Pretensioned strap around part in Inventor

[Cbjc1206]

I am trying to find a way to draw a pretensioned strap to secure 4 parts together in inventor.  I am sizing a flat steel strap that has a breaking strength of approximately 1000 lbs.  I need to draw the strap around 4 items, place a pretension on the strap (less than 1000 pounds) and then determine the forces created on the parts being held together by the band.  Is this even possible in inventor?

Another way to think of what I am trying to simulate:  Think of a box resting on a wooden shipping pallet.  Now imagine a flexible strap wrapped around the pallet and box to hold the two together.

Thanks in advance!

[Mark.Downes]

Hi Cbjc1206,

I would probably layout a quick and dirty hand calculation something like this to emulate the clamp area of the strap (a tube strapped to a pallet) as I don’t know the size and shape of your parts.

Pallet = (say) 1000 x 1000

Tube = (say) 575 Dia

Strap force = 1000lbs = (say) 500kg

Hope this is of some help

Cheers

Mark

Inventor 2013