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Weld design for beams picked from skyciv
Hello all, I'm designing an octagonal steel cage which has several arms coming off of it which each hold a sail that catches the wind. This leads to high loading in storms (about 2000lb on some of the arms). The result stresses the beams which make up the octagon. I've run the system though...- rcfraz37
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- Forum: Welding, Bonding & Fastener engineering
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Beam bending refresher
So its been a while since I did beam bending back in school and now I'm having some trouble. The regular equations, I believe, assume fixed ends, at least the ones I can find. Trouble is I am looking for the length by which a beam gets shorter as it bends, and my end points rotate. See pic A...- rcfraz37
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- Forum: Mechanical engineering general discussion
