Recent content by SteveyB

Hi Guys, Thanks again for the replies. As I initially said this was somewhat unconventional and my immediate gut instinct looking at it was that it is less than ideal. Fortunately this thing hasn't been manufactured and I have been handed it as a concept. I was just more interested in the...

Hi, Thanks for the replies. Tmoose to answer you're questions, the bending moment is a constantly varying moment and is applied in multiple directions and may do 5,000,0000 cycles in a year. There are also no motion constraints. The moment is a result of the a transverse load being applied to...

Hi, Sorry for the late reply. I have now attached a image that will hopefully explain what I am trying to achieve. The threaded ring will basically be permanently attached to the shaft via a thread. The shaft is fixed at the opposite end to the flange and the flange end is free (i.e. a...

Hi, I was wondering if more of the technically adept people on here could offer some advice. I am basically after some means of calculating the bending moment capacity of a large diameter relatively short thread. So as an example a ring which screws onto a shaft which has a 500mm OD - 400mm...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone could please offer some advice. I am interested in finding some data as to the galling threshold of s355 steel against s355 steel. As i have a possible situation where extremely high contact forces between two sliding components may occur, and need to find some...

Thanks thats good info. How do you actually go about determining this, in terms of heat treatment and filler selection?

Hi metengr, Thanks for the response. I was looking to use the EN24 in the T condition. My understanding is that stainless fillers may be used to help reduce hydrogen cracking. Is this likely to be the best approach? Thanks

Hi, I was wondering if someone could offer some advice on welding two dissimilar steels together and the possibilty of the process. Basically I have a component made from E460N mechanical tube and I need a steel of similar yield that can be welded to the tube. Due to the in service conditions I...

What if you wanted to apply a force to a rigid body, is this not possible?

I am trying to do a simple analysis in ansys (static structural) with a half spherical body pressing into a plate. The half spherical body is set to rigid in the geometry tab. When I come to put a fixed support on the circular face of the rigid body all I get is a question mark next to the fixed...

Thanks for the reply I will take a look

I have been searching through various standards with regards to determining a corrosion rate for steel in water. I basically have a component which is connected to the bottom of a turret on a FPSO made from ASTM A182 f22 (approx 30m below the surface at 30 deg C). The component has an epoxy...

Hi I have a problem where by I have too catholically insulate a large diameter ASME flange from the rest of a subsea structure. The flange in question is being used purely in a structural capacity (no fluid pressure) with high bending moments being exerted through it and it's bolted array. Now I...

My problem is I am not sure what kind of weld preparation/pressure cap should be used in this situation with such thin pipe. Is it actually possible to full pen weld a 1.65mm tube for that kind of pressure rating?

Thanks these do look like a pretty nifty piece of kit but I fear rhey would be too expensive and are also not rated at the required pressure. I was thinking more along the lines of a weld on/threaded fitting.