I have read a couple of articles where it advises to validate the FEA results by creating a finer and finer mesh to see if the stress increases. However, those articles didn't specify the magnitude of a stress increase that would indicate that the stress is "false" (i.e. caused by a...
I've been curious about drawing a shear and bending moment diagram for the outer boom of a digger I saw online:
1.) How do you draw the shear and bending moment diagram when you no longer assume that the beam is weightless? Based on the image I attached; is it appropriate to use a point load...
I'm a mechanical engineer and it's been years since I've worried about electrical engineering so please forgive the ignorance. I'm interested in using a winch driven by an electric motor (Harbor freight item number 61840) with a duty cycle of 5% (45 sec at max rated load of 2500lbs and 14 min...
