Bart Kemper

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What is the best way to get a true stress-strain curve for plastics using tensile test data?

The using of exponential adjustment works pretty well for metallic in terms of transforming pull test data into a true stress strain curve. I am seeing mixed opinions regarding using the same...

04 April 2019 1,665 5 View

Data on fuel content of animal bodies?

This is for issues regarding fires in hyperbaric chambers. One can manage clothing on people or equipment on animals, but mammals are still potential fuel, particularly in an oxygen-enhanced...

12 December 2017 8,517 2 View

How prevalent is the use of FEA in industry? Just linear or also implicit nonlinear?

I have been using FEA since the 1980s. When I started it was just coming out of "research" areas and it was fairly novel in consulting for heavy industry at a local level. It's now taught as an...

01 January 1970 7,010 4 View

What causes your RG rating to decrease?

I have seen my RG rating go down while still maintaining the same types of engagement. I'm not trying to maximize my RG score, but I am trying to understand what is it supposed to measure....

01 January 1970 5,193 6 View

Is there a reasonable substitute for concrete and similar needs without using natural sand?

There is a increasing world-wide shortfall in the availability of sand. The use of concrete has been the primary cause. Is there a different material that can be used in lieu of sand or in lieu...

01 January 1970 966 7 View

How does accountability impact ethical outcomes?

There are those whom argue ethics cannot be taught and issues like licensure, signatures, and other "blame line" methods of accountability are meaningless as an ethical person will do the same no...

01 January 1970 4,775 4 View