Structural Definition and 215 Threads

I'm in the third semester of mechanical engineering and I'm taking classes on engineering statics right now. Our professor said the he will give us a preview of finite element methods at the end of the semester. Which softwares would you recommend for learning basic structural analysis? I mean...

dear all , My question is what is the maximum load taken by beam of UB 610 x 229 x 125Kg/m for a span of 5 mtr? its supported on both side by anchoring on concrete beam.

Hey Guys, I wanted to know if anyone knew the proof for the Simply supported beam with central load formula; wmax = F*L^3 / (48*E*I). I have looked some soureces up, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%E2%80%93Bernoulli_beam_theory , but i don't really understand how they ended up with...

The SMiRT conference/symposium has been an important venue over the decades for folks involved in structural mechanics applied to nuclear power systems, from fuel and core components, to large components like pressure vessels, piping, heat exchangers, and related equipment, up through...

Hello, I would like to offer a gift to one of my professor who has been extraordinary nice to me this past year. He is a physicist in the field of Structural Biology. I am thinking of buying him a cool book/illustrated novel about history of science. The best that I have come up so far is...

Hi, I tried to find design regulations/codes that specify relations between bolt diameter/bolt length against connected plate thicknesses. I couldn't find that in Eurocodes 3. Can someone help me with info where to find those regulations ? Example: can we connect 5 mm plates using M24 ? or...

Is Structural Integrity Inc the best nuclear plant services company ? Which companies are the best rank NPP services company? Thank you!

Hello I am looking for help with the following: I am designing a piece of furniture where most of the person's weight will be taken on a metal (steel) rod resting on a wooden batten. I need to calculate the diameter of rod needed to ensure it is safe to sit on. As a chemical engineer I have...

Homework Statement If you had a simple 2D truss with a pin and a roller support, would making the pin on a 30 degree incline change the supporting reactions? Homework EquationsThe Attempt at a Solution Can't see why since it still supports a horizontal and vertical, don't know hwy the angle...

Homework Statement Using continuous beam theory, constructing BM diagram from points b to c, to calculate the max deflection. I only found a have a single solution, though the BM digram show two points of zero bending. I can provide the solution. [edit: Rb = 685 N] Homework Equations...

Good Day, I am working on a problem in which i am coupling "Thermal-Electric" physics with "Transient Structural" in Ansys workbench V 14.5. I am supplying electric energy(Voltage) to a structure which gets heats up due to Joule Thomson effect, and then i connect it's "Solution" to "Setup" tab...

Bidders propeses ASTM A36 material istead of S275 J2 or S355ML/NL for structural steel (Piperack, Equipment Structure, etc.) on the basis of international standards for most optimal and economical design. Is it really optimal? pls explain why

Hi i am working on a research paper for which i need very good citation for the analytic analysis coupling Electric - Thermal-Structural physics(via Joule Thomson effect & Thermal stress/strain). Please provide any good source of mathematical relations describing the above complete or in part...

Hi, For my engineering project for college I am designing a rotating table/steel frame structure for supporting a mild steel panel which weighs 180kg. My previous experience with UDL's has only been in using a 2D beam like situation to calculate how the load is spread, bending of the beam and...

I am working on fixing a heavy walnut cedar chest lid that has bowed convexly from the chest. It is about 1/4" high in the center of a 24" deep lid. The lid is ~2' x 5'. It is made from 3/4" walnut with 3/4" x 3" ribbing on the top. I thought that adding in some C-channel or square tubing would...

Hi, Right now I am in my 3rd year of a dual construction management and environmental engineering degree. I have an interest in building things (both design & construction), but more important to me is a career with a high income and quality of life. I am debating between a structural...

Recently I created a structural vibrations simulation and would like to hear some feedback or suggestions.

Hi, I am designing a concrete roof slab that span across 12m long and 9m width for my living area. The support columns are placed in each 4 corners and they are 300mm x 300mm size. The concrete slab roof is cantilevered out by 1.8m on 3 sides (not all 4 sides) with the thickness of 150mm. At the...

It is widely believed that there are three components of disjoining pressure: the dispersion component (Van der Waals), the electrostatic component and the structural component. For the first two, there are some accepted formulations for calculation. However, I cannot find any equations for the...

Q: A structure is made from identical, axially compressible robs connected to a rigid foundation. The rods cannot buckle. In the unloaded configuration the angle between the rods and the horizontal is (alpha); then angle becomes (1-Beta)*alpha when p =/= 0. Find the relationship P(Beta)...

I need help calculating the size of the wood members I need in my truss. I understand the basics; I first need to calculate the load, then the stress on each member, then pick a wooden member which has that stress with a safety factor of let's say 2.0. The reason why I want to perform the...

I'm working on a problem involving steel structural members on the exterior of a building. I need to figure out how much insulation (for summer conditions) and possible heat tracing (for winter conditions) would be required to maintain minimum and maximum temperatures. I know I need to use the...

Without a single full lengthed spar going through the whole length, how do folding wings and removable wings be designed such that they maintain structural integrity in flight and other motions involving declarations and accelerations? For example, this is the folding wing of a Sonex Onex...

What are the structural differences btwn red, blue, and green xenon lamps. What are the different dopants/gases used in the lamps?

I've recently started doing a lot more residential structural engineering for local clients and the first thing that I realized was that I was lacking a good beam calculator. I do have a number of spreadsheet calculators but I've found them hard to program and once I do have them programmed...

I've just got a quick question that hopefully someone can answer. My question is - why does the membrane in COMSOL vibrate without you telling it to? Here are some specifics if required... In COMSOL here are my setup details: - Physics: (3D) Structural mechanics - Membrane Study...

Hi, I'm an engineering student in Civil/Structural engineering and am interested in structures. As well as fixed structures I am also interested in mobile structures like ships. Can I get a job designing vehicle structures after graduating from a degree focused on civil structures? Would the...

Hi all, I need help with numerical solution of motion equation. From the numerical point of view and in the real of the finite element method, which method is recommended for the solution of damped ( proportional damping) linear motion equation? I have been trying three common methods; Modal...

Greetings, I am attempting to compute geodesic distances on manifolds where structural data have been sparsely sampled. First, off I am not well versed in the mathematics of differential geometry but I do have some knowledge (from an introductory differential geometry class in my...

[b]1. Homework Statement [b/] A timber beam, with rectangular cross section (h × b) is reinforced with additional full width (b) steel plates. There is a plate of thickness t securely connected on the bottom and a plate of thickness 2t on the top of the timber to ensure composite action in...

Hey folks great forum here! Anyone here have a good reference for structural weld analysis technique? I am not looking for code requirements but a general techniques and knockdown factors for aluminum welding. thanks Dan

I have a rotor spinning perpendicular to the direction of travel of a car. Its supported at either end of its axle by bearings. The car crashes and I've calculated the force of the crash to be approximately 672kN. How would i simulate this on the rotor as a shock load? I could do it as a static...

I am going to do some structural analysis of the wing. The upward shear force, or lift, is acting at the aerodynamic center. There is also a moment about the a.c. I am just wondering if I need to take the moment relative to the aerodynamic center into account when I calculate the torque about...

Hello, For a structural analysis term project I'm currently working on, my team has come across a problem. Here's the setup: Intermodal shipping containers (dimensions 8ft height, 8ft width, 40 ft length) can (according to company sources) be filled to a max load that grossly weighs 66...

In the attached equation from structural analysis, I don't understand the transition between the second and third equal signs. I think that u_{j,l}da_l = u_{j,1}da_1+u_{j,2}da_2+u_{j,3}da_3 , so doesn't equating da_j\delta_{lj} = da_l assume that l=j . can anyone help me see why this...

Hello, Not sure how to go about solving this problem: What outer diameter must a 2mm thick hollow rod have in order to have the same structural bending strength as a solid rod with diameter of 7mm? Also compare the weight per unit length of the two rods. Assume that material is stainless...

Hi there, i hope someone can help me. I am just unsure how to proceed with this problem. Homework Statement The question and diagram can be found in the attached image. I am looking for assistance on part (ii) Homework Equations 1. Summation of Moment = 0 2. Summation of forces along x -...

Homework Statement Piano wire weighs 77kN/m^3 and breaks at a stress of 3000MPa. Calculate the length of piano wire that can be lowered down a very deep mine before it breaks. Homework Equations stress = force/area The Attempt at a Solution Piano wire = 77 000N/m^3 stress = 3000...

Homework Statement A structural I-beam is made of steel. L = 12.1 cm, H = 32.0 cm and the width of the beam is W = 1.11 cm. What is the mass of a section 1.75 m long? The density of steel is 7.56E+3 kg/m3. Homework Equations d=m/v The Attempt at a Solution I can't copy the...

Good day! I don't know if they are called Structural design philosophy but, can anyone enumerate(if the list is incomplete) and differentiate the : 1. Ultimate Strength Design 2. Working Stress Design 3. Limit State Design 4. Allowable Stress Design 5. Others (If there are) Help...

Dear PF, I am hoping you can help. I am trying to test the the speed that a beetle heats up under standardized conditions. I have buried a small container in crushed ice and place a beetle and thermometer inside. I wait until the thermometer and has reached 0°C, the idea then is to increase...

Homework Statement I am doing my internship at Saint Gobain Glass India, Chennai . I have been allotted a project to work in my time at the company . The problem is related to failure of an Mild Steel beam supporting graphite structure in the process line . As such this beam is exposed to...

Hi all, I am trying to designing a structural pipeline support. The pipeline is at a 60 degree angle and is connected to a riser pipeline - I have the transferred loads that the pipeline will experience from the riser and have created an FBD. I initially thought the load that the support...

I have several questions that are related to something I am designing. I am having a hard time finding the correct formulas I need, so I am here :D Anything will be helpful, from general topics/ideas to get me in the right direction, to specific formulas. I do not mind abstract ideas, this is a...

Homework Statement A viscously damped system has a total weight of 250 N, a spring stiffness k = 8 kN/m, and a damping coefficient c = 0.08 kN-sec/m. Determine the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of the mass as a function of time if it is disturbed from its equilibrium position...

Hello. I am currently a mechanical engineering junior at the University of Kentucky. I am beginning to consider graduate school. I know I want to study applied mechanics, but am unsure of whether I should study CM as a ME grad student or SE as a CE grad student. What is the difference between...

Show all possible structural diagrams for HCN. Isn't there just one? H (single bond) C (triple bond) N I can't draw a resonant structure because there is none (resonant means only moving of the bonds not the atoms, no?). I don't understand.

So I need to find the structural orientation of CO32- The answer is that its trigonal planar, forming a double bond with one of the oxygen atoms. However, why is this so? Why does one of the oxygen atoms form a double bond instead of a single bond as the other atoms do? See...

Hi guys, Please suggest a good introductory books for Structural Geology and Optical mineralogy, thanks :)

Hello, I am currently doing a project and have ran into a problem. I have a structural fitting (clamp-on tee) that fits around a fixed structure. I am trying to fit an aluminum pipe into it, but the pipe's outer diameter is much smaller than the clamp-on fitting. I'm attach 2 images that show...