Posted by Clint Dixon [162.158.75.127] on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 08:25:38 :
In Reply to: Re: Differential Gasket Thickness posted by Matt Wilson [108.162.221.179] on Sunday, January 21, 2018 at 00:21:17 :
I have never had any formal Engineering training, so the hand calculations are way above my head. But, I supervised individuals in the design center where I worked whose sole job was to run FEA. And I used the cheap version embedded within Solid Works a few times. Applying the loads and watching the cold spots turn hot, and then changing the material size, position, or composition and watching the reds turn back to green again, a guy kind of developed a "feel" for it after a while.
It is kind of amazing just how elastic and forgiving steel can actually be. But take an axle shaft that has developed a memory over a few decades and suddenly reverse the load on it in just the wrong way and hear her snap in two.
Junior
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