What You’ll Create
This exercise uses the latch mechanism model from various Adams View tutorials. This latch securely clamps two halves of large shipping containers together and is based on the latches used to clamp the Lunar Excursion Module to the Command and Service Module in the Apollo space program. It must exert at least 800N of clamping force while being hand-actuated with no more than 80N. In this example, from the spreadsheet we'll modify the location of key design point and test the influence.
Note: | This tutorial assumes you are on a supported Windows operating system and using Excel. If this is not the case please instead see the tutorial "Using the Webpage Job Monitor with Adams View" |