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Subject: Re: [M]: Opinions on pier design
From: Doug Groesbeck
Reply To: mapug@shore.net
Date: Tue Oct 02 02:14:12 2001

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John,

> So it was a good try, but putting 50% of the mass in the interior of the
> hollow section hurts rather than helps both the torsional stiffness and
> bending stiffness.

Well, it was worth a try at least... I had thought that perhaps by
spreading the torsional load across smaller box sections joined together
might create a more rigid structure, less prone to harmonic vibrations -
rather like putting ribs or gussets on a cylindrical pipe.

-Doug


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