While I don't consider myself a Materials Engineer, I've recently become very interested in studying it. I completed my mechanical engineering master's thesis on the possibility of alumina thickness improvement/reduction of crack propagation. I originally approached this topic from an interest...
You'd have to make a couple of assumptions about the connections in the structure, but in general, I would start with a free body diagram to understand the reactions in the system, followed by a shear and moment diagram, which will give you the shear and moments that you need to perform direct...
I've returned to the office since September, but it looks like I may end up going back home with the sudden spike of new cases. Outside of exercising and baking (the former to ward off the consequences of the latter), I've been watching space documentaries and trying to keep up with all of...
