Structural Engineering & Statics
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Elastic modulus — 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. 00.1%0.2%0.3%0.4%0.5%0.6%050100150200250300350strainstress, N/mm²mild steelaluminiumconcretetimber

    The one number a stronger steel does not change

    Geometry beats material almost everywhere on this site. Stiffness is the exception in the other direction — it cannot be bought at all, because every steel ever made has the same elastic modulus.

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