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Hi all We are in the process of developing a novel Windmill blade design. We have most of the design criteria defined but one thing is bit unclear: Where is the rotation center for blade twast? And is it the same rotation center along the blade length?

drawoh. Well you don't have a board of known stiffness. All the components will alter the PCB stiffness.

IRstuff, thanks for your feedback. No, not at all. But I'm wondering: how can I get the correct stiffness of the components without coming down to the nitty gritty details of each component with soldering and cabling. Do you have any good suggestions on how to do this? Or anyone else on the...

Yes, that's the thing. This is not an accurate model, because I don't have the stiffness of the components.

Hi there I've been searching and wondering how to correctly FE-model a populated PCB with components. I get excellent input from Steinberg book, but how to model thia with FE is still a mystery. The Componens will add both mass and stiffness to the PCB, and to model this corectly without using...

Thank you. 3DDave

Hi Does anyone have experience with shock loads from MIL-S-901 testing? We have been asked to do an analysis of ahip board equipmnet mounted in a navy vessel. What g-levels do we apply?? Thanks for any help. Rgds Bernt

Hi I just wonder what the error #1466 means: "BEGIN BULK" encountered while reading continuation for control card. My Job stops, and I am not able to get results. Any help is appreciated:-)

Is it one single shock mount you are applying? In order for you to select the correct shock mount, you need to know the dynamic behavior of your electronic component. And compare that to the shock. Shock duration (gives you the frequency), shock wave form etc. Generally, you will need to...

Intersting discuasionQ! But how do we define "accurate"? I bet that no matter how accurate you set up your FEM model, it will never copy the reality. And reality is also relative depending om how well you manufacture the part and how accurate the system is assembled. After all, FEM is only a...

Well. Maybe it is just me being used to working with defence materials. Both Def-Stan and MIL-STD-810 operates with a shock duration of 11ms.

Why is 11ms on shock loads "Standard"?

Yes, I have to switch back to the original. But for us, Airbus is several links away back from where we are. This is a MEDEVAC helicopter, and our immediate contact is the helicopter operators. But we will get through the jungle in the end. Thanks for any input.

Yes, now I looked at MIL-STD-810G. And G gave some good info. Previously I used F version, and that was more confusing. Thank you.

Yes, I guess that's where I have to go. Thanks.