I am looking to do an impact calc on a retaining cage and need help:
Problem: projectile hits cage at a known velocity. I know the velocity and mass at point of impact and need to know the resulting force on the structure.
Does anybody have any ideas? We typically do this kind of analysis...
Well actually we have to provide support structures all the time for our piping to provide for dropped object protection. The analysis is typically done with an ANSYS Dynamics package but I'm wanting to do this with simple conservative hand calcs. Thanks for the advice though, I'll check those...
I am looking to do an impact calc on a retaining cage and need help:
Problem: projectile hits cage at a known velocity. I know the velocity and mass at point of impact and need to know the resulting force on the structure.
Does anybody have any ideas?
I understand that charpy impact values give you an understanding of "material toughness".
If a matl has a charpy value of 32 ft*lbf at -50F and the test coupon was 1in X 1in X 1in, could I say that 1 cubic inch of this matl could sustain 32 ft*lbf of kinetic energy before failing?
With this...
We have a pressure cap that is contained by a cage. If the cap blows off I've calculated the velocity at point of impact on the cage. I need to know if the resulting impact will make the cage fail. There are four posts holding the cage on.
I can calculate the resulting K.E. of the cap...
