Thanks for responding @DesertFox. Unfortunately, I do not have access to the engineer who wrote this. His reference was the Roark book, Case 30,Table X which does NOT exist, lol. BUUUUUUUUTTTTTT you put me on the right track. Here is the website I found...
I am reviewing an already approved (not by me) hand calculated stress analysis of applied loads on an aluminum plate which has structural ribs on its underside. The plate was cut in half, exposing the structural ribs and the Max Moment, Max Torque and Max bending stress was found. The engineer...