Recent content by mkartevoll

Thank you for the book suggestion, I will look into that when I can get myself to a library. If you are familiar with the parts of the book, do you know if the stress in the rod due to the pressure in the box would be equal to the force the same pressure would exert on the area of a cross...

I see now I might have posted this question in the wrong forum! Is there a way to move it or should I delete it and post it again somewhere else?

Hi! A colleague and I were discussing pressures and forces when we arrived at a special situation where we do not fully agree and would like some help to better our understanding. Imagine a box/container with a hole in the middle of two of the opposite sides. A rod/cylinder goes fully through...