Recent content by mattbreck

May I suggest possibly getting a job up in Ft. Macmurray Alberta in the oilsands? The technology available for engineers up there is world class and the money is pretty good. For example truck drivers that haul the sand to the extraction plant make a minimum of 80k US a year. That's about...

Hi Tiny Tim, I've calculated the volume in the drum and I don't know where to go from there to calculate the shear stress. Thanks, Matt

Homework Statement A steel drum contains oil with a density of 0.712 and is standing on one of its ends. It has a diameter of 66cm and its height is 1.98m. The plate it is rolled from is 1.2mm thick and has an E=200GPa. It also has an ultimate strength of 510MPa. Homework Equations...