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Superposition of cylinder stress and normal stress
I need to calculate the principal stresses for the given cylinder with thick walls inside filled with gas shown on this picture:
I used the Lamé equations, namely:
$$\sigma_{x} = p\cdot\frac{r_{1}^2}{...
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Stress-strain Curve Interpretation
A significant barrier to my understanding of typical engineering stress vs. engineering strain curves is that for certain values of stress, there are multiple values of strain (i.e., the stress-strain ...
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Calculating the diameter of screws that are on radius 160mm from axis of rotation. I need help - I don't know If I'm thinking in the right way
First of all, english is not my first language so if there are some mistakes I made - I'm sorry and I hope everything is understandable.
The example I am trying to solve reads the following:
The gear ...
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Locations of max stresses in a circular beam?
If a torque and axial force is applied to a beam with a circular cross section, where along the cross section of the circular beam is the location of the max shear stress, max bending moment, max ...
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Is strain energy the same as potential energy, or something differen?
Sorry for this stupid, basic question. But I got hung up on it.
We know from Clapeyron's theorem that the strain(internal) energy of an elastically deformed body is equal to half the work
$$
U=\...
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