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Category: Strength of Materials

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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link to Video-How FEA Should Be Used – Save Time and Heartache

Video-How FEA Should Be Used – Save Time and Heartache

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...

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