Recent content by mattaddis

CompuChip, Thanks for that. I feel a bit thick now. It worked and I got the desired solution. Matt

Hello there, I need some help rearranging a combination of equations and was wondering if someone could help? I am attempting to find the sum of the deflection in a beam, but to do so for the boundary conditions require a total of four formulas in series. I need to solve the attached...

Hello there, I am not sure which subject to put this under. I need to simplify the attached equation (if possible). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Matt

Thankyou both for yor prompt reply. I have tested the two formulas based on existing figures and Mentallic's formula/equation gives the desired result. Gerenuk, you equation gives d1, not d2. Thank you very much for your assistance. Matt

Hello there, I am a mechanical engineer and am attempting to build an Excel document for calculations purposes. Currently I am stuck on orifice plate calculations. I was wondering if someone could help me solve the following equation for d2? \alpha = \pi(d2/2)2 \sqrt{}1/1-(d2/d1)4...