Mike
17-02-08, 12:06 AM
A nice good topical thread for a quite Saturday night...
Strut braces are, commonly, bent. As in not a generic straight "bar" of steel. Now my theory, as with some of my other theories (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=809695&postcount=6) is this.....
If said strut brace is already angular/bent/not fecking straight, how can it offer any kind of improvement at all?
Going by structural engineering geometrics, any bend in a structural reinforcer would be deemed as a weak part as it can flex far easier then a straight section (proven fact may I add ;))
And whilst Im on the subject, braces of a 3 part variety, where they have 2 strut top plates and the brace bar, these could be deemed non functional as the brace bar itself would simply use the bolts where it mounts onto the strut brackets as an axis on which to pivot on.
Discuss :D
Strut braces are, commonly, bent. As in not a generic straight "bar" of steel. Now my theory, as with some of my other theories (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showpost.php?p=809695&postcount=6) is this.....
If said strut brace is already angular/bent/not fecking straight, how can it offer any kind of improvement at all?
Going by structural engineering geometrics, any bend in a structural reinforcer would be deemed as a weak part as it can flex far easier then a straight section (proven fact may I add ;))
And whilst Im on the subject, braces of a 3 part variety, where they have 2 strut top plates and the brace bar, these could be deemed non functional as the brace bar itself would simply use the bolts where it mounts onto the strut brackets as an axis on which to pivot on.
Discuss :D