Request for one-on-one session to discuss my plummeting research work

[Error.n.n]

Hi,

I would like to request a meeting with a kind stranger willing to help me with my research. I am about to fail my thesis, and my supervisor is completely unhappy. I don't know why I can't grasp basic concepts. Perhaps engineering is not for me. I don't want to give up, so this is my last resort. Anyone willing to help me? My research is on developing a fatigue load model based on WIM data. I just want clarification on my methodology.

thanks.

 

[GregLocock]

What's WIM? I know nothing about fatigue except if you double the loads you reduce the life by 90%.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[rb1957]

I had to google it ... "Weigh-in-Motion-Based Fatigue Damage Assessment". The objective of this paper is to analyze and compare statistical parameters of a live load in the US and Europe using available WIM data.

but that doesn't mean much to me ... other than I think he's doing building fatigue loads.

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.

 

[Error.n.n]

Yes, essentially that’s what am doing. Specifically for bridge design. Similar to Eurocode format.

 

[SWComposites]

MS or PhD thesis?
Have you discussed your problems in detail with your professor? And what was his/her advice?
Have you talked to other professors in your department?
Have you researched the literature for similar models? What did you learn?
Where are you located?

 

[rb1957]

have to think ... it's a bit late now to figure out you don't have a grasp of the basics; but better late than never.

give us a clue ...
is it basic fatigue analysis that stumps you,
or this specialised "WIM" analysis ?

Is "WIM" part of a building/bridge code ? then there should be lots of people to help explain it (call the code people ?)
or just a new idea ? then much fewer people (the authors of the method ?)

"Hoffen wir mal, dass alles gut geht !"
General Paulus, Nov 1942, outside Stalingrad after the launch of Operation Uranus.

 

[271828]

How did you do in relevant coursework? Are you missing a prereq that would've made this easier? For example, are you running into Theory of Elasticity PDEs having never seen those before? Have you had a class like Mechanical Behavior of Materials that would've introduced fatigue and fracture?