somuchstress
Mechanical
- Apr 28, 2016
- 2
I have a "special" lug with out-of-plane loading on it. Generally, all the typical lug analysis resources analyze for loads that are in plane to the lug. I stumbled upon this reference, which includes a method for considering the out-of-plane loading:
Design Engineer's Handbook by Keith L. Richards (section in question, Chapter 3, can be viewed here:
On page 96, there is reference to a "form factor for bending" which is not elaborated upon anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas where I would go to identify this factor? My first thought is that he means a factor for plastic bending (1.5 for rectangular sections), but I found it suspicious that 1.5 wasn't already clarified in the text since all lugs would likely be rectangular.
Design Engineer's Handbook by Keith L. Richards (section in question, Chapter 3, can be viewed here:
On page 96, there is reference to a "form factor for bending" which is not elaborated upon anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas where I would go to identify this factor? My first thought is that he means a factor for plastic bending (1.5 for rectangular sections), but I found it suspicious that 1.5 wasn't already clarified in the text since all lugs would likely be rectangular.
