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  1. saintgeorges

    Volume centroid used when scalling?

    Hi, I have a solid body (of a material of uniform density, for example steel), and I want to scale it by 2 times. As a center of scaling, I have always been using volume centroid, as its the same one as the center of the mass. Here is the preview of the body and its volume centroid: "VC" -...
  2. saintgeorges

    Energy equation and change in potential energy of a column?

    I am looking for an expression for bending energy and for the change in potential energy coming from the selfweight of a vertical circular solid column, or maybe from vertical point load on top of it. Any ideas where I could find these? Thank you.
  3. saintgeorges

    Buckling analysis of a simple plane truss

    Is anyone willing to show me some video tutorial, or even record it's own Ansys screen on buckling and lateral torsion check of a simple plain truss members: The amount of the compressional force on the left is not important, it can be any value (1,2,3 kN). The dimensions of the truss too -...
  4. saintgeorges

    Checking for overturn

    This question is not strictly related to Mechanical Engineering, it's more Industrial Design I guess, but maybe some of you know the answer. I got puzzled for the last few days with an overturn check, and decided to ask for help online. I used to do an analysis for for overturning effect of...

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