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Corrugated web — the ladder

One essay so far against this idea. A ladder is the distinct arguments that stand against one idea, and this one has room to grow.
  1. as builtthe same fold under axial pull, exaggeratedE along the girder = 222 N/mm², against 210 GPa for the plate itselfso the web takes 0.106% of the bending stress and all of the shear

    The web that carries no bending

    A corrugated web needs no stiffeners, because the folds give it in one direction a depth it does not have in its thickness. In the other direction the same folds make it an accordion — and a web that cannot be stretched cannot carry a bending stress at all.

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