Procedure of Heat Exchanger Design and Sizing Calculation Simplified with Example

heat exchanger design sizing calculation example

The heat exchanger (HX) finds numerous applications throughout the wide spectrum of industry.   Three main types of HX are:   1.Plate heat exchanger 2.Tube heat exchanger 3.Fin and tube heat exchanger   Although, the detail design methodologies are different for the different types of HX but the basic steps required for sizing any HX …

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How to Calculate Banking Angle of Road

Banking Angle of Road

What is Banking Angle? At the turning of the road you might have observed that the inner side of the road (or the side of the road which forms the inside of the turning arc) has the lower height than the other side of the road. As a result, at the turning, the surface of …

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Do it Yourself Camber Angle Measurement with Metal Square

Camber Angle Definition

Proper automotive front end alignment of wheel camber angle is important for reducing wear of tire and improving grip of the tire with the road.   How to Calculate Camber Angle Camber is the angle between the centre plane of a tire and the vertical plane viewing from the front or rear of the vehicle. …

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Why Bending Stress is More Important than Shear Stress in Beam Design

cantiliver beam bending shear stress calculation example

While designing the cantilever shaft (or any type of beam and shafts for that matter) we normally go ahead drawing the bending moment diagram to find the maximum bending moment value than creating the shear force diagram. Most of the time we ignore the maximum shear stress value for the shaft for the purpose of …

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Thin Walled Pressure Vessel Design Calculation Tutorial – Part-5

In this part of the pressure vessel sizing tutorial we will discuss the minimum required thickness and maximum allowed pressure calculation of the top and bottom hemispherical shell portion of the thin walled pressure vessel according to the ASME section 8 division 1 codes.   Necessary equations as per ASME section VIII division I codes …

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