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link to Video – Identifying Shear Stress in Structures

Video – Identifying Shear Stress in Structures

https://youtu.be/p_5WWj7pJnU Featured Image Sourced from: aokomoriuta(青子守歌), CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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link to Video – How to Use Tables to Calculate Stress Concentrations

Video – How to Use Tables to Calculate Stress Concentrations

We’ve talked a little about stress concentrations, but now let’s dig into how they are calculated. Using commonly available tables, we can determine what the factor is and how to calculate the...

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link to Video – Calculating the Stress on a Pin Hole?

Video – Calculating the Stress on a Pin Hole?

https://youtu.be/huG80V4dpWs Stresses in pin holes have a unique stress distribution. Here we will learn the classical approach to this and why we can make this assumption.

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link to Video-Working with Axial Stresses and Avoiding Stress Concentrations

Video-Working with Axial Stresses and Avoiding Stress Concentrations

Axial stress is generally what we think of when we first hear the word “Stress”. Let’s do a quick review on all that axial stress is. https://youtu.be/V-i38A5v86c

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link to Video-Stress and Strain: What is Their Importance?

Video-Stress and Strain: What is Their Importance?

Understanding how a material behaves is critical to how we design. Brittle materials like glass and chalk break suddenly, while ductile materials like steel will flex much more. Find out what causes...

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link to Video-Stress Flow Analysis – How Do We Design with It?

Video-Stress Flow Analysis – How Do We Design with It?

Strength of Materials is simply how a material reacts to various applied forces. As forces and moments are added to objects, we need to know how the the material reacts. Good engineers can see...

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About the Author

Corey Rasmussen is an award-winning professional engineer (NC and TX) with over 20 years of product design and development experience. He has two patents related to aerial lifts machinery, has advanced certifications in hydraulics and electronic controls, and specializes in designing mobile equipment. Corey is the principal engineer of Rasmussen Designs and is based out of Durham, NC.

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