Recent content by Afiaki

I appreciate the replies, thank you both. My question omitted any specific details in case there was a rule about stress, relating to holes, that I was missing. The details of what I was asking it for weren't really relevant, because it was just hypothetical. I was looking at ways to make...

How much is a circular pipe with holes in its walls weaker than a pipe without holes, specifically when subject to bending and torsional forces? Say I have a hardened steel pipe of some diameter, length and width, and a hole (of max 1/5 the pipe diameter) is drilled horizontally, through both...