Comments on: It wasn’t ET ‘wat done it’ http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/ Life post oil and post carbon Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: cswd http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-4283 cswd Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:45:42 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-4283 Fatigue is one of, if not the, most common cause of failure of engineered components (an estimated 40% of parts fail by fatigue). There's two types (high cycle and low cycle) and I'd think it's high cycle fatigue that got you here! Very mundane form of failure, shame, like many others I thought the alien story was fun. There's a possible upside, they say any publicity is good publicity - have you found that all the media attention has helped customer recruitment?! Fatigue is one of, if not the, most common cause of failure of engineered components (an estimated 40% of parts fail by fatigue). There’s two types (high cycle and low cycle) and I’d think it’s high cycle fatigue that got you here! Very mundane form of failure, shame, like many others I thought the alien story was fun.

There’s a possible upside, they say any publicity is good publicity – have you found that all the media attention has helped customer recruitment?!

]]> By: Simon Mallett http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3809 Simon Mallett Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:00:58 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3809 "It wasn't ET!" Or maybe the men in black have visted Dale at Ecotricity and used their brain zap guns to make Dale say this. What next? it'll be a weather balloon that did it, or maybe sheep perching on the blade? “It wasn’t ET!” Or maybe the men in black have visted Dale at Ecotricity and used their brain zap guns to make Dale say this. What next? it’ll be a weather balloon that did it, or maybe sheep perching on the blade?

]]> By: Jeffrey Lam http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3672 Jeffrey Lam Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:48:09 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3672 fatigue failure is when a component is repeatedly loaded, eventually causing rupture of the component. The failure is not caused by a single load, but when the load is repeated enough times, it breaks. That rules out collision, unless said object collided at least several, perhaps thousands of, times. I don't know how ENERCON came to the judgement that bolt fatigue is 'effect' rather than 'cause', but if that is the case, it sounds like something else broke first, leading to abnormal loads in the bolts for some period of time before they finally broke themselves. fatigue failure is when a component is repeatedly loaded, eventually causing rupture of the component. The failure is not caused by a single load, but when the load is repeated enough times, it breaks. That rules out collision, unless said object collided at least several, perhaps thousands of, times.
I don’t know how ENERCON came to the judgement that bolt fatigue is ‘effect’ rather than ’cause’, but if that is the case, it sounds like something else broke first, leading to abnormal loads in the bolts for some period of time before they finally broke themselves.

]]> By: Chris http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3647 Chris Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:45:16 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3647 Dammit, I much prefer the little green man story over this ring of bolts thing. <:( And I can't imagine the Sun will follow this up with a front page story on the wonders of faulty bolts!! Dammit, I much prefer the little green man story over this ring of bolts thing. <:( And I can’t imagine the Sun will follow this up with a front page story on the wonders of faulty bolts!!

]]> By: Kal El http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3644 Kal El Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:56:41 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3644 Hi guys, Interesting that the bolts are NOT THE CAUSE of the blade being dislodged.So what would cause the bolts to fail might i ask other than some sort of collision?? The truth is out there! Hi guys,
Interesting that the bolts are NOT THE CAUSE of the blade being dislodged.So what would cause the bolts to fail might i ask other than some sort of collision??

The truth is out there!

]]> By: UFO Sightings http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3636 UFO Sightings Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:38:16 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3636 Thanks for the update Dale - it would appear that the reality of the cause as you point out, is almost always far more mundane than we would like it to be! Thanks for the update Dale – it would appear that the reality of the cause as you point out, is almost always far more mundane than we would like it to be!

]]> By: Xena http://zerocarbonista.com/2009/02/10/it-wasnt-et-wat-done-it/#comment-3632 Xena Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:16:46 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=222#comment-3632 So, now that UFO's and MI5 craft have been ruled out, what are we going to talk about? Hehehe!!! So, now that UFO’s and MI5 craft have been ruled out, what are we going to talk about?
Hehehe!!!

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