Thanks for the replies everyone,
Before I go further and look at moving the anchor position the flap is lifted from, could someone please sense check my calc on the Tension, T in the rope at a small opening angle, the Tension seems to be quote low for me (approx 1.5kN to open a 10kN valve...
You are correct it is a simple statics problem, unfortunately its been quite a while since high school. But my assumption is to resolve the moments about the pivot to determine the tension force required for equilibrium. Then to resolve the tension force to determine the horizontal/pull out...
Hi everyone,
I have attached a sketch which may help understand the question I have.
I have a hinged flap which hangs vertically (hinge at top). The flap weight is 10kN and it is 1.8m tall (uniform mass). At the bottom of the flap is a lifting eye.
2.5m away and 0.3m above height of the hinge...