2023-07-26
In the previous posts we determined the maximum load that we can put on an 8 foot tall column made out of standard schedule 40 steel pipe. The question now is what size pipe do we need to match the load bearing capacity of a 6″x6″ wooden column. We care because I’m trying to replace a rotting wooden column with a column made of metal pipe. Which brings us to point number A. At least Read more…
2023-07-08
The nice thing about swerving out of one’s lane once in a while is the resultant fuckups. Sitting in a ditch waiting for a tow truck sucks on one hand, on the other hand it does break up the monotonous daily drudgery. In the last couple posts I was going on breathlessly about calculating critical column loads. In other words how much load can you put on a column before it fucks off on you Read more…
2023-07-06
In the last post we determined that no matter what Euler’s critical load formulas determined, we can not load a column beyond the steel’s yield point. Well what’s the yield load for a given pipe size? Since yield is in pounds per square inch, the number of square inches of steel in a pipe determines how much force we can apply to it before things go from happy to snappy. The math is simple; Read more…