aggman,
I appreciate your reply but it is not as simple as that. I did look at "Design of Welded Structures" section 2.3 to be exact. The problems involve a time for an object to come to rest or distance or deflection. I cannot measure either of these. If you don't mind helping me out, the...
I am looking to determine an impact load factor. The closet I could come to describing the problem is as if a solid steel ball was dropped from a certain distance onto a rigid floor of solid steel. Is there a factor or simple equation for this situation? All the reference material I looked at...
