I'm a mechanical designer but we have a project where some of the power transformers are under my contract. My specs. use the terms #6/0 and #4/0 which I'm familiar with but also refer to " 500 MCM" connectors which I am not familiar with. Can I get the short version of what type or size this...
There are two forces to consider here. One is the nozzle load or thrust which is the force due to the pressure head and change in momentum of the fluid through the pump. This load acts on the internal area of the pump and we have pumps operating with up to half a million pounds of nozzle load...
I found my information at vitaulic.com/docs/lit. The pressure thrust as they term it is equal to the pipe pressure applied to an area equal to the pipe OD. This thrust or force acts to seperate the pipe in a flexible Victaulic coupling until the groove in the pipe contacts the inner face of...
I have a piping contractor that is placing a pair of victaulic couplings between the anchor for the piping system and the main pump. I have concerns that large pipe loads will be transfered to the pump flange leading to a collection of problems such as early bearing failure due to shaft...
Could someone who uses the latest release of IDEAS recommend hardware for a Dell workstation? I need to spec. a couple workstations and I do not want the minimum required, but I need to be reasonable.
