Great discussion people. The goal of this thread is to get good consensus, so that younger/unexperienced engineers who are reading these posts/threads can accurately analyze their designs.
The Von-Mises we all know and love from our textbooks is an equivalent stress to predict yielding of...
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I didn't like how this question/thread ended and I'm sure there are some engineers out there who are in the same boat.
The question seems to be: Can I use Von-mises failure criteria against and ultimate strength requirement. (von-mises is less than a factor of safety and...
