Car Lift Design

Nandan Ground Support Equipments Pvt. Ltd.

Mumbai

14 May, 2008

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Geometry and BCs

3000Kg

mm
1200

Simplified Geometry used for analysis (Post

sans Platform)

500 Kg (Platform) + 2500 Kg (Load) =3000Kg = 30000 N

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Mesh Generation

Hex dominant element meshing done to get best

solution
No. of Nodes : 139894
No. of Elements: 27654

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Results: Total Deformation

Max ~1.9 cm occur at top hinge point : Hydraulic cylinder

to carriage

Black lines shows “un-deformed Structure”

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Results: Stress Plots

At roller and post contacts stresses values are higher than yeild point.

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Results: Shear Stress Plots at Post

Max near contact point: roller with post

Two more front rollers are

proposed to be added to
distribute load at four points
instead of two (present case)

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Results: Shear Stress Plots at Plate

High stresses because of singularities

(sharp radius)
Though it Should not be a problem in
reality, but thickness of plate may be
increased by 2mm to increase
safety factor

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Results: Shear Stress Plots at Bolt

Maximum shear stress is coming on bolt. This cud be because of two

reasons:
1. Sharp radius (singularity)
2. Material is taken as Structural steel (in reality this would be hardened
steel)

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Analysis Results of Platform alone

Max deformation ~13mm

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