Steel Definition and 840 Threads

Question: A copper wire and steel wire with identical diameters are placed under identical tensions. The frequency of the third resonant mode for the copper wire is found to be the same as the frequency of the fourth resonant mode for the steel wire. If the length of the copper wire is 3.44 m...

Hi, For my engineering project for college I am designing a rotating table/steel frame structure for supporting a mild steel panel which weighs 180kg. My previous experience with UDL's has only been in using a 2D beam like situation to calculate how the load is spread, bending of the beam and...

Homework Statement :A steel wire of radius 0.4 × 10–3 m and length 1 m is tightly clamped between points A and B which are separated by 1 m and in the same horizontal plane. A mass is hung from the middle point of the wire such that the middle point sags by 2 cm from the original...

Hello all! I am not the most well versed in engineering but my old man is attempting to build a slide out rail system for his pick up truck. The design we have in mind calls for a frame made of tube steel however what we have laying around the shop seems to be a bit overkill (or maybe not). The...

I have a 300 mm diameter hole in the ground surrounded by concrete. This hole will be covered by a steel plate. I need to get a machine of weight 2.5 tonnes across this hole safely without any bending of the steel plate. How would i calculate the required thickness of the plate? Thank you Ron.

Hello. I just want to know if you guys know a website, place, or store where you can use their apparatus and work on a stainless steel plate? Right now I'm planning to create a Hydrogen generator using water with catalyst. Thank you.

I need to make a steel beam ( or aluminum) of square tube ( box beam) 10 feet long with a balance point 2 feet from one end. The short end will have 60 lbs on it and the long end will have 30 lbs. how thick of a wall will the square tube need to be to hold the static load?

1. Problem statement A steel rod supporting a stress of 8000 psi at 1000 ◦ F is not to exceed 5 % creep strain. Knowing that the steady-state creep rate can be expressed by an equation of the form ##\dot{\epsilon}_{s}^{C}=B|\sigma |^{n} exp \left(\frac{-Q}{kT} \right)## ε⋅, strain rate B...

Does anyone have an approximate idea of the relative cost of the following allows / metals: Titanium SS904L 2205 Duplex Steel 6Mo (Super Austentic Stainless Steel) Alloy 400 SS316L (just as a convenient reference price) Of course, I'm not looking for accuracy just approximate price ratios...

Hi there, Wondering if anyone knows how to create pitting in steel with acid as the only method I know takes about 20 years and burying steel in the ground, not very ideal so was looking towards acid as I've heard of other people using it as an oxidizing agent to create corrosion on steel but...

If anybody knows the Paris Constants 'C' and 'm' for either 20MnMoNi55 or SA508 steel at room temperature and in air environment, please hep me out.

I am trying to complete a project and have to properly size some steel tubing. The project is a belay bar for a slackline we have in the yard. I have 2 poles that are set in the ground 21' apart and a slackline runs between them. We want to run a steel tube beam, permanently attached to the...

Homework Statement Estimate the value for Youngs Modulus from the two following graphs: Graph 1: Plot a graph of depression in metres (D) against load in kilograms (M) Graph 2: Plot a graph of log_10(D) against log_10 of Length of cantilever. Homework Equations [/B] D = 4*L^3*m*g / Y*a*b^3...

Hello, I am an electrical engineering student and I was hoping some body here could help me out with a cantilever question. I want to model a vibrating cantilever with a mass at the end. I am doing this for a project where I wanted to model a Wurlitzer 200 Electric Piano. The way they produce...

Problem: I do not know how to approach this problem. For a beam which has two reactions, the shear stress is equivalent to the reaction. I suppose that the stress is calculated using moment some how. But how? For seeing if the beam is allowable stress design compliant, you can use the...

Hello, I'm enrolled in College in the civil engineering program and am looking for guidance with calculating strength of steel square tubing. We are making a project that has parameters. 1- Must be made of steel 2- 4"x6"x36" is maximum OD of section. 3- 14 lbs is maximum weight 4- the load...

Hi, so I'm currently trying to build a cubic bedframe out of metal pipes. The frame would essentially be a 7'x7'x5' rectangular prism (HxWxL, I.E. 7x5 being the base of it), with four 1' legs holding it up. However, I would like the top of the frame (The 7x5 square above the bed) to be able to...

I've been trying to understand the major systems for hours. All are ridiculously complicated and seem to make no sense. Wikipedia articles are poorly written and google is having a hard time digging something useful. If any of you guys have any links that do a good job of explaining any system...

Homework Statement A .5 kg steel block rotates on a steel table, attached to a 1.20m-long hollow tube. Air is fed through the tube and is ejected from the block, giving it a thrust force of 5.21N perpendicular to the tube. Max tension the tube can withstand without breaking is 50N. Assume...

1) PROBLEM: Task is to find the thermal conductivity of steel experimentally. I have conducted relevant experiments and I am trying to solve for the thermal conductivity (k) itself. My final however is ten times too large in size, and I am having trouble identifying where the error is coming...

Moderator note: The OP was warned that he needed to do more research before asking questions like this. So mild steel appear to have black mild steel or bright mild steel... What are the differences between them... And bright mild steel appear to have higher quality than black mild steel... In...

Here is a video of a funny accident that happened at a steel mill in Russia. Thousands of pounds of molten metal come pouring out of it's ladle onto the floor due to equipment failure. Fortunately no one was hurt in this incident, but the whole plant could have gone up in flames if the outcome...

I'm working on a problem involving steel structural members on the exterior of a building. I need to figure out how much insulation (for summer conditions) and possible heat tracing (for winter conditions) would be required to maintain minimum and maximum temperatures. I know I need to use the...

I live in a highly corrosive coastal environment, a major problem we have is rusting of all components of our power transformers. I have investigated the use of 3CR12 (or equivalent) for the main tank (between 31,5MVA up to 63 MVA 132kV/22 or 11kV) (YyN0) in order to prevent rust problems. It...

i've been searching for the friction coefficient between medium carbon steels but can't find it, and also i see everywhere the yield stress of materials but i can't find the compressive stress of materials

Hi, I'm planning to build a climbing wall outside my house, attached to a concrete wall. The climbing wall would be 3 sheets of 18mm plywood (each about 30kgs) - each 2.5m x 1.22m (8ft x 4ft). With the boards set out 2.5m wide and stacked 3 high to give a max height of 3.66m (12ft). I want the...

I had a piece of box section steel tubing, 400mm long, 5 x 10cm section, 3mm thick. It has a foot welded to the bottom which stabilises it at the floor (this is in red). It is a weight lifting bench. I needed to shorten the length, so I cut it in two and overlapped a join, then fixed it with 3...

I am designing a Power Rack like this. Would I benefit anyhow using 3"x3" tubing instead of 2"x2" tubing? The most weight that thing is going to be subjected to is around 800 lbs (400 kg approx). Also will bolting the pieces be dangerous or should I just weld them? Finally I also want to omit...

Sorry this isn't really intro to physics, it's high school physics... I'm investigating the force vs angle of a mouse trap and I need to talk about the uncertainties one thing is that the lever (hammer/arm/part that hits the mouse) bends. So the angle isn't very accurate. What formula do I...

I am making a ramps to load logs onto a portable sawmill. I would like to know the size steel tubing I need for logs weighing 4000 lbs. the ramps would be 8' long and at the following angles; never less than 25 degrees never more than 38 degrees. 1.5 x .125 tubing is available locally, but that...

I'm building a sun cover for my open air atrium. Dimension is 8x8 ft. I'm building with clear cedar(ver expensive). In one direction, I'm placing 19 8ft 2x4 cedar boards tilted vertical and spaced 5 inches apart. Knowing the boards spanning 8 ft, anchored at both ends to the square frame...

Hello, Looking for some advice on increasing bending stiffness of a mild steel 1" x 0.065" round tube. This is for a motorcycle frame and clearance is an issue. There is a fuel tank above and the engine below this top tube (two running parallel) that I wanted to reinforce against bending...

Hi All, I am looking for a chart with A36 square tubing strengths. I am mostly concerned with tension strength but yield and other values might come in handy later. Thanks for you input, Chris

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to determine how much a simple steel plate will bend with "x" amount of weight on it. I have searched the internet looking for some good descriptive information for my studies and am having a hard time figuring it out. I understand that it is probably...

I am attempting to determine the allowable uniform load on a 8ft long C3x5 steel channel A36 steel. i got an answer of about 2,455lbs but idk if that's right. if there is an easy equation to follow or if you know of a table online somewhere that can help that would be awesome! thanks in...

Homework Statement The figure below shows a snapshot of a standing wave on a composite string. It is a node in the composite point. If the aluminium string has a diameter of 1.50 mm, which diameter does the steel string have ...

How does the orientation affect how much a steel tube can hold? or does it not really have an effect?

Hi, I'm a mechanic and I need to settle a point with a fellow mechanic. I was describing how a 3/8"s extension twisted during use, and I said maybe I need one that has been hardened properly. As in *through hardened*. He said I am confusing hardness with rigidity. And to look into...

A square tube beam, 4in x 4in x .1875in thick. Length= 36in Cross sectional Area= 2.859in^2 A36 steel How do you determine its max load capacity?

Hi everyone, I need some specific mechanical properties of A516 carbon steel, but as yet I am unable to find it online. Can you help me find the fatigue limit and the relation between yield strength and temperature? Are there tabulated values for this? Thanks! Mark edit: found it! seems i...

Hi, I'm looking for a simple s.s crystal unit cell structure and can't find it anywhere. I understand that stainless steel is a very general word and takes many forms and has many different types, but isn't there a standard type that people use in the industry and ususlay talk about when they...

I seem to be unable to confirm to myself what's really going here. Basically, we have a rectangular shaped magnet with north and south at opposite ends. A steel ball bearing is placed to the left of the magnet where it is equidistant from the north and south ends. Consequently, a force...

Hello all! I have recently started a Parts Cleaning Machine manufacturing business. Most of my clients are Automobile Manufacturers & Ancillaries. The last couple of years have been disastrous for the automobile industry here. So I was looking to broaden my horizon and target the Steel...

Homework Statement Hi all, I am helping in designing a conveyor that takes freshly milled mild steel bars and submerges them in a tank of cooled water to reduce their temperature enough to to not damage the proceeding equipment. The tank of water will be connected to a separate...

Afternoon all, I am interested to hear any and all suggestions as to how one would go about modelling the rise in temperature on the "safe" side of a wall, after a given time period over which the other side was exposed to a hydrocarbon pool fire. The configuration I have been looking at...

Homework Statement If a steel ball of mass 100g and 100°c is dropped into 1litre of water at 20°c, what is the temperature rise? What would happen if it were dropped into a mixture of ice and water at 0°c?Homework Equations Q=mcΔT Q=mlm where ml is latent heat of melting Q lost = Q gained The...

I bought a Stainless Steel soap bar and it works, it just does. It was from China and hollow inside and I would like to know if that's either a cost cutting measure or how the bar works? What would happen if it were solid? Another thing would be if it had a magnetic core, or made from a metal...

Homework Statement A circular steel plate of radius 15 cm is cooled from 350 C to 20 C. By what percentage does the plates area decorate ? Homework Equations A=∏r^2 Af = Ai (1+2∂ΔT) specific heat of steel = 12 x 10^-6 The Attempt at a Solution r = 15 cm = .15 m Ai = .070685 m^2...

I have some pieces of rusted mild steel pipes that i intend to remove rust from.I inserted a test sample in 15% Hydrochloric acid for 4 hours after which all the rust was removed from the surface and corrosion has slowed dramatically after washing off the acid.The subsequent pieces of steel pipe...

Homework Statement A steel cable is vibrating in its third harmonic. The Frequency is 150Hz 1. What is the length of the cable? 2. What is the wavelength?Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I am really stuck