>Ron wrote: >> ...ube of it's height (height^3), compression crown systems will tend to >> have ribs that are wider than they are deep, where rib crowned systems tend >> to have ribs that are deeper than they are wide. Other than that, computing >> ... >> >These parameters are surely so confounded with desired/designed >stiffness:mass ratio that such generalization is unlikely. > >Stephen I didn't claim it was Gospel, it's just an inconclusive hint. Completing the "other than that" sentence indicated that I thought that computing the bearing load on the existing rib scale could give you a pretty good indication of whether the ribs could support the load. Neither, obviously, is indicated as hard proof of anything. Ron N
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