To give some background to my current situation:
I took on a position with my current company primarily to get experience in incident investigation, depositions, etc as my future career goals have been focused on breaking into forensic engineering.
My day to day tasks however consist of very...
I appreciate all the feedback. This was not so much a "make me feel good" venture but an honest opinion of how I should present myself. My obstacle here is myself and lack of confidence for the position, not my ambition to attain the job. I will definitely (and have been) looking up various...
I thought I would ask the assistance of some well established engineers on this forum to weigh in on this one.
I have been exceptionally interested in collision reconstruction for some time now. It was about 5 months ago that I started actively pursuing this career goal by way of making...
@Ron: Noted about the PhD. My concern is that the benefits of having a PhD will not outweigh the high level of financial commitments associated with it. Truthfully, being out of work and pursuing a PhD is not a favourable option for me and if I can get by with just an M.Eng, I would much prefer...
In regards to the 69Firebird's post "I keep that information in my back pocket for an appropriate time
I would be very cautious of bringing up any one else's salaries when negotiating your own. I say this because I took a close look at my previous company's confidentiality policy. I was...
@IRstuff: I should have specified my interest specifically is in vehicle crash analysis. I would absolutely LOVE to specialize in this and eventually get into the role of becoming an expert witness. That being said with my current position as a Safety Engineer specifically pertaining to the...
All:
I don't often post on these forums but I do tend to lurk quite a bit. I suppose before I get to my question, I should start off with an introduction on who I am and my past/present work in order to give you all an overview of my background.
I was working for a heavy equipment...
Thank you everyone for your responses. Everything was noted and I have been banging my head against a wall ever since rb1957 responded. I, for the life of me, can't understand why I failed to omit the moment on the FBD when I initially started solving this problem and further more, why I assumed...
I am constrained to my lift points since the purpose of the lifting device is to lift the rear axle (red) out of it's fit up fixture. The lift is a 1 point lift with a supporting chain that will be connected to the nose of the rear axle via a swivel hoist ring in order to raise or lower the nose...
Thanks for the quick response. To clarify the attached picture:
1) Disregard the red lug behind the beam. The pick up point text refers to a chain attached to the various holes in the yellow plate (reference View B)
2) The C.G. of the rear axle is directly in line with the middle hole of the...
Sorry the attached file is linked to this post. http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=837c66db-987c-4f92-9790-a811c0a00d12&file=lifting_device_problem.JPG
Hello everyone,
I am currently in the process of designing a lifting device for a rear axle. I have attached a file of the proposed design. The load carried is 13,000 lbs. The lifting device picks up the rear axle from the C.G.
Forgive the fundemental nature of this problem however I am a...
Thanks for the responses! Please forgive my ignorance but I have a couple of questions:
1) @ metengr: the stress given is as follows:
0.3 x 70 x (1.0+.5x1(90deg))
What is the the 0.3 factor?
2) @ connectegr: what is ASD and LRDF?
Hey guys,
I am trying to determine weld throat for a certain loading case (see attached file). This is my first time working on weld strengths so I am not sure if my answers are valid.
Given the dimensions, a safety factor of 4.5, and electrode tensile strength of 70 ksi, I am getting some...
patprimmer:
the problem with this whole situation was that this position was never official to begin with. It was a position created almost on a whim. It was not posted internally nor externally. The original position posted externally was what I applied to.
What I ended up being offered was...
