Pressure acting upon sidewall of bottom housing (with 6 housings stacked above for transportation)

[pauldw2012]

I have been asked (by tomorrow) to calculate the pressure (in bar) acting upon the side wall of a conical housing. one Housing has 6 more housing sat upon it. the housings are spaced apart with 6 peices of wood.

Imagine if you will like 7 plastic cups stacked on top of one another. I need to ensure the side wall of the bottom cup will withstand the weight of the ones above it.

I have enclosed AutoCAD and PDF file of the sketch showing the stack of seven housings.

I know the maximum bar pressure each housing can withstand. I need to ensure that the bottom vessel will not be damaged by the 6 above.

Each housing weighs 2056kg
Therefore the 6 housings = 12336kg
The area of the pad between each housing is 0.134m squared. (243.5mm x 552.4mm)
There are 6 pads equi-spaced around the perimeter of each conical wall.

Can anyone help me out please?

 

[pauldw2012]

Here is a PDF for those without AutoCAD.

An answer with easy to follow explanations would be fantastic, as I need to present this tomorrow.

Regards and thanks in advance, Paul.

 

[SnTMan]

Looks like simple mechanics to me.

Regards,

Mike

 

[pauldw2012]

All sorted thanks. Worked it out myself. Cheers folks.

 

[DRWeig]

Pauldw2012,

In the future, please do not post the same question in multiple fora. See the posting policies, there is a link below my name.

Good on ya,

Goober Dave

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