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  1. rb1957

    NAS517 tensile strength

    I'd probably go with Ftu over the min thread area. I might try to calibrate this with other fasteners or by simple test. I wouldn't use 110ksi for 160ksi.
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    Public offices for energy consulting

    get long term funding, by showing that the offices increase output (and so incomes and taxes) or increase popular opinion of the government (making reelection more likely).
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    Structure in elastic field

    "Then deltaA = DeltaBC +Delta CE=0.35mm" ... this is just sooo wrong. You can solve the problem two ways ... 1) "unit load" ... apply a unit load, 100N; determine deflection at B and C; determine the deflection at A; then scale your unit load to make this 0.35mm (multiply the unit load, 100N...
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    Structure in elastic field

    CE is in tension ... C will deflect up, B will deflect down ... A will deflect down.
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    Back to Back Angle Bending

    "back-to-back" angles ... to make a Tee or a Zed ?
  6. rb1957

    Structure in elastic field

    post student posts in the student forum. Solve ABC as a free body. Both CE and BD are in tension. Apply a unit load (100N) at A, calculate the deflection at C and B and therefore the deflection at A. How does this compare to your limit (0.35 mm) ? what factor to apply to your unit load to...
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    Subsonic vs. Supersonic Fatigue

    as the plane flies supersonic, it'll heat soak until it reaches a stable temperature. "Therefore, the g loads on the wing will also be very different." ... well, aerodynamic loads, though sure, the plane is accelerating (but not manoeuvreing).
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    Ansys workbench

    ok, not much of a "puzzle" ... when you know how ! are you plotting on a deformed model ? the black part of the ANSYS plot looks 'odd" are there reasons for the stress variations ? (like maybe applied loads)
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    Ansys workbench

    I was going to write something snitty, but then it is hard to find ! ... in Simulation under Engineering Computer Programs
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    How to accurately and quickly convert inches to millimeters in technical drawings?

    @mfgenggear, NP, apologies, didn't mean to be insulting. Sure, in your business that degree of precision is typical. But like someone above said, the importance of rounding is to ensure the design still works, so a GD&T exercise. In my business I'd go to the nearest practical drill size, to...
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    Subsonic vs. Supersonic Fatigue

    I think the thermal effects are apparent during supersonic flight, not just in the initiation of supersonic flight (breaking the sound barrier). But I think there is excess loads when going supersonic.
  12. rb1957

    Ansys workbench

    post in the ANSYS forum
  13. rb1957

    Geodesic propulsion

    a couple of "lay-man" questions ... 1) how do "all components must experience the same forces and their force vectors must be aligned" ? This sounds like what we'd call a "body force", like an inertia acceleration ... so same acceleration, but components (with different masses) experience...

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