Optimum Design and Dynamic Analysis of a Full Glass Panoramic Car Elevator Through Finite Element Modeling and Experimental Tests

摘要

A systematic optimum design procedure, including an accurate dynamic analysis of a full glass panoramic car elevator under real dynamic load conditions are presented in this work. The cabin is manufactured entirely of glass, except the roof and the platform. A "mixed computational-experimental" analysis method, with appropriate FE model updating techniques are applied, in order to simulate accurately the dynamic behaviour of either the glass components and the whole system, in emergency situations like safety gear engagement, rapture vane activation or emergency brakes activation in traction elevators. Comparison of the numerical and experimental data verifies that the proposed method is quite reliable.