tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893479142930851553.post5354397873738785712..comments2023-12-06T09:30:27.784+01:00Comments on Blog of eng. Xosé Carreira (since 2007): Windmill foundationsXosé Manuel Carreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11874312282479409720noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893479142930851553.post-28663680717025346782010-02-24T14:19:43.205+01:002010-02-24T14:19:43.205+01:00Currently i am on my post graduate studies & w...Currently i am on my post graduate studies & was doing some designing on the windmill foundations , i really liked your details , also was wondering if you do happen to have any previous sketches /drawings/non linear modelling analysis which can be useful to me .<br /> <br />Your help is appreciated<br /> <br />Many Thanxkunalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893479142930851553.post-374615223320963952007-07-26T19:01:00.000+02:002007-07-26T19:01:00.000+02:00Off-topic: our Math teacher in last year of high s...Off-topic: our Math teacher in last year of high school told me about an exhibition that may be of interest to you and to some other Galician readers of the blog. Since this information is only relevant to Spanish readers, I'll put it in Spanish. -- La exposición se llama "Estradas e Camiños" y está en el Archivo del Reino de Galicia, en el jardín de San Carlos (A Coruña). Al parecer, incluye proyectos de caminos del Siglo XVIII. (No parece muy difícil hacer apuestas sobre quién debe de ser uno de sus organizadores).David Gonzalez-Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00051321908354883354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893479142930851553.post-46093693182622169922007-07-25T23:05:00.000+02:002007-07-25T23:05:00.000+02:00In my case, the concrete foundations of the wind t...In my case, the concrete foundations of the wind turbines were built exactly as I planned but it was a pity to have used a square foundation (an octogonal one requires around 10% less concrete and steel).<BR/><BR/>The nonlinear computer model was useful. It saved 20% of the steel. If you multiply this amount by forty or fifty foundations whose dimensions are 12.5 x 12.5 x 1.6 m, the client will be satisfied.Xosé Manuel Carreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11874312282479409720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893479142930851553.post-66552860651730540532007-07-24T13:22:00.000+02:002007-07-24T13:22:00.000+02:00I designed once a link for a tractor-pulled machin...I designed once a link for a tractor-pulled machine I wanted for myself. Main due to my poor skills in maths, I spent about two hours in calculating the angle that an iron must be bent. Went to a workshop and, when asked to do the job, the man there told me:<BR/>"Oh, you speak so well... but my press doesn't measure angles, so you must draw the angle in a paper. I´ll bend the iron a little more and adjust it to the draw opening it back with a hammer."<BR/>Of course, the iron got far from the 37 degrees I calculated, but the link worked perfectly anyway.<BR/>That was the day I understood that math accuracy was not everything in engineering (fortunatly for me).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com