I continually am faced with material specs. I do not know how to look them up. I am a member of ASM but I can not figure out how to use their website for looking up specs. If I see "per ASTM Spec No. A 27 Grade 60-30" for instance or DIN numbers or AMS 5662 how can I find the information about...
I need to design carts that carry 3000#, 10" dia, 15' long steel cylinders. Imagine a structure made from 4"x4"x1/4" structural steel welded together in the shape of the letter "I" (lame pic below). The long body of the "I" is 9' long and the legs are a width of 20". Two vertical 4"x4" pieces of...
