Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  • Users: k111er
  • Content: Threads
  • Order by date
  1. k111er

    3D part geometry nesting calculations

    I am looking for a software application (likely using Finite Element Methods) to perform 3D nesting calculations. I want to give the package the dimensions of a packaging crate, and a scale 3D model of the parts to be packed, and have it return a minimum and maximum number of parts that could...
  2. k111er

    Stainless 409

    I need to define mechanical properties of 409 Stainless steel for FEA. The following I obtain from Matweb.com and other sources: density = 7.8 g/cm^3 Youngs = 200 GPa Poisson = 0.28 Yield = 240 MPa Ultimate = 450 MPa Can anyone suggest an appropriate value for the strain hardening exponent, n...
  3. k111er

    Von Mises Stress

    Can anyone suggest a reference for a simplified definition of Von Mises Stress (preferably one that does not require vector math, or use of a Mohr Circle) I need to be able to explain this to non-engineers... Your help would be appreciated.

Part and Inventory Search