Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] FEA Work on Acrylic CT for KLH-500

[Jon Wallace <jonw@psubs.org>]

Brent,

Just trying to provide you with some constructive criticism here.

The FEA work you've been doing is interesting, and because you are the 
only one sharing such data, it's also very valuable if it was done 
correctly and your results are valid.  However, that's the big 
question.  I suspect your sharing the results are not the problem, but 
the presentation you use to share it.  You tend to present ideas and 
information as factually correct when a better method would be to 
present them as "findings" and ask people to analyze and confirm your 
results to make sure they are correct.

Your statement about the group knowing you are not a professional 
analyst is a bad assumption.  You only interact with about10% of the 
total number of people signed-up to receive email from the group.  In 
reality, the vast majority of people who receive your mail know nothing 
about you.  This goes exactly to one of Jay's points in that the 
drawings you are providing look very professional and without proper 
context they could be interpreted as professional results by people who 
do not know anything about you.  You also need to keep in mind that we 
average 10k visitors to the web site each month who can view your email 
through the archives, and they almost certainly know nothing about any 
of the contributors.

What you say matters because somebody at a later time could be making 
assumptions about your assumptions.  That doesn't mean you can't provide 
interesting data like the FEA results, or suggest innovative solutions 
to old problems.  However, it does mean that having proper context will 
result in a much more receptive audience by those who have expertise in 
the subject you are discussing.

Jon


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Brent Hartwig wrote:
> *Jay,*
> ** 
> *The input like you and others are giving, is why I post this material 
> to the group. One doesn't need to be a professional FEA analyst to 
> have good input.  This group knows I'm not a professional FEA analyst. 
> They also are well aware by now that they are responsible for there 
> own submarine designs, and what data they choose to use to design 
> there subs. I could choose to only send this material to a select few 
> I know and/or suspect would have good input. But there are many in 
> this group that I don't know at all, and others I do know that have a 
> wide array of back ground experience in so many things, that I don't 
> wish to miss out on there input. Besides it's been said before, why 
> should the select few get all the fun of looking at different proposed 
> designs?....*
> ** 




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