Anchor Plate
Anchor Plate Analysis
From this experiment, I was able to run a Static Structural Analysis on an Anchor Plate. After applying a load of 350 N by means of the negative z direction I was able to infer the following from the results. From the Safety Factor, I found that the device’s Factor of safety was always between 13.117 and 15. This means the device will not fail under these conditions, but may be over designed for this task. We can perhaps invest in a cheaper design with less material for the project, but this design will hold up easily, being at least 13 times stronger than it “needs” to be. As expected we found that the equivalent stress shows the most stress of 1.0569e7 Pa at the front corners, pulling the device backwards, with the edges, which appear to be welded in place taking a great deal of stress and the fixed positions experiencing larger stress.
Overall the majority of the design lies between 2426.8 Pa and 3.5246e6 Pa, which is entirely acceptable. I also found the total deformation is worst at the top of the anchor plate, which would make sense as it is being pulled back by the force. The base however seems generally unphased as you head closer to the base. If we wanted to remove material, we may be able to do so by drilling holes in the space between the counter bore holes, for the least impact.
