Hi - my first question on eng-tips so go easy on me! Currently designing topsides equipment on an FPSO although confused by RAOs and if the calculation includes for the static gravity component due to the shift of equipment COG at the given roll angle. My original thought was that both were...
About 4 years ago a sample of a non return nut was being passed around in work and if memory serves me right it was called a McConkie nut. It could only be installed once and no amount of effort could make it rotate in an anti-clockwise direction. The nut was complex and had a series of...