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Oasys GSA restraints

richyrich100 · 2015-01-21 16:30:56

Hey, I can't seem to find an answer for this anywhere. I have a solar mounting frame which I want to sit on the ground on feet, the frame is held down via a ground anchor. The issue i'm having is restraining the feet, i want them to be resisted by the ground but i want them to be able to deflect upwards. At the moment i…

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21-01-2015 5:30pm

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richyrich100

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Hey,

I can't seem to find an answer for this anywhere.

I have a solar mounting frame which I want to sit on the ground on feet, the frame is held down via a ground anchor.

The issue i'm having is restraining the feet, i want them to be resisted by the ground but i want them to be able to deflect upwards. At the moment i can only restrain the entire z direction which does not allow it to deflect upwards when the negative wind pressure affects the frame.

Is there any way around this?

Rich

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#2 21-01-2015 9:17pm
breadmonkey

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Sorry not familiar with the software but wouldn't the ground anchors prevent it from deflecting upwards? (i.e. that's the whole point?!).

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#3 22-01-2015 9:12am
richyrich100

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Hi, The ground anchors are placed in the middle of a horizontal brace with the two legs either side, I would like to see the stresses in that horizontal brace when the table is being uplifted by the wind.

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