>For the radii of curvature and the cross sectional dimensions of typical >piano ribs, I would expect this effect to be fairly slight. > >Phil F The next major factor being the feathering, causing the beam to be more likely to split from loading the outside of the curve than from loading the inside. Lamination, on average, should be no different from solid here either. Ron N
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