Any engineers here?

[Dory]

Not because I'm interested in starting a debate about the infrastructure of buildings and machines, but rather I could use some help in engineering statics. Actually, I'm one of the top students in my class, but there are a few exercises in our exercises book that I can't solve. I was wondering if anyone might be inclined to help should I post these exercises here?

[Ronja]

Not because I'm interested in starting a debate about the infrastructure of buildings and machines, but rather I could use some help in engineering statics. Actually, I'm one of the top students in my class, but there are a few exercises in our exercises book that I can't solve. I was wondering if anyone might be inclined to help should I post these exercises here?

Well, I passed the relevant physics course years ago, and was not very good at it even then (and it was the lightweight version for computer engineers, anyway), but you can always present the problem, and we can see what we can do. Also, if it is just plain statics, Jim could be of help (and I am sure quite a few others, too).

A warning: I was notoriously good at "missing" (forgetting) one of the forces - I messed up one of each week's exercises pretty much always. In the exam, I thankfully did remember to mark them all in the end.

Edit: I.e. it was stuff like this I always had trouble with: http://emweb.unl.edu/negahban/em223/note12/note12.htm

[Dory]

Ah...should be simple statics stuff:) thank you Ronja for offering a hand... right now though I got everything under control it seems, esp. thanks to physicsforum.

Edit: I.e. it was stuff like this I always had trouble with: http://emweb.unl.edu/negahban/em223/note12/note12.htm

Trusses! Yea, we're about to tackle trusses next semester which starts soon...thanks for the link. Right now, we're still just calculating moments, when often there's friction and occasionally pulleys....can't wait to start trusses!

I've solved the entire exercises book the teacher gave our class and posted the entire thing in my blog for other students to see! but, not to brag-- hopefully that would help them as they all struggle.

http://ortmechatronics.blogspot.com/

[mistermack]

Fuck me, that's hard. Having the page upside down and back-to-front doesn't help!

[cowiz]

An engineer told me before he died
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And I've no reason to believe he lied
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He had a wife with a cunt so wide
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That she could not be satisfied
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So he built a prick of steel
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Two brass balls and a bloody great wheel
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Then he filled those balls with cream
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The whole damn thing was powered by steam
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He tied her to the leg of the bed,
Tied her hands above her head.
There she lay demanding a fuck,
He shook her hand and wished her luck.

Round and round went the bloody great wheel
In and out went the prick of steel
Up and up went the level of steam
Down and down went the level of cream

Then at last the maiden cried
"Enough, Enough, I'm satisfied"
Now we come to the tragic bit
There was no way of stopping it

It split her up from ass to tit
And the whole damn thing was covered in shit
It jumped off her, it jumped on him,
And then it buggered their next of kin.

It jumped on an uptown bus,
And the mess it made caused quite a fuss.
The last time that the prick was seen
It was over in England fucking the Queen.

There is a moral to the story I tell,
If you see it coming better run like hell.
Nine months later a child was born,
With two brass balls and a bloody great horn.

The moral of this story is mighty clear.
Never fuck an engineer.