My understanding is that most of the aversion is that it's faster, cheaper, and more shipyards can weld to as good of a quality. I can't vouch for this personally but it's what I'm told. My job was to find a spec that would be for welding. in lieu of sil-brazing. I'll try to find a spec for...
I guess the main question is, will they still be available or does it become a ticking time bomb? We're getting out of the military world and moving toward the commercial. Sometimes if a MIL-SPEC has been canceled, give it enough time and it's no longer available. Don't want to risk the same...
I'm working on a project where what was used before for 3000lb and 1500lb valve end was a navy drawing for silbrazed unions (DWG 1385943 and 1385946). We're looking to go away from sil-brazing and I was hoping to see if there were another option in terms of a spec I can call out. I was looking...
Thanks. I'm starting in on the design societies. There's a lot more than I expected. I've got a couple of coals in the fire w/ my job but they're largely maybe, if we win the contract. Just looking for avenues that people in the field would suggest so I can steer in a more fruitful direction...
So I've been in the shipbuilding world, doing a lot of structures work. At the same time I love doing design work so I got fairly good with IV and Femap. Got a little into the Aux world (shipboard hvac, piping, etc.) but largely as a designer/ spec review. I took another job that was heavy on...
So I want to be a piping engineer. Problem is my career has been in almost anything but, meaning I'm worth a lot in a small sector but my skills aren't demanding of such a salary in the Piping field. I've been able to scratch the surface the past 6 years or so and I find piping really...
I've got instructions stating I need to test aluminum corrosion limits for a cleaner IAW ASTM D-930 or ASTM D-1280. Problem is both of these have been withdrawn and not superceded. I can't seem to find a replacement or equivalent for either. Any hints?
I need to find data on variant types of dessicant materials, (absorption rates in different humidities, etc.). I'm finding it very difficult to find any data on this. Any advice?
This might be a stupid question but what causes blowdown pressure? Why would the pressure to open the valve be different than resetting the valve, or at least significantly different?
I want to show a contour of the maximum stress for all of the time steps. At time T2 element 1 could be at 60ksi but element 2 is 40. Then at T3 element 1 is 40ksi and 2 is at 60. I want to show a contour that shows both elements at 60 since that's the max they see over the entire time...
So as far as I can tell membrane stresses are only for solid elements. Continuum elements is a very fancy way of saying shells (I'm sure there's a deeper nuance but as far as I can see not much of a practical difference).
So the way I'm trying now is to go to the material and make sure...
I added in my field output (surface shell elements) the section point 3 of 5. Problem is I'm not sure what I need to do to get the principal stresses from this point to show on screen.
thought I did, I'm trying to get membrane stresses and Abaqus doesn't seem to have this capability w/o some weird method. In Femap I run a script that comes standard w/ the program and viola I've got membrane stresses. With Abaqus I have to create some crossection path only to have a "paper...
I've tried the help's linearization steps but I get this error,
Results for all the points along the stress line were not found.
Selected end points and all intermediate sample points must lie within the current display group, and within solid continuum elements. Due to tolerance...
I'm working on a problem where we initially wanted to use Nastran linear solver but now realize we need to be using contact surfaces. The first thought is to use Abaqus in a non-linear way. We've got beams, bars, bricks, and shell elements all together. Since I currently use Femap I feel...
I'm doing a transient analysis with an acceleration input. However my model contains many segregated portions that are held together w/ pins and latches. I'm not sure how to set up contact surfaces without having a 3d mesh. I've got tubes joining in a T that are both modeled with plate...