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And, the missing word: appreciate. Why not. The terms are appropriate
for the thoughts expressed lately, having to do with stress, strain
and the strength/ failure of materials in structures.
Hearing field reports makes the dry study of statics so much more real
and interesting. And hearing of childhood tinkering and pondering
makes the consideration mire visceral.
How that combines with pinhead discussions is what keeps this group
alive and interesting.
--Mary
On Apr 25, 2010, at 5:18 PM, Cuyler Page <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Mary,
>
> Is that a "Correctly fill in the missing word and win a new car!"
> kind of contest?
>
> cp in
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>> Don't you just xxxxxx the sound of these:
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>> internal moment of inertia
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>> modulus of elasticty
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>> --Mary
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>>>> ...passing miniscule events within the cellular wood or
>>>> crystalline structure that functioned until their moment of
>>>> failure, at which point shear was identified and a measurement
>>>> assigned....
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>>>
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