AN EXACT SOLUTION OF STRESS OF UNIFORMLY LOADED CROSS-PIECES

Crosspieces which are varied with respect to the handling capacity are used as a materials handling equipment. They retain the hooks and support the handling sheaves in hoisting blocks of cranes. The application of uniformly distributed load on semi-circular pattern of cross-pieces and finite element static stress analysis are presented. In this study, an exact solution of stress of uniformly loaded cross-piece is investigated. In order to compare the stress results obtained finite element and exact solution methods, an illustrative example is given.