I have in the past used Visual Basic 6 to create both Active X controls and .exe files for use in creating various calculators to post onto websites but with the advent of Visual Basic 2005 was wondering how this is done with that software. The microsoft website talks about the need for Visual...
Does anyone know where I may find some stress relaxation curves for epoxy coating materials of any sort. I am trying to analyze the loosening of a clamping bolt compressing on an epoxy coated steel surface. Thanks,
Phil
Hi,
I need to find a hydrologist in the Southern California area to work as an expert witness consultant on a large water pipe failure. The main issues to cover are standard pressure test methods for pipe systems and flange assembly design issues. Any tips, suggestions or leads for experts in...
Due to the run time required for some of my mechanical event simulation FEA I have been looking into renting CPU time on an external computer cluster Grid. I wanted to see if anyone has any success in doing something like this and get some advice and thoughts on doing this. So far I have...
Due to the run time required for some of my mechanical event simulation FEA models I have been looking into renting CPU time on an external computer cluster Grid. I wanted to see if anyone has any success in doing something like this and get some advice and thoughts on doing this. So far I...
Due to the run time required for some of my mechanical event simulation FEA models, I have been looking into renting CPU time on an external computer cluster Grid. I wanted to see if anyone has any success in doing something like this and get some advice and thoughts on doing this. So far I...
Due to the run time required for some of my mechanical event simulation models I have been looking into renting CPU time on an external computer cluster Grid. I wanted to see if anyone has any success in doing something like this and get some advice and thoughts on doing this. So far I have...
I wanted to check to see if anyone has experience in the use of weldless, Uni-Flange type, setscrew flanges on fusion bonded epoxy coated pipes. I was considering using one on a 12in pipe exposed to steady water pressure of 85 psi with some infrequent minor pressure pulsation up to perhaps...
Does anyone know if Algor V19 software can run on a cluster of computers? I was thinking this would be good way to speed up the analysis of large models?
Phil
Does anyone know where to find some good information and data on the phenomena of resistance heating of electrical connections. I have an appliance product that is getting repeated overheating failures at its two pin power connection. The connection is often disconnected and reconnected. The...
Can anyone help me find an Algor V18 users manual or book? I just purchased the program and found that to get the manual one would need to sign up for a training seminar with Algor. I noticed a few books on Amazon.com but they appear to be for V14 or older versions. Thanks,
Phil
Does anyone have any experience with either Plassotech 3G Author or FEMdesigner? I am looking into both of these packages as options for FEA analysis as they appear to be a lot more affordable than most of what is out there. Thanks
I was wondering if anyone has experience with the Hitachi HMCS424 series microcontroller chips. I am trying to find software and hardware to read and write to this chip and cannot find anything on the web. I need to access the resident code in this chip to see if it may be part of the cause of...
I am trying to trouble shoot a microcontroller circuit utilizing an Hitachi controller chip which runs into a very random error event which I believe may be linked to noise events on the 120 Volt AC power source to the power supply transformer for the microcontroller. The system has its own...
Has anyone ever heard of or observed a watt hour meter short circuit within a 70's era Zinsco residental apartment meter panel? I was told by an electrician that when he looked up in the meter panel and wiggled the meter slightly on the backside of the meter arcing occured between it and the...
Has anyone heard of any bus disconnect switchgear failures and their general causes. I have a rebuilt Sylvania HCSHD365 bus bus disconnect switchgear that when fastened to a 480-3phase switchgear worked fine but when the switch was thrown to connect it exploded. so much damage I can't tell if...
Does anyone have experience in using Thermoanlytics heat transfer modeling software? I would like to share models and ideas on using this product. Thanks,
Phil Van Herle, PE
pvh@vglabs.com
I have noticed in using FEA heat transfer analysis software That the long triangular shaped mesh results that Autocad puts out as a surface file makes for strange temperature gradient plots. To this end does anyone know of a good way to convert Autocad 3D models to square meshed grid files?
Does anyone know what contact cements work for bonding silicone sheets together? I have the same question for bonding butyl rubber sheets together. I am developing a protoype of a camping water filter product and need to design and build my own bladder components for the design. Also any...
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows of any vendors that may be able to supply me with a silicone rubber bladder or accumulator that can carry 4 to 8 liters of water and is potable water compatible. Thanks,
Phil Van Herle, P.E.
