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A "Dark Mode" site setting should be included. Change is welcome, but subtly, for example, McMaster-Carr. Current changes are drastic.

Hi, I need some further clarification on thread794-436068 There's an ASME guide for pressure vessels transportation and there's a separate requirement set by the FMCSA for securing cargo and equipment. Does the FMCSA guide have a safety factor built into the recommendation and are there...

Link Misdrilled holes in aft bulkheads

A hot-water tank and leaking gas pipelines or abandoned wells? Video: Link Identical incident last year: Link Link

All, thank you for your inputs. I was curious to know how ANSYS solved the BEAM models with a "close" plastic collapse load, as BEAM188/189 does not support multilinear isotropic material models (section b). I completely overlooked the element formulation conditions that are acceptable for...

FEA way, I'm using Ansys, Yes, it's a full nonlinear solution. As far as I know, the error listed above is something to do with Sparse vs PCG solvers. I do not get errors associated with material nonlinearity while using an elastic plastic model (Multilinear isotropic hardening).

All, I’m working on a simple beam plastic collapse static analysis for some basic benchmarking in Ansys WB. The problem in question is a solid rod (φ = 0.85”, 16” long, σy = 60 ksi) fixed at both ends. A concentrated load acts at the center of the rod at is applied till solver divergence. A...

@FacEngr, those are pricey. I did some PIV at university, the optics and lasers were ridiculously expensive. I have limited budget to set up a 16 channel DAQ.

Thank you all, I will post an update when the DOE is complete. There's surprisingly thin amount of information available on compressed air applications like soot blowing and blow molding.

I do not have details of the sensor/DAQ used, but the DAQ sampled at 600Hz. 5 years ago they were still using a primitive, hand-held 4 channel DAQ from the early 2000's. The improvements are as you mentioned - spray patterns, pressure impulse and equalization of flow. The tank is at 8 bar and...

All, I've been tasked to improve a previous experiment for a soot blowing application. Air is being fed from a 30 L tank at 8 bar. The diaphragm valve pulses for 50 ms and the goal is to measure specific impulse pressure across the tube. Since this not a steady flow application, what are the...

Dave, Its the base of a screw extruder and tight tolerances are to be maintained for the screw. BTW, I put on my dunce cap for mixing words.

Centondollar, thank you for that, Timoshenko's Plate book is on my desk and I'm assuming you are eluding to sections 20 onward. SlideRuleEra, you are correct, the stiffeners are rather thick.

Overseas supplier (close to the installation site) is not willing to share design calcs, except that deflections are limited to 1/8". Currently exploring local fabricators to get this done, hoping that some basic reference calcs will help them out.

Hi, What are some quick hand calcs to estimate the stiffening required for a corrugated panel? Traditionally, the general approach is to rib the hell out of the structure based on tribal knowledge, but I was hoping for a nudge in the right direction to optimize moment values for the stiffeners...