!
BAretired, I'll look into that.
FEA way, that some pretty cool software. I'll have to talk to my IT and see if I can download...
Thank you all for responding so quickly. I should have given you the actual problem I'm facing and not just how I simplified it. I have a bag house with ducting hanging off of it. The weight of the duct is ~600lbs and its COG from the wall of the BH is ~3ft. The hole for the outlet ducting is...
Hello,
I'm having some trouble determining the max stress on a sheet metal wall with ducting hanging off of it. I've attached a png of what I'm working with. The red square is the hole in the plate where the top and bottom of the plate can move freely and the two sides are rigidly held in...
