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From: "Olin Lathrop" <olin_piclist@EMBEDINC.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 6:36 PM
Subject: Re: [EE]:formula/link for current capacity of wire (AC)


> > > Whatever, a pipe will certainly be easier to bend than solid stock.
> > >
> >
> >
> > For a given cross section of metal, the above is certainly FALSE.
> >
> > It is the whole reason structural tubing is structural _tubing_.
>
> Assuming we are talking about a pipe and solid stock that contains the
same
> amount of material per length.  It is not true if the two have the same
> diameter.
>
>
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Exactly... that is why I said cross section of _metal_.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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