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COBEM 2017
24th ABCM International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF BEAMS UNDER ALTERNATING AXIAL LOADING
Submission Author:
Guilherme Duran , SP , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Guilherme Duran, William Manjud Maluf Filho
Presenter: Guilherme Duran
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2017.COB17-0228
Abstract
Amusement rides and roller coasters are the main attractions of amusement parks and fairs worldwide. In 2012, Walt Disney’s theme parks received over 126 million people. Accidents in these kinds of attractions are unusual, however get a lot of attention from the media and society when they happen. The use of redundant safety systems and computational analysis have become increasingly frequent, reducing failure risks and allowing designers to develop more thrilling attractions. It is appropriate, therefore, to study the impact of possible buckling failures that can occur in these devices, as well as possible solutions to bypass them. The object of this research is to calculate, by means of analytical equations available in literature and finite element analysis, the effective buckling length coefficient for a fixed end and a pinned end column, and compare them to the expected values given by differential equation solutions.
Keywords
Entertainment Equipment, Buckling, Finite Element Analysis
