Tag
Compression
Entries tagged compression.
2 entries
Concept
Beams, columns, and buckling
A long slender member loaded in compression can suddenly bow sideways and collapse at a load far below the load that would simply crush its material, and buckling is the study of when and why.
7 min
ConceptTension, compression, bending, torsion, and shear
Every internal force a member carries can be sorted into five basic types, tension, compression, bending, torsion, and shear, and telling them apart is what lets you predict how and where a part will actually fail.
7 min