Noob question - I modeled a shipping container to spec...

[carz3d]

I would like to know how well it would withstand hurricane winds (200+ mph). The loads available to me in Inventor are Force, Pressure or Gravity. Which load would you use to simulate hurricane winds hitting the side of the container?

I tried using gravity (X10) because it is a uniform force in one direction, but am not sure how to translate the default value of 9810mm/s^2 to 200 mph. As you can tell I'm very new at this, however, I embrace math. So if you point me in the right direction, I will do all the leg work from there.

Thank you!

C

[robmatthews]

No, Gravity is not what you want.  I think you'll want to use pressure, but I've not done this sort of thing in Inventor.

The phrase you want to investigate is "wind loading". This should help you find out how best to apply the loads.