Hope I am in the right subforum. I want to know how much a cantilevered sheet of OSB sheathing will deflect under wind load. I found the Moment of Inertia for OSB, but the units are in^4/ft. The bending equations I found use Moment of Inertia in units of in^4. The wind load will be uniform in...
Thanks Ranger. I have read both of the linked papers. Very helpful. This is what puzzles me about the Subaru application. On the turbo DOHC 2.5 which uses a modified curvilinear timing belt, Subie added a second bearing on the cog idler. But, they use the same groove profile used for the...
Thanks. Do you think timing belt life is affected due to increased stress caused by using a common idler for both curvilinear and modified curvilinear belts? IOW, would the belt last longer if the cog idler groove profiles were matched to the belt?
Have not been here for many years. I am a retired chemical engineer who loves to work on cars but I know my limitations!
Subaru uses two timing belt designs on their 2.5 SOHC non turbo engines. The Forester/Impreza platform uses a modified curvilinear belt and the Legacy/Outback platform uses a...