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Which steel rod would have the least sag/twist/flex of a 4' stretch
I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated
whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman
wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. -- Ed Huntress |
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On 4/19/2015 6:29 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. correct. Fairly understandable essay on deflection of beams. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflect...engineering%29 |
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On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:18:05 PM UTC-4, Jman wrote:
I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy Is the sagging only from the weight oft the rod? If so you can do a little better using a tube. Increasing the diameter will reduce the amount of sagging, and again using a tube will help even more. And decreasing the length will also help. Dan |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman
wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod With no more than 0.0003" sag, right? g Maybe something like this is in your futu http://tinyurl.com/k89zupx Support that puppy! -- "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." --James Madison, Virginia Convention, June 16, 1788 |
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On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 4:18:05 PM UTC-7, Jman wrote:
I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups Knowing something about what it's going to be used for might help. |
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On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? |
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dcaster wrote: Is the sagging only from the weight oft the rod? If so you can do a little better using a tube. Increasing the diameter will reduce the amount of sagging, and again using a tube will help even more. And decreasing the length will also help. Dan The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups |
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replying to Jman, Aristatos wrote:
Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups |
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"Ignoramus25660" wrote in message
... On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? ================================================== ================= Iggy, the physical property that defines "stiffness" is called Young's Modulus, or the modulus of elasticity. Pretty much all steel alloys have a modulus between 28,500,000 psi and 30,500,000 psi, a range of 7%, so for most calculation purposes "all" steel is basically 29,000,000 psi and equivalent as far as stiffness goes. This does not change with heat treat or hardness or work hardening or tensile strength or yield strength. Similarly "all" aluminum alloys are 10,600,000 psi. Cast iron is about 10,000,000 psi for plain grey iron and up to about 15,000,000 psi for nodular iron; that is one of the few materials whose modulus changes significantly with minor changes in composition and heat treat. In terms of shape, the stiffness is proportional to the fourth power of the lateral dimension so 3/4" rod is 16 times stiffer than 3/8" rod, and pound for pound thinwall large od tube is much stiffer than solid rod (of course, diameter for diameter solid rod is stiffer than tube). For the OP, 4' or 3/8" rod held parallel to the ground by supporting the ends is going to sag a good bit under its own weight. The shape parameter that determines stiffness is the moment of inertia (not the same rotational moment as for a spinning object). For example, for 3/8" solid rod the moment if inertia I is 0.0009707 in^4, and 4' of 3/8" mild steel will weigh about 1.5 lbs. If you support the ends by just sitting them on supports (as opposed to clamping them so they can't pivot), and distribute that weight uniformly along the length, the center will sag down 0.0767" and the maximum stress (based on other calculations that vary with shape) will be 1740 psi, compared to a yield strength of what, 40-50,000 psi so it is in no danger of permanently bending. If you double the diameter the moment of inertia goes up by 16 (2^4) so it is 16 times stiffer, but the weight goes up by 4 (2^2) so the net is one fourth the deflection (deflection is proportional to load/moment of inertia if you keep the length constant) or 0.0192". The maximum stress will be 870 psi. You can look up the moment of inertia for structural shapes like rod, tubes, angles, I beams, and plug those numbers in, but for each change of shape or dimension the maximum stress will have to be recalculated from scratch if that is a concern (I'm too sleepy to take care of stress and beam length, sorry). Usually it turns out that the deflection is the limiting spec and by the time you get a design that keeps that down below some limit you have such a strong structure that the yield rating is overkill (like here). As always, the program I recommend for quickie calculations like this is engineering power tools, from www.pwr-tools.com. The freeware version will do all of this with no time limit or ads, and the full version is only about $50 and well worth it if you do a good bit of design. ----- Regards, Carl Ijames carl.ijames aat deletethis verizon dott net |
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: Iggy, the physical property that defines "stiffness" is called Young's Modulus, or the modulus of elasticity. Bravo, Carl! A good, short treatise! Lloyd |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:04:42 -0500, Ignoramus25660
wrote: On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? What Carl said. If you mean what is the physics behind it, no, you'd have to look that up. -- Ed Huntress |
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in message roups.com... replying to Jman, Aristatos wrote: Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks In the first graph here the nearly vertical line is where the metal will return to its original shape after being deflected. The slope of the line is the deflection (strain) vs applied force (stress), or stiffness. http://aluminium.matter.org.uk/conte...eid=2144417131 Stronger or harder alloys simply follow the same line further up before permanently deforming, at the point where the lines turn toward horizontal. This is why greater strength or hardness doesn't provide greater stiffness. The second graph shows the difference between aluminum and steel of identical cross-section (not weight). You can demonstrate the bending behavior of steel by clamping two long hardened drywall screws upright by the tip in a bench vise. Heat one to redness with a propane torch to anneal it soft, then after it cools push sideways on both. For a small force they both deflect identically. As you push harder the annealed one will suddenly bend when it reaches its "yield point" while the hard one remains springy. -jsw |
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"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
... "Aristatos" wrote in message roups.com... replying to Jman, Aristatos wrote: Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks Stronger or harder alloys simply follow the same line further up before permanently deforming, at the point where the lines turn toward horizontal. This is why greater strength or hardness doesn't provide greater stiffness. The Wiki describes elastic behavior in more detail, with examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%27s_modulus It doesn't mention that the values are the force per unit area required to stretch the sample by 100%, or to twice its length, which can't be done in practice since it would break or become thinner, decreasing the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AYoung's_modulus "it may be better to leave it out, to avoid confusing people, or at least putting it down the bottom in some sort of "vaguely interesting but complicated stuff" section, well away from the main definitons." Some common materials like Tungsten are stiffer than steel, but also heavier so they'd sag about the same if held horizontally. Beryllium would be a great structural material if it wasn't poisonous. You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Jim Wilkins" wrote in message ... "Aristatos" wrote in message roups.com... replying to Jman, Aristatos wrote: Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks Stronger or harder alloys simply follow the same line further up before permanently deforming, at the point where the lines turn toward horizontal. This is why greater strength or hardness doesn't provide greater stiffness. The Wiki describes elastic behavior in more detail, with examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%27s_modulus It doesn't mention that the values are the force per unit area required to stretch the sample by 100%, or to twice its length, which can't be done in practice since it would break or become thinner, decreasing the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AYoung's_modulus "it may be better to leave it out, to avoid confusing people, or at least putting it down the bottom in some sort of "vaguely interesting but complicated stuff" section, well away from the main definitons." Some common materials like Tungsten are stiffer than steel, but also heavier so they'd sag about the same if held horizontally. Beryllium would be a great structural material if it wasn't poisonous. You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
... On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress How did you do it? I usually had a bench vise and drywall screws available in the labs where I worked. My demo was less convincing in someone's office with only paper clips and a lighter, though they are enough to show how fire severely weakens steel. -jsw |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:45:03 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress How did you do it? I usually had a bench vise and drywall screws available in the labs where I worked. My demo was less convincing in someone's office with only paper clips and a lighter, though they are enough to show how fire severely weakens steel. -jsw If I'm in my shop, I take a 1-foot length of coat-hanger wire and round spring wire (I always have lots of music wire around) and clamp them with a scrap of wood between them, horizontally, in my vise, so most of the foot of material is hanging out and there's maybe a 1-inch gap between the two wires. I wrap a few wraps of string around the outer tip of each, so the weights won't slip off. Then I tie foot-long pieces of string at the tips, and tie fishing sinkers to the ends of the string. A couple of 4- or 5-ounce sinkers, IIRC, will show equal bends. Then I lift up on the sinkers to let the wires spring back. Then I load on more sinkers until I get a permanent bend in the coat-hanger wire. The demo shows the equal deflection (close, anyway) within the elastic limit, and then what "elastic limit" means. -- Ed Huntress |
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"Carl Ijames" wrote in message ...
"Ignoramus25660" wrote in message ... On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? ================================================== ================= Iggy, the physical property that defines "stiffness" is called Young's Modulus, or the modulus of elasticity. Pretty much all steel alloys have a modulus between 28,500,000 psi and 30,500,000 psi, a range of 7%, so for most calculation purposes "all" steel is basically 29,000,000 psi and equivalent as far as stiffness goes. This does not change with heat treat or hardness or work hardening or tensile strength or yield strength. Similarly "all" aluminum alloys are 10,600,000 psi. Cast iron is about 10,000,000 psi for plain grey iron and up to about 15,000,000 psi for nodular iron; that is one of the few materials whose modulus changes significantly with minor changes in composition and heat treat. In terms of shape, the stiffness is proportional to the fourth power of the lateral dimension so 3/4" rod is 16 times stiffer than 3/8" rod, and pound for pound thinwall large od tube is much stiffer than solid rod (of course, diameter for diameter solid rod is stiffer than tube). For the OP, 4' or 3/8" rod held parallel to the ground by supporting the ends is going to sag a good bit under its own weight. The shape parameter that determines stiffness is the moment of inertia (not the same rotational moment as for a spinning object). For example, for 3/8" solid rod the moment if inertia I is 0.0009707 in^4, and 4' of 3/8" mild steel will weigh about 1.5 lbs. If you support the ends by just sitting them on supports (as opposed to clamping them so they can't pivot), and distribute that weight uniformly along the length, the center will sag down 0.0767" and the maximum stress (based on other calculations that vary with shape) will be 1740 psi, compared to a yield strength of what, 40-50,000 psi so it is in no danger of permanently bending. If you double the diameter the moment of inertia goes up by 16 (2^4) so it is 16 times stiffer, but the weight goes up by 4 (2^2) so the net is one fourth the deflection (deflection is proportional to load/moment of inertia if you keep the length constant) or 0.0192". The maximum stress will be 870 psi. You can look up the moment of inertia for structural shapes like rod, tubes, angles, I beams, and plug those numbers in, but for each change of shape or dimension the maximum stress will have to be recalculated from scratch if that is a concern (I'm too sleepy to take care of stress and beam length, sorry). Usually it turns out that the deflection is the limiting spec and by the time you get a design that keeps that down below some limit you have such a strong structure that the yield rating is overkill (like here). As always, the program I recommend for quickie calculations like this is engineering power tools, from www.pwr-tools.com. The freeware version will do all of this with no time limit or ads, and the full version is only about $50 and well worth it if you do a good bit of design. ----- Regards, Carl Ijames carl.ijames aat deletethis verizon dott net ================================================== ================ One quick addendum now that I'm more awake, it seemed odd that the variation of I with lateral dimension was the fourth power, not third, so I double checked and yes, with solid round rod I varies as diameter^4 but for rectangular cross sections, like turning down an edge on a piece of sheet metal or using angles for stiffening, I varies as the cube of the height. For tubing it varies with the wall thickness vs. diameter but it seems to be between ^3 and ^4 of the diameter. ----- Regards, Carl Ijames carl.ijames aat deletethis verizon dott net |
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Which steel rod would have the least sag/twist/flex of a 4' stretch
On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 10:49:22 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: "Jim Wilkins" wrote in message ... "Aristatos" wrote in message roups.com... replying to Jman, Aristatos wrote: Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod The sagging could be from a weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, twisting would be from high torque stepper motors thanks again people, just slightly confusing with the different numbers and what not. And I should have specified the sagging from load, not length. thanks again, I was worried no one would answer, new here. thanks Stronger or harder alloys simply follow the same line further up before permanently deforming, at the point where the lines turn toward horizontal. This is why greater strength or hardness doesn't provide greater stiffness. The Wiki describes elastic behavior in more detail, with examples: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%27s_modulus It doesn't mention that the values are the force per unit area required to stretch the sample by 100%, or to twice its length, which can't be done in practice since it would break or become thinner, decreasing the area. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AYoung's_modulus "it may be better to leave it out, to avoid confusing people, or at least putting it down the bottom in some sort of "vaguely interesting but complicated stuff" section, well away from the main definitons." Some common materials like Tungsten are stiffer than steel, but also heavier so they'd sag about the same if held horizontally. Beryllium would be a great structural material if it wasn't poisonous. You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. Coat hangers are also good for replacing 9 wire as drop-in light supports to Hilti straps (for drop ceilings). |
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replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote:
huntres23 wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Thanks again everyone ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site -- posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups |
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Which steel rod would have the least sag/twist/flex of a 4' stretch
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:18:02 +0000, Aristatos/Jman
wrote: replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: huntres23 wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Thanks again everyone ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site Like Ed said, the type and hardness has virtually no difference in stiffness. So any steel of any hardness will sag the same amount. I know, it seems like that can't possibly be true because heat treated steel is used all the time when mild steel won't work because it is too weak. But as long as the elastic limit is not reached all steels will deflect almost exactly the same amount when the same amount of force is put on these steels. This doesn't mean the steel has to snap, as you put it, it just means permamanently deformed, in other words the steel stays at least a little bent when the elastic limit is surpassed. Tensile strength and yield strength will of course vary tremendously from the weakest to the strongest steels while stiffness will only vary a tiny amount. Go figger. Eric |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:18:02 +0000, Aristatos/Jman
wrote: replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: huntres23 wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? You got it! And a lot faster than most people get that point. It's kind of counter-intuitive. I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? There are several people here who are good at that sort of thing. You'll get some help. Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Very close. As Carl said, the various alloys of steel are very close in terms of Young's modulus, which is the value you're dealing with. Thanks again everyone You're quite welcome. ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:45:03 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message .. . On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress How did you do it? I usually had a bench vise and drywall screws available in the labs where I worked. My demo was less convincing in someone's office with only paper clips and a lighter, though they are enough to show how fire severely weakens steel. -jsw http://i.imgur.com/GCfVh1F.jpg --sp |
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Which steel rod would have the least sag/twist/flex of a 4' stretch
On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 12:18:04 PM UTC-7, Aristatos/Jman wrote:
ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site Your using a web based front end to Usenet. Time to figure out what Usenet is and how it works. |
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"Aristatos/Jman" wrote
in message roups.com... replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: huntres23 wrote: Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Thanks again everyone You can buy a 24" length of hardened steel as a "bell hanger" drill bit to experiment with and confirm that you are applying the formulas correctly. http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-3-...1780/203314945 -jsw |
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"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 12:45:03 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote in message . .. On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:42:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins" wrote: You could try gently and unobstrusively bending a 3/8" steel rod in a hardware store to get a hands-on feel for how stiff steel is, and isn't. -jsw Coat hangers are good for that, too. They're what I use to demonstrate the principle to people. When you're talking about how even the crappiest steel has the same elastic properties as, say, 200,000 psi-yield music wire of the same diameter, it makes a good demo. Steel doesn't come much crappier than coat hangers. -- Ed Huntress How did you do it? I usually had a bench vise and drywall screws available in the labs where I worked. My demo was less convincing in someone's office with only paper clips and a lighter, though they are enough to show how fire severely weakens steel. -jsw http://i.imgur.com/GCfVh1F.jpg --sp Straight from the horse's mouth. |
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Which steel rod would have the least sag/twist/flex of a 4'stretch
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:06:27 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:04:42 -0500, Ignoramus25660 wrote: On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman m wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? What Carl said. If you mean what is the physics behind it, no, you'd have to look that up. AFAIK the physics behind it is that the Young's modulus is about how the atoms interact wherever they may be in the crystals, and the ultimate strength is about how readily the individual crystals (or perhaps planes within the crystals) can slip -- and carbon atoms tend to "pin" the crystals (or crystal planes -- see how little I know?) to one another. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:18:02 +0000, Aristatos/Jman wrote:
replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: snip (Everything everyone else said about material properties was accurate: I can't add to it) ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site I'm not sure what site you're posting through, but this is an unmoderated USENET newsgroup, so there's no administrator in the web forum sense. Moreover, if I'm correct your posts are now distributed around on multiple servers, so there's no way to unsay anything. The lack of moderators is why you see so much political crap on this group, unless your site has really good spam filtering. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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On Tuesday, April 21, 2015 at 12:10:31 PM UTC-7, Tim Wescott wrote:
On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:18:02 +0000, Aristatos/Jman wrote: replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: snip (Everything everyone else said about material properties was accurate: I can't add to it) ATTN ADMIN: I posted the first message under Jman before I created this account, so I didnt know if you wanted to change the author on that post. Great site I'm not sure what site you're posting through, but this is an unmoderated USENET newsgroup, so there's no administrator in the web forum sense. Moreover, if I'm correct your posts are now distributed around on multiple servers, so there's no way to unsay anything. The lack of moderators is why you see so much political crap on this group, unless your site has really good spam filtering. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com Why are you not sure? It's very clear where he's posting from: "posted from http://www.polytechforum.com/metalwo...-4-613340-.htm using PolytechForum's Web, RSS and Social Media Interface to rec.crafts.metalworking and other engineering groups" |
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:02:23 -0500, Tim Wescott
wrote: On Mon, 20 Apr 2015 07:06:27 -0400, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:04:42 -0500, Ignoramus25660 wrote: On 2015-04-19, Ed Huntress wrote: On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel (1144, Stressproff, 4140 TGPHT would have the least amount of sagging, twisting, and flexing (wasn't sure on the scientific terms for these). Can you help me out with that one? Or maybe point me to a graph or an equation to work it out? Thanks in advance for your time, Jeremy p.s in the future I will need an eight or 10 foot rod All grades will be the same (except for stainless, which will sag, etc. slightly more). All hardness conditions will be the same. I know this is hard to believe. When the second or third poster chimes in, you'll start to believe it. Can you explain why it is so? What Carl said. If you mean what is the physics behind it, no, you'd have to look that up. AFAIK the physics behind it is that the Young's modulus is about how the atoms interact wherever they may be in the crystals, and the ultimate strength is about how readily the individual crystals (or perhaps planes within the crystals) can slip -- and carbon atoms tend to "pin" the crystals (or crystal planes -- see how little I know?) to one another. Thank you, Tim. That's a *big* help. g As for strength, yes, you're on the right track. The martensitic crystal phase creates a pre-strain between the crystals, and that keeps them from slipping as easily. But I have no clue about stiffness. It's something going on deeper than any materials discussion I've read, or that I recall, anyway. I read a ton of this stuff when I was materials editor at American Machinist, but that was 34 years ago. -- Ed Huntress |
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On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 23:18:02 +0000, Jman
wrote: I need a steel rod/s. precision ground, polished, turned, heat treated whatever is most effective. 3/8" OD and a length of 4'. I need to know what kind of steel Well, I can't help thinking that what the OP really needs here is very high carbon steel - so high carbon it's not got any iron and is not, in fact, steel, but rather, carbon fiber, which is quite stiff, as materials we actually have available go. And/or a much larger diameter rod, which may require a better design of whatever this is - certainly if going to 10 feet I don't think there's *any* 3/8" rod that will even resemble "stiff" unless there's also a robust frame and the rod can be put under great tension. -- Cats, coffee, chocolate...vices to live by Please don't feed the trolls. Killfile and ignore them so they will go away. |
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On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 6:01:32 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Aristatos/Jman" wrote in message roups.com... replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: huntres23 wrote: Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Thanks again everyone You can buy a 24" length of hardened steel as a "bell hanger" drill bit to experiment with and confirm that you are applying the formulas correctly. http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-3-...1780/203314945 -jsw Those bits also have a convenient hole from which to hang your test weights. But, are they really hardened for their full length? Most drill bits are not hard at the chuck end, so that the chuck jaws can get some bite. |
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... On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 6:01:32 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote: "Aristatos/Jman" wrote in message roups.com... replying to Ed Huntress , Aristatos/Jman wrote: huntres23 wrote: Thanks again everyone, the answers are all really appreciated, and I think I understand, but just in case; If I understand what has been said it does not matter if it is 1144 Stressproof or 4140, it is going to sag under its own weight if it is 3/8" X 4'. The treatment to the steel or the carbon percentage is only going to affect how far it can bend or twist while still being able to return to its original shape or before it will snap. Am I correct in my thinking on this? I haven't checked out all of the links that were provided, but I guess I could find a formula to see how much the sag will be at the center? Would it be the same with a chromium vanadium steel alloy, or something like that? Thanks again everyone You can buy a 24" length of hardened steel as a "bell hanger" drill bit to experiment with and confirm that you are applying the formulas correctly. http://www.homedepot.com/p/DEWALT-3-...1780/203314945 -jsw Those bits also have a convenient hole from which to hang your test weights. But, are they really hardened for their full length? Most drill bits are not hard at the chuck end, so that the chuck jaws can get some bite. A file will show the difference. -jsw |
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