Experimental Determination of Deflections and Stress in Guide Rail Fixtures

摘要

Guide rails and joint components are significant elements of an elevator system in terms of ensuring safety travel. Bending and buckling stresses are observed due to the loads acting on the guide rails and their fasteners under excessive conditions such as earthquake. In this study, according to EN 81-1, stress and deformations occurred on the joint points and guide rails are calculated and these results are compared with the test data. A hydraulic test setup is designed and constructed for simulating seismic effect of an earthquake.