Have a question regarding the physics of heat checking. What I've seen in the literature is that it is due to alternating heating and cooling. However, I haven't seen anything that indicates whether it is influenced (and by how much) by rate of change of temperature rather than absolute...
I'm looking to find if anyone has any background or can point me in a direction to find a resource that addresses the effects of wire and/or plunge EDM on the fatigue strength of high strength materials.
I am a mechanical engineer who obviously doesn't know jack about geotechnical engineering and have a home project that I'm looking for some seasoned advice. I built a house a few years back backically on the edge of a small plateau/hilly area. Growing up in an area where the biggest hill was a...
