Finite Element Analysis of a Steel Bracket

Abstract:

With the development of the society, sheet metal filing cabinets have become popular in the office. When filing cabinets store too many paper documents, the interlayer splints often fail because of the failure of the small brackets below. The stress and deformation of brackets were studied by the theoretical method and the finite element method. Results show some small machining shape defects have little influence on the mechanical behavior of brackets. The failure reason of small brackets is not the strength, but the instability.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1061-1062)
• Pages: 584-587
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1061-1062.584
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Xiao Liang Chen*, Zuan Tian, Yuan Ping Li
• Keywords: Finite Element Method (FEM), Steel Bracket, Strength, Stress

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