FEA software points way to safe welded joints. (finite element analysis) (includes related article)

00-00-0000


Finite ultimate part analysis programs can detect weaknesses in an assembly,
similar as in a weld seam, level before testing the product.

Testing explosive assemblies that are meant to self-destruct can be
expensive and time-consuming, since each proof requires a new model.
However, a supplier of detonation devices and destruct charges, The
Ensign-Bickford Co Simsbury, Conn devised a solution during a
recent throw

The task was to design and build a destruct charge used to knock holes
in the propellant tanks of a large booster rocket thus destroying
the vehicle if something