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Who knows about statics for a car ramp?

By german-pinball

5 years ago


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    #8 5 years ago

    At 4000 lbs you are looking at roughly 1000 lbs (~ 500 Kg) per wheel. The front wheels, supported by 6 posts each, seem sufficiently sturdy to me. That's less than 100 Kg per post. What I find particularly worrisome is the far end where you have about the same weight and only 2 supporting posts. If anything goes bad it will be at the far end. Your greatest enemy is the buckling of one of the columns. I would suggest adding supports at half height between the columns to prevent that from happening. Google "eulersche knicklast" for inspiration.
    Looks to me the entire structure should be turned upside down.

    #11 5 years ago

    The green in the front is good. Prevents the columns from buckling. The red keeps it from tipping sideways. Still, the ones in the back are what concerns me the most. Some kind of additional support in the back, from top to ground would be helpful.

    #12 5 years ago

    As a simple experiment, take a drinking straw and press on it until it buckles. Then cut it half length (or have someone holding it at half height) and repeat the experiment. You'll see that it takes a lot more force before the straw buckles in the middle (Knicklast).

    #14 5 years ago

    That's pretty awesome!

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