Mar
12
Cylindrical Stress
Cylindrical stress can be attributed in three ways:
* Hoop Stress - an tangential stress around the circumference of the cylinder
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Mar
05
Fastener Groups; Out-of-Plane Loading
An out-of-plane load applied to a bracket will cause a simultaneous tensile and shear load to be applied to the
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Feb
27
Sizing Fasteners
The following information should be used for sizing calculations ONLY!
Any formal calculations MUST use values from relevant company or
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Feb
20
Slip Fit vs Press Fit
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Feb
13
Inches to Millimetre Conversion
Convert inches to millimetres with our simple conversion table
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Feb
10
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerances
Check out our 7 part GD&T series...
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Feb
06
GD&T - Part 7; Run-Out
A more specialist geometric tolerance, run-out tolerances combine a number of other geometric features including; co-axiality, roundness, cylindricality and even perpendicularity and flatness.
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Jan
30
GD&T - Part 6; Profile
Profile tolerances are can be applied in two ways; a line or a surface profile. Both are usually applied to irregular shapes where other tolerances are difficult communicate or cannot be used.
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Jan
23
GD&T - Part 5; Location
In this post we are taking a closer look into: Position, Concentricity and Symmetry features
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Jan
16
GD&T - Part 4; Orientation
As discussed in our previous post, form features are a great way in establishing a strong foundation to build our
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