Analysis brush up.... 3

[Divesnowboy]

Dear Peeps,
I would like to brush up on my Aero Stress Analysis and could use some links or pamphlets where I could practice on some basic hand calculations, such as bending moments, cross section analysis, force diagrams and such.
I have asked my work to provide me with an analysis course but no such budget exists....
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[3DDave]

Look at the Lincoln Arc Welding site for Blodgett's book on stress analysis:

https://www.jflf.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWS

$25.

Plus there should be many Schaum's outline books for stress analysis and I'm pretty sure that MIT open courseware will have some reference material to look into.

 

[Divesnowboy]

Thanks very much 3DDave

 

[rb1957]

post in the "aircraft engineering" forum.

look into Kansas U and there are many online courses, like MIT's opencourseware site.

google "stress analysis course" and see what you get.

You could try some basic texts, like Flabel, Niu, or Bruhn.

another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?

 

[Korichnevijgigant]

Roarks?

 

[dhengr]

Divesnowboy:
Use your old Uni. text books for such courses as Engineering Mechanics, Statics, Strength of Materials, Theory of Elasticity, Aircraft Structural Design, etc. They should be somewhat familiar to you, since you learned from them in the first place, you shouldn’t be fighting format, notation and terminology issues. They will have problems to work out, and the various topics will lead you to other ref. materials (new and different texts, journals, etc.) for a deeper look at various topics. Those basics are what you really need to get well in hand if you are going to start to be proficient at more advanced analysis.

I’m always surprised at the people who have not keep the very text books they learned the basics from for their office ref. shelf. Just look here on E-Tips, two thirds of the basic question OP’s can most likely be answered by looking back at first course text books in many of the subjects. The other two thirds didn’t learn the basics in class, to even be able to start to approach a real world engineering problem, and now they don’t know how to use the software, which they are totally dependent upon, either. That middle third, well…, dumb as a rock, can’t even get started if they don’t have a worked example to plug their numbers into. I’ll have to get my high school math book.

 

[MJCronin]

I second the recommendation for Raymond Roark's "Formulas for Stress and Strain.

First published in 1938, its in an 8th edition.... I like the fifth, best

Have been using mine for over 40 years ....

Many, many used texts available ....

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At one time, long ago, being competent in the stress analysis of mechanisms and structures made you a valued and well paid mechanical engineer. The stress engineer had the responsiblity to guarantee against collapse and failure

Now, stress analysis is a side skill that MBAs threatens CAD drafters about.

Not to worry, though ......... a temp engineering employee (a PE) will soon be here to stamp the drawings.

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https://www.amazon.com/Roarks-Formulas-Stress-Strain-8th/dp/0071742476

MJCronin
Sr. Process Engineer

 

[Korichnevijgigant]

I’m always surprised at the people who have not keep the very text books they learned the basics from for their office ref.

it is very surprising
when I was in Uni I think I only sold my 1st year and maybe 3rd semester texts, but I stopped because 1) I thought the bookstores were ripping people off and 2) I was tryying to fill up the bookshelves in my apartment to impress girls haha

when I got to my last year I was so happyy I had kept them because I was referencing them so much even more so when I began studying for the FE

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