Weight Reduction of Industrial Lift Platform by using Composite Sandwich Panel

In this paper, design and analyses of Sandwich structures are investigated for industrial Crane platform. Primary goal is to develop an equivalent cross section of structure material model that is a good substitute for the actual Vf Section core. By replacing the actual Vf Section base structure with the other two cross section model in CATIA, during the FEA in ANSYS, we get a advantages can be obtained with 3D modeling and model modification, solution time and hardware resources. To find out the best equivalent or better model among the approximate analytical models that can be found in the literature, a comparison is made. Both models are analyzed under the same loading and the boundary conditions. In finite element analyses, ANSYS finite element program is used. The results are compared to find out the best performing equivalent model. After three major analyses loops, decision on the equivalent model is made.