Analysis of elevator traffic and elevator strength calculations while finite element method

Today, the increasing human population and crowd of people have increased the need for high-rise buildings and therefore elevators. Elevators have become an indispensable tool for carrying loads in business centers, hospitals, and industrial facilities in daily life. Considering the usage areas of elevators, it is important to develop elevator technology. Many studies have been carried out on the development of elevator technologies. When the studies are examined, it is seen that not much work has been done in terms of safety and security related to the elevator car, guide rails, ropes, beams, and buffers. Safety, aesthetics, and economy are the most important factors in the design of elevators. In this study, general information about elevators is given and the theoretical traffic and strength calculations of a sample elevator that has not been installed are made and the results are compared with the finite element software. For this, an elevator with nine stops and a capacity of 10 people (800 kg) was designed in the SolidWorks2020 program. The drawings of the designed elevator were transferred to ANSYS software and numerical analyzes were made. The calculated traffic and strength results were applied to a 10-floor building elevator. The values obtained as a result of the calculations and the results obtained by the Finite ElementMethod (SEM) were compared. As seen with these results, it has been seen that applied traffic and strength calculations and numerical analysis results are close to each other. As a result, the maximum stress for the centered cabinet type is 6159.4 MPa, the minimum stress is 1892.3 MPa, and the maximum stress for the off-center cabinet type is 7933 MPa, the minimum stress is 4156.2 MPa, and the maximum stress is 12583.7 for the side suspended cabinet type. MPa, the minimum stress was obtained as 3511,3 MPa. As can be seen, it has been determined that the most suitable cabin type is the centrally connected cabin type.