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Working in a "family" business...
Get out. My old "war wounds" tell me that this is probably only the beginning. There is an old saying regarding family businesses: "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations". You don't want to be around when the ship finally sinks.- WideMike2
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- Forum: How to Improve Myself
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Aircraft Cable Force-Elongation
How does one calculate (or estimate) the force-elongation relationship for steel aircraft cable? I considered using the elastic modulus of the individual wires times the number of wires in the cable, but I don't believe that this will accurately model the cable's tensile response, especially for...- WideMike2
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- Forum: Structural engineering general discussion
