Climbing the Ladder

Climbing the Ladder

May 29, 2020 | Stack

Climbing the Ladder MecaStack allows the user to enter ladders and platforms on their stack. These are considered an appurtenance, and not adding any structural stiffness to the stack. MecaStack does consider the wind area and weight added by these ladders and...
Piggy-Back Stacks

Piggy-Back Stacks

Mar 6, 2020 | Stack

Piggy-Back Stacks We often get the question of how to model a Tandem or Piggy back stack in MecaStack. One can be handled by the software and the other cannot. Piggy-Back Stacks: A Piggy-Back stack is one where one or more stack is supported by another stack. Usually...
Ultimate Guide to Material Properties

Ultimate Guide to Material Properties

Feb 7, 2020 | Stack

Ultimate Guide to Material Properties MecaStack has a built in database for stack material properties, which are intended to help the designer. There are some common questions and problems that we see when it comes to the use of the stack material properties. ...
Life is a Breach

Life is a Breach

Jan 10, 2020 | Stack

Life is a Breach Updated April 16, 2020: The method of breach analysis discussed in this article is referred to as the “Section Property” method in MecaStack.  As of v5506 there is now a method available called the “Troitsky” method, and an...
Add Some Guy Wires

Add Some Guy Wires

Dec 13, 2019 | Stack, Vortex Shedding

Add Some Guy Wires When and why should I use guy wires on a stack? When a stack has a vortex shedding problem there can be many factors that determine which solutions are the best.  Guy wires aren’t always the most conventional solution, but its always an option...