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I am a student. We are working on a design project, and long story short, we need to transmit power on the moon. We have decided on a gear system but still need to transmit from the gear output to the axles, and were considering v-belts. Does a belt exist that could operate in such extreme...

For some reason I am having a hard time visualizing the torque-shear equation, specifically when it comes to finding shear in rivet patterns with a non-symmetric load. We have been using the Tr/J formula to find the shear in the individual bolts. However, with this equation with increasing...