To give some background to my current situation:
I took on a position with my current company primarily to get experience in incident investigation, depositions, etc as my future career goals have been focused on breaking into forensic engineering.
My day to day tasks however consist of very...
I thought I would ask the assistance of some well established engineers on this forum to weigh in on this one.
I have been exceptionally interested in collision reconstruction for some time now. It was about 5 months ago that I started actively pursuing this career goal by way of making...
All:
I don't often post on these forums but I do tend to lurk quite a bit. I suppose before I get to my question, I should start off with an introduction on who I am and my past/present work in order to give you all an overview of my background.
I was working for a heavy equipment...
Hello everyone,
I am currently in the process of designing a lifting device for a rear axle. I have attached a file of the proposed design. The load carried is 13,000 lbs. The lifting device picks up the rear axle from the C.G.
Forgive the fundemental nature of this problem however I am a...
Hey guys,
I am trying to determine weld throat for a certain loading case (see attached file). This is my first time working on weld strengths so I am not sure if my answers are valid.
Given the dimensions, a safety factor of 4.5, and electrode tensile strength of 70 ksi, I am getting some...
Hey eng-tips,
So last I posted, I was very frustrated with my current employment situation and was thinking of leaving the company. Since then, I have been asked to attend an interview in the manufacturing engineering department of our company.
I work in the engineering department and our...
Friends,
Currently I have been working for an employer (who will remain nameless) in the manufacturing industry for the past 2 years. As a mechanical graduate, I was delighted to score the job, although very low paying, due to the fact that it would give me significant design experience.
As...
Hello all,
I am not very familiar with CFD however I have been using CFDesign in order to verify some design data on exhaust flow characteristics and pressures.
The system being modelled is from a single turbo back through to a splitter box which splits the flow into two pipes before...
