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[Neil Moore <nmoore(--nospam--at)innercite.com>]

Thor:

Isn't this usually called cross-grain bending?  If it is, then there
are no values.  An illustration of how weak cross-grain bending is,
check out how the karate guys have the boards they break held.

Neil Moore, S.E.
neil moore and associates



At 09:21 AM 10/24/02 -0700, you wrote:
> I obviously haven't looked
> enough.  Does anyone have an ideas for (allowable) tension
> across timber fibres (for DFir in this case)?
>  
> Don't ask why I want that!  I'm doing a "what if" or
> "how about" investigation that is taking me out to Mars and
> back :^)
>  
> Thor A Tandy  P.Eng, MIPENZ
> Victoria BC
> Canada
> e-mail:
> vicpeng(--nospam--at)telus.net