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    Need Material with HIGH Shear

    The materials holding the parts (ring) are much thicker. This parts has a groove that is less than 1/2" thick for the lock ring to fit in. The material I used was a 4340 with an HRC of 37-39.
  2. CajunNGnear

    Need Material with HIGH Shear

    I'm looking for an alloy with an extremely high shear. I have an application where the piece is in pure shear. I tried 4340 Q&T that had a Tensile yield of 240ksi and a shear of about 180ksi but it couldn't handle the load. I'm looking at 300ksi (tensile) MP35N but I cannot find any data on the...
  3. CajunNGnear

    Need help with Beam Calcs

    Great replies guys. Its all coming back now. Haven't done this type of calcs in a while so I keep second guessing myself.
  4. CajunNGnear

    Need help with Beam Calcs

    Hey guys, log time reader, first time posting. I have a 50' long beam with 5 supports on a 12.5' spacing. (0ft,12.5ft,25ft,37.5ft, and 50ft) The beam has a uniform 500lb/ft load; 25,000 lbs total. I'm trying to find the greatest moment force to find the stress in order to select the size of...

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