Re: I love this stuff!

Posted by Mark Camp on Jan 28, 2006

The lesson is that stiffness and ultimate strength are not the same. More of one is often less of the other. You can take a very strong boat, add a strip of Kevlar, and turn it into a weaker boat.

A friend of mine was a stress analyst for plastic assemblies. Often he had to explain to mechanical engineers that the solution to the problem of a plastic cover latch that was frequently breaking in the field was to make it thinner, not thicker.

In Response to: I love this stuff! by LeeG on Jan 28, 2006

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• Re: I love this stuff! by LeeG on Jan 28, 2006
  • Re: I love this stuff! by Mark Camp on Jan 29, 2006
    • Re: I love this stuff! by LeeG on Jan 30, 2006