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Cantilever Beam - Maximum Shear of the Beam
A cantilever beam $3\ \text{m}$ long is subjected to a moment of $10\ \text{kNm}$ at the free end. Find the maximum shear of the beam.
The answer is "There is no vertical load, shear is zero"
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Young's Modulus and Vibrating String Harmonics
I was wondering how Young's Modulus effects the resonant harmonics of a vibrating (string instrument) string. I know that the string's fundamental frequency is $$\frac{1}2 \times \text{Length} \times ...
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(Botanical) branch bending under gravity
I'm a PhD student in maths, and attended my last physics class some 15 years ago, so you can imagine my competences in the field.
My supervisor (also not a mechanist) cant tell me how to proceed ...
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Elastic band around a cylinder
An elastic band is stretched using a known force and then placed around a cylinder. How are the forces or tensions distributed? I assume there will be two components: firstly, a tangential or ...
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Why does the overhand knot jam but the figure-8 knot doesn't?
After tensioning a rope with an overhand knot in it, it is often very hard if not impossible to untie it; a figure-8 knot, on the other hand, still releases easily.
Why is that so? Most "knot and ...
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A question about surface tension of membranes and their curvature
I'm reading a review about membranes properties and I have reach a section about fluid membranes. The section discuss the principal curvatures ($c_1, c_2$) and the spontaneous curvatures ($c_0$). ...
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Displacement due to sinusoidal load on a finite strip in an infinite plane
From a paper on tunnel design I've been reading: (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0886779887900113)
In the present application, the solu-
tion corresponding to a sinusoidal load
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Explain the Föppl–von Kármán equations
I am a newbe to elasticity.
Could someone please explain to me briefly how the Föppl–von Kármán equations work?
What are we trying to solve for?
Is there some kind of intuition to the way they look?
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How do I find the force from drop shock using material properties?
I am dropping a cylindrical cast iron bar with a know elastic modulus and poisson's ratio, $E_{1}$ and $v_{1}$, onto a flat beam of elastic modulus, $E_{2}$ and $v_{2}$ so there is tangential drop ...
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Decomposition of elastic constants of a crystalline material
I have performed a calculation the tensor of elastic constants (or stiffness tensor) for a given crystalline material. From there, I calculated various elastic properties, such as Young’s modulus, ...
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Slackline Jump Tension
So a slackline is basically a bouncy tight rope.
I found a site that has a calculator for the tension of a static slackline
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Is there analysis library for stress-strain data?
I have three column data that has time-displacement-force from 1D tensile/compression test. Now I would like to get the standard mechanical properties of the material, like Young modulus, yield ...
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Physics for taffy pulling?
I am creating a simulation and am interested in pulling stretchy things and when they break, like taffy. I imagine this is a bit tougher then a simple equation like gravity, but I have no idea.
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Is resilience a measure of power expended upon unloading?
I read the definition of 'elasticity' and 'resilience on Wikipedia:
Elasticity is a property of materials which return to their original
shape after they are deformed.
Resilience is the ...
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Maximum Shear on a Beam - beam with fixed support on one end and hinge on other end
A beam $\displaystyle 3m$ long with fixed support on one end and hinge on the other end is subjected to a uniform load of $10\ kN/m$. What is the maximum shear of this beam?
The solution is this one:
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Whats the contact area for elastic contact between a cylinder and a plane surface?
I am trying to determine the contact area between a cylinder and a plane surface of two different materials so that the plane lies tangent to the cylinder. There is elastic contact between the two ...
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How to solve fixed-fixed beam with finite difference method?
What equations to use on this system to form a matrix $A$ with dimensions $[n,n]$ and load vector $q$ with dimension $[n]$ ? I am trying to get vertical displacement $w$.
$$w = A^{-1}\times q$$
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Continuum mechanics and effects of stress
Going to word this question a bit more straightforward than I may have before. Also, I'm trying to use baby formulas so I can grasp exactly what's going on.
Object A has an elasticity of ...
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What are the applications of Microcontiuum theory, especially mircopolar theory?
I'm reading the book "Microcontiuum Field Theories I: Foundations and Solids". I got some basic idea of microcontiuum theory from the book, but the book provides little illustration on the application ...
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Which viscoelastic material that transparent for Infrared light?
I have to work with viscoelastic materials, since I tried to use a silicone polymer (silly putty) which expect to IR transparent properties, however, IR camera shown the black color (means their ...
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Can a wave propagate in an elastic fluid in the absence of volume forces?
A motion (wave) $\mathbf{x}: \mathcal{B}_0 \times [t_0,t_1] \to \mathcal{E}:$ such that
$q-o = \mathbf{x}(p,t)=(p-o)+\mathbf{a}_0 cos(\mathbf{k}_0\cdot(p-o) - \omega_0 t)$
can propagate in an elastic ...
