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ENGINEERING KNOWLEDGE

The design rules, standards and measurement practice we use on client work, written down with the numbers you need at the desk.

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Each field opens its own guide with tables, drawings and calculators. New fields are added as our projects produce them.

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F
StructuresLightweight engineering

Topology optimisation done properly: load cases, design space and the step from optimisation result to a part that can be made.

  • Topology optimisation
  • FEM
  • Load cases
  • Additive
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709490217089 · 7092
FastenersPlain washers

Small, normal, large and extra large series side by side, with a to-scale comparator and a bearing pressure check.

  • ISO 7092
  • ISO 7089
  • DIN 9021
  • ISO 7094
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K·tneutral axis
ManufacturingSheet metal

Bending, flanges, holes, reliefs, hems and laser cutting, with supplier rules and our Onshape setup.

  • K-factor
  • Min. leg ≥ 4·t
  • Bend relief
  • ISO 9013
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Λ grating periodλB
SensingFiber optics

Fiber Bragg grating sensors embedded in structures: how the sensing works, bonding and strain transfer, and real load measurement.

  • FBG
  • Strain transfer
  • Interrogators
  • ≈ 1.2 pm/µε
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More guides on the way

  • Tolerance stack-up
  • Bolted joints
  • Additive manufacturing
  • FEM practice
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ALL GUIDES AT A GLANCE

Who writes this

Engineers who build the parts

Engineering Masters is a senior-led mechanical engineering studio in Lent, the Netherlands, working on lightweight structures, FEM and topology optimisation, and embedded fibre-optic sensing. These guides are the reference we use on our own projects.

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