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Prying — 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. 100 kN appliedbolt 150.63 kNprying 50.63 kNm = 45n = 40flange 20 mm · one-hingebolt force is 1.51 times the applied load

    The force the bolt never saw applied

    Pull a tee stub with a hundred kilonewtons and its bolt carries a hundred and fifty. The extra comes from the flange bending and pressing its own edge against the thing it is bolted to, and no free body of the connection as a point contains it.

    rung 1 · connections

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