Load-adapted and lightweight components made from steel-aluminum mixed joints will be required for the automotive industry of the future. As part of the LaserLeichter project, Laser Zentrum Hannover, ...
Understanding how helical, curved beams operate — how their spiral cuts accommodate angular and parallel misalignment, axial motion, and system vibrations — is the key to knowing how they will perform ...
DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.