Recent content by Jaydee

Hi all, I have calculated that a wooden rectangular beam has a max bending moment of 1780N/m2 and I want to increase loading by 10times and use the table for a replacement steel i-beam. Steel max stress = 275MN/m^2 and safety factor of 2 How would a suitable beam be confirmed given the data...

Can anyone help me solve the magnitude and direction of force at C. I've managed to get a value for AB. Using basic trig and substituting into F= ((9x150+19.62×350) / 50) / cos9.782 Therefore producing an upward force at AB=166.7N when it comes to force @ C.. I'm lost!

Highly skilled engineers, world leading for military applications. Yes their sketch was identical to the one I posted. Along with another one that's the same but in a horizontal orientation and a final one which was a vertical drop. That's pretty much what I figured, certainly looks like I've...

Thanks man, I really appreciate your help. I'm going to get more detailed info next week so hopefully I can figure out what I must have missed. The way it was 3xplained sounded like it would be definitive. Perhaps I've mistakenly assumed force when it was strength. Makes more sense. 😳

I have a feeling you're right and I've made a mistake thinking it was impact force when intact it is strength ^^

I'm not an Engineer but hope to be one. It's an unpaid placement to get workplace experience. The design of the rig was specifically sketched out to me in three ways. They seemed keen on the design I recreated in my crude sketch. From what I understood it's a one off test for a heavy tracked...

Hi, Thank you for your reply, it does seem increasely likely that this type of rig is not feasible. The task is really to identify what impact force the rig would be capable of in theory, using the math to design a rig of a specific impact force to a given material. Obviously I still need the...

Hi, many thanks for your reply :) At this stage it is purely theoretical and in the design stage to see if this type of thing would be a feasible option for a specific application, or if the company should go for another testing route. I haven't received the exact data yet so I've just input...

Hi all, I have just started work experience at an engineering company in the design department. I've be tasked to develop a test rig, Similar to a charpy rig. Intended to measure the impact strength of materials. The design will consist of an A-frame structure with swing arm attached to the...