Key flexing, was ...........

[william ballard]

On Jul 16, 2006, at 4:21 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>> I'd always assumed that of the two elastic deformations cause by  
>> this flexing (tension on the top side and compression on the  
>> bottom), it was the former which needed resisting the most.
>
> I'd always sort of assumed that too, but I'm not so sure it's true.

Your willingness to actually do these engineering studies is a public  
service to us all. The road to ineffective practice is paved with  
"sort-of" assumptions.

Mr. Bill