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How do I calculate the strength to weight ratio of a material
I want to manufacture something using metal 3d printing. And I'm now choosing the material. Stainless steel is stronger but much heavier than aluminum, so I want to calculate which material can ...
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Brittle = highly stiff but not very strong
I was trying to imagine materials undergoing collisions, and thought about materials that do not deform at all. Naturally this is an idealization that does not exist in reality but, if it did, I ...
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How to measure the stiffness of a rectangular beam, and compare it to a triangular beam?
I'm an amateur at engineering, working more on musical instruments, and I'm often in confusion regarding what exactly constitutes stiffness of a beam for a load applied on it so it could resist ...
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