I was quite surprised to find out that the Santa Susana Field Lab, 35 miles from the center of Los Angeles, was the scene of partial core meltown in 1959. More radition was released there than Three Mile Island, over 900X according to one worst case analysis. A friend of mine, an engineer, told...
Hi forum,
With the tragic landslides recently in Sierra Leone, our readers would like to get an knowledgeable engineer to explain soil mechanics and landslides in an article. This is outside my expertise so I was only able to gather up a little information and create a short post but hoping...
I wrote this after hearing David Cullimore speak at a Solid Edge conference. Youngest keynote speaker I've ever seen. He designs and races electric cars. He couldn't pass calculus so has no engineering degree...
What is the dumbest mistake you've seen in FEA? I written up a few the one's I've made here:
http://www.engineering.com/DesignSoftware/DesignSoftwareArticles/ArticleID/13007/Simulation6-of-the-Most-Embarrassing-Mistakes-You-Can-Make.aspx
That was from my experience. I would love to do a...
