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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

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...

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...

This videos starts a series for a review of strength of materials. Face it, its been a long time since we used this. See all the videos in the course here or on...

Over the past 20 years, most of the hydraulic systems I've worked on have been between 2500 psi and 3000 psi (165 to 207 bar). There have been a few subsystems where the pressure was less (600 psi,...

Over the years, I have made and seen some bad hydraulic system designs. For the most part, these have be easily fixed. Others we just suffered through the consequences of bad design. Let's take a...