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[oe9ty2]

Hello to All,

I have the following project, that I designed a climbing arch, which you can turn upside down, and so you have a rocking/swinging bed for the toddler/child. My quiestion is, I am very new here and so with the software, but if I want to the the climbing arch as a rocking bed, how should i adjust it in ansys to tilt it from left to right and from right to left, and check if it gets to much pressure or not? Can a give the "radius" from where until where it should rocking?

Thank you and best regards to everyone,

Laszlo

[peteroznewman]

Hello Laszlo,

The analysis workflow often starts with the simplest analysis and proceeds to more complicated analysis after obtaining some acceptable results in the simplest analysis.

The first step in the workflow is to identify the load case.  You need to specify a worst case load and check that in the simplest analysis.

I suggest you start with a Static Structural analysis, and look at the structure as a climbing arch because it is very easy to apply supports to the three flat faces that would be touching the ground.

What is the weight of the heaviest toddler?  You can imagine all that weight applied at the center of a single rod. What is the width of a toddler heel? You would want to subdivide the face so you can apply the weight to a face at the center of the rod the width of a heel.

It's also helpful to perform a hand calculation on these simple models to determine approximately what you expect for a result. In this case, you can look up the beam bending equations and put a concentrated load at the center of a beam with fixed end conditions and calculate the deflection and stress you expect to get.