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Pulling force/power of a boat trailer

Submitted by Theo on

I have designed a large boat trailer structure and FEA analyzed it statically.



Now, i want to know if it's possible in CATIA to compute the needed pulling force/power that the trailer will need to start moving. I assume a load of 200ton on the trailer frame and some frictional data must be entered to the wheels/ground contact surface. Anyone has ever done something similar before?