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Stresses in wood
I am having to check the strength of a mezzanine floor built of 2x8 beams, 3/4 ply and 2x4 posts. Does anyone have tensile stress etc info for spruce and pine? Is there a standard floor load or Safety factor I should aim at? Makes a change from the usual financial engineering I am cursed to...- murungu
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
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True synthetics
I have been searching the web to find the 'best'(price to oiliness value) synthetic oil for my cars. If the one exclusive oil site is to be believed there are no true 100% synthetics available. Mobil 1's MSDS shows 4% polyolefins. What is the other 96%. If this is a 'full synthetic' what is...- murungu
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- Forum: Automotive Engineering other topics
