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Beam Load Rating
This will be very easy for you structural guys, but it has been a while since I have worked with anything but pumps and compressors. I have a 14W30 beam (building rafter), approximately 16 feet in length that is sloped at 18.4° (4 on 12). I need to determine that the beam can be used as a...- chastst
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- Forum: Moment Frame & Shear Wall engineering
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teach practical skills or theory?
Nice try Focht3, but I am not going to let you get away with it. The "nearby unnamed" agricultural and mechanical university turns out some of the best each year. I know my education was built on problem solving skills, just as yours was. No need to get boastful about Rice (except...- chastst
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- Forum: Where is Engineering Going In The Next 5 Years
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Pump Calcs
Can someone please help me make sure I have looked at everything needed to specify the correct pump. I have a pump system pumping from a pressurized vessel to a pressurized vessel. So I calculated the NPSHa, the frictional pressure drop, the elevation difference, and came up with what the...- chastst
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- Forum: Pump engineering
