Nov 23, 2011 · Hello Folks, Is there anybody with experience using this software? If yes, what is your recommendation? Does it worth investing? Or stick to traditional way of selecting material …

Dec 23, 2008 · The presentation by Socrates Ioannides is available here as "E19 Rules of Thumb for Steel Design" as a sound file with accompanying slides. Well worth listening to for anyone …

Aug 15, 2002 · Socrates Ioannides and John Ruddy have compiled a fairly comprehensive list of steel design rules of thumb and presented the topic at several conferences. A summary of their …

Aug 15, 2002 · I want to use Inconel 718 for a valve stem and gate nut but need to know a few things first. Is 718 susceptible to galling? If it is will copper plating the nut threads help or will …

Jun 10, 2002 · I am an industrial engineer assigned to evaluate and purchase CAM software for our plant. We manufacture hydrualic piston pumps in low volume. To date we have done all …

Nov 11, 2002 · I need to use the inventor equivalent of XREFs. Do they exist? Excessive accuaracy is a sign of poor breeding. -Socrates.

May 11, 2007 · I usually design steel columns for the connection eccentricity, but Socrates Ioannides has published a couple papers that say a typical sheartab connection provides …

Jun 22, 2009 · Is there a 'best practices' approach to designing columns using Risa Floor and 3-D? I work on relatively straightforward low-rise buildings for the most part, but the axial loads can …

Mar 9, 2006 · ah ha, fixed it.. there was no <CR> (carriage return) marker for the program to look for when it sent it to the machine, so it was just stripped out - removing the first line. Excessive …

Sep 26, 2002 · Maraging steel will begin to corrode as soon as you look the other way, so MPI is one of teh only practicle ways to NDT it. FPI will cover the part in rust. Actually, fingerprints will …