Engineering Workshop #3 Cartesian Stresses
In his latest installment, Bob Johnson, Technical Director of consultancy and training company DAMT, goes back to basics on direct, bending and shear stresses
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Greg Corke
Greg Corke is DEVELOP3D’s Managing Editor and resident workstation specialist. There’s nothing he likes more than putting the latest kit through its paces in 3D design, visualisation and simulation tools… well, there’s always travel, cooking, music and Arsenal as well.
Gym equipment design
New equipment means that anyone can get fit anywhere, anytime, finds Stephen Holmes
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How round is a modern soccer ball (football)?
Football from the 1950s: not exactly round As a fan of the beautiful game, it makes me feel a bit sick to use the word ‘soccer’ in the headline. The…
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Nvidia launches Fermi-based Quadro graphics cards (plus Quadro 5000 benchmark)
Nvidia’s new Quadro 5000 features 2.5GB GDDR5 memory It’s been a long time coming, but today at Siggraph 2010 Nvidia unveiled its brand new family of Quadro professional graphics cards…
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The changing face of GPUs
From high-speed ray tracing to accelerating complex engineering simulations, the role of the GPU is changing. Greg Corke reports from Nvidia's recent engineering event, where the company's new Fermi technology…
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Design and manufacturing in perfect harmony
Design with manufacturing is not about the software or hardware, it is about having the forethought to work with production. The whole design process goes quicker, is less frustrating and…
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Scan 3XS Nanu workstation
Workstations don't come much smaller than this and kitted out with standard desktop components users don't have to compromise on performance
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Manufacturing and design engineering to the rescue!
With a radical coalition in power and the worst recession since the Depression, there’s talk about getting back to actually making things, rather than pushing around bits of paper. But…
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Workstation Specialists WS1400
The new dual core chip in this so-called entry-level machine from Workstation Specialists makes it a great choice for CAD users who do little more than 'design'
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Engineering workshop #6
When calculating stresses to predict the ultimate strength of a component, it is important to note that it is usually a combination of all stresses that leads to failure and…
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