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    Beam Sizing

    I am sizing some steel beams and I have calculated maximum deflections, maximum bending stresses, and maximum shear stresses in all of them. Can I use these stresses in one of the failure theories? If so, which one is most appropriate. Or is there a general rule of maximum bending and shear...
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    Hanging load from threads

    I have a problem where I need to determine if 4 grade 8.8 M36x4.0 bolts can be THREADED into (not nut & bolted) a block of steel which weighs 10,000# and hole the load when suspended from these bolts. I am not sure how to determine load values when the load is hanging from the threads. I would...

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