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    Calculating Direct and Shear Stresses for Robotic Arm in Manufacturing Process

    i've had a look at something from one of last year's courses and i think you're right... cheers elbarto... very helpful
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    Calculating Direct and Shear Stresses for Robotic Arm in Manufacturing Process

    Homework Statement At a particular stage of the manufacturing process, a robotic arm has the position and loading shown in the figure; http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5498/25481552jo0.th.png Calculate the direct stresses due to bending and the shear stresses due to torsion...
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    Finding Shear Centre of Lipped Channel

    Homework Statement The figure shows the cross-section of a lipped channel; http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6324/88754244yh7.th.png I need to locate the shear centre based this. Homework Equations Second moment of area / inertia; Ixx = (1/12)bh^3 + Ay(bar)^2 First moment...