Thank you for the ideas. I will have to look more into Roark's formulas for this.
Based on my initial analysis the tension and shear are adequate using structural steel design clauses/formulas. The force on the rod is pulling in pure tension (shear at the center of the circular eye) so there...
I'm have a rod that I am trying to assess capacity for from an old design where the calculations were either lost or never done. There is an area on the design that consists of a 1-1/4" steel rod bent at a 7/8" bend radius into a full circle then it is welded back on to the rod. I am trying to...
