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No rating yet Subject: Re: [Other] GKH modulus Author: Christopher Wright Date: 2008-05-06 17:56:51 On May 6, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Chris_Masterson_at_Toyota.com wrote:
> The difference is only about 1% but that is sufficient to cause > problems when trying to design as close as possible to minimum weight > rules. I think I can pretty much guarantee that the density and pretty much everything else varies more than 1% over a chunk of material that hasn't been very specially made and shaped. Your best bet is to make it a tad heavy and remove material after the part is built by cutting lightening holes or removing ballast.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at chrisw_at_skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen. .......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania 1864) http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/
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