balance/stability

Hi All,

not sure where to ask this question.

furniture design problem.

if one has to check for balance (not having a fix constrain, only a base and a mass center/weight).

and if we apply a horizontal force will it still be standing?

can we use aster? how?

thanks and
greetings
rui<br /><br />Post edited by: rui simoes, at: 2010/08/03 14:32

You could try Impact. I believe there is a wiki post on wind loading of a water tower and stability (or something like that) which should be similar enough. Impact development seemed to stall for a while but recently there have been developments. I am currently using LS DYNA and I would really like to see a good open source alternative. Impact might just be this alternative.

Edit:
www.caelinux.org/wiki/index.php/Contrib:RBorland

Post edited by: Matthew Bondy, at: 2010/08/03 22:46