I was doing some test cases with other structural programs, basically ran a pipe arrangement with 3 programs ( one of which is CII). The results of the two of the programs were very close 2-3% but the ceasar results were off by as much as 100% . Any ideas what may cause this , I have always just...
I am looking at a step over ladder used to get over a conveyor ( top of walkover 50" from grade). Walk up one side , 2 1/2 ft platform on top and walk down other side.
My concern is whether it has to be restrained from overturning. The ladder is considered portable and get moved a little along...
I am looking for some clarification on moment vs shear base connections. I typically used to treat base connections as shear and would design the base plate as such. On a more recent project we designed the base plate as a moment connection.
My question is if I design a base plate as either...
I am reviewing a pressure vessal calculation for a customer that has a connection into an elliptical head. Rather then the nozzle coming in perpendicular to the crown of the head it is coming in at 90 degree. Example the vessal is vertical and the connection is horizontal, perpendicular to the...
I am looking for some help interpreting the required thickness of a semielipsoidal head with a manway. In the past we sized the head thickness based on a blank unstayed head and provided reinforcement for the manway opening ( Re PG-29-4)
But we were recently reviewing a new customers...
I am looking for some help interpreting the required thickness of a semielipsoidal head with a manway. In the past we sized the head thickness based on a blank unstayed head and provided reinforcement for the manway opening ( Re PG-29-4)
But we were recently reviewing a new customers...
I am new to Eng-Tips and have spent a fair amount of time over the past few days browsing through different forums. I think it is great. One area that my company is struggling with (which also has been covered thoroughly in past threads) is sales and marketing for a small engineering company.
I...