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Book about structural design ?
Richard Lamb ) writes:
Brian D wrote: Ok, how about "unpredictable". Sure, you can make reasonable estimates. Then some guy with big eyes and small brain decides to set a new air speed record off the top of a wave, only to slam into a BIG wave right after. If you could guarantee prudent use, you might be able to better estimate loads. Brian That's not a unpredictable load, but an unacceptable OVER-load. It's _supposed_ to break then. It it doesn't break then, it's built too heavy. a boundry value problem? the theory of convex hulls is an optimization method in the mathematics of descision making. thus proving mathematicians are wannabe boat builders like everybody else. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-freenet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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