I am employed by a company that designs and manufactures very specialized automated equipment used in the nuclear radiation research arena. I have worked with the company for several years and just this past year, obtained my P.E. license. All of the design engineers with the company (including...
I need advice on how to properly scale the physical parameters surrounding a scale model drop test I want to perform. Obviously, the way to do this is thru dimensional analysis. My question though, is where to begin….
I this post here, I describe a drop test of a 10000lb cask into a basin of...
I am trying to solve a fluid structure interaction problem and am looking at the possibility using MSC Nastran/Dytran to handle the combined Lagrangian/Eulerian meshing and simulation. I am trying to determine what would happen to the walls of tank of water whose top is open to the air (like a...
I have a 7ft diameter x 15ft deep cylindrical basin of water that has the side and bottom formed from 1/2" welded steel plate. This open topped basin is buried in the ground with the open end "flush" with the ground.
I have been tasked with doing an analysis to determine what the effects on...
I am designing a spreader bar to lift 15,000lbs with a safety factor of 3 when considering yield stress. This spreader bar will be made from a laser cut piece of 1" thick A36 steel plate. The customer's crane has a typical 8~10 ton Crosby swivel hook, and I have located an elongated oval hole in...
