Category: Stress Flow / Hand Calcs

Have you ever wondered if there is an ideal location to put your shelf supports? Well, of course not, you're normal. But if we look at it mathematically….. https://youtu.be/U3r1jAM3Wto

Curved beams are sometimes a necessary evil. Whether it is a link of chain or a banana link, they don't calculate stresses the same as a straight link. After recently designing a banana link, I...

I often see young engineers who understand the information presented so far, but have great difficulty implementing the process. I was once the epitome of this engineer. The first time I was asked to...

In addition to combining shear and normal stresses with Mohr’s circle, we also need to know how to add stresses from multiple sources. Some stresses add linearly but others add by the square root...

Combining loads and stresses is a difficult task. We’ve all learned Mohr’s circle in college, but there was so much information presented. We’ve boiled it down to what you actually need to know...

Now, let’s go into a little more depth with curved beams and calculate the stress on some popular sections. Let's find out which sections are smart for curved beams and which ones to avoid. ...