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[email protected] January 31st 08 04:09 PM

Standing rigging - stress calculations
 
Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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RW Salnick January 31st 08 04:25 PM

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brought forth on stone tablets:
Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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Not simple. Start with Brion Toss' book "The Riggers Apprentice"

bob
s/v Eolian
Seattle

Glenn Ashmore January 31st 08 04:39 PM

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Get a copy of Brion Toss's Rigger's Apprentice. The process takes a number
of steps but it is not really complicated. The main thing is to know your
righting moments which can be hard to find if you don't have the original
design specs.

--
Glenn Ashmore

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Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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RichH January 31st 08 04:43 PM

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The theoretical calculation is by determining the center of buoyancy,
the center mass of ballast and calculating the righting forces that
would react at the top of the mast ... when the mast is pulled over to
a heel angle of 45 degrees.
You can do the same experimentally by restraining the boat (so that it
can roll unimpeded) and by pulling horizontally (or calculating the
trigonometric difference for other angles) from the top of the mast
until the mast is at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal ... then
MEASURE the stress/strain in the wire (cap shrouds). The induced/
forced 45 degree heel would develope the maximum static loads in the
wire (by the magic of trigonometry).

This would establish the max. 'actual' target load in the wires ....
and (important) then make everything 4 times as strong for 'offshore',
3 times as strong for 'coastal' and twice as string for 'inshore'. I
prefer a higher Factor of Safety (FS=6 ... many of the reknown
'offshore' designers tout FS=4 but when you backcalculate their work I
find FS 'well above' FS=4) for offshore.

Simple answer .... your designer probably knew what he/she was doing
in rigging selection by adding the proper safety factors after
calculating the max. theoretical shroud loads ......... and typically
(on a purely mathematical basis) the cap shrouds would be tensioned
for a 12-15% load (mast/boat not heeled) based on the ultimate tensile
strength of the exisiting wire, ditto forestay/backstay and all the
other shrouds would then be trigonmetrically calculated based on the
12-15% of the caps and backstay. Very simple answer .....12-15% on
all shrouds, then go sailing to see if the mast stays perfectly in
column while on a heel approaching 45 deg.

Intermediates .... probably next to worthless from a stress
standpoint. Do the trig. calcs. and you'll see that they react with
extreme tension to the chainplates because of their very shallow
intercept angle with the mast (hounds) .... use runners instead of
intermediates for better mathematical solution and less stress/strain
as developed on the intermediate chainplates.

;-)

[email protected] January 31st 08 06:29 PM

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On Jan 31, 6:09 am, wrote:
Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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If you're doing it yourself I'd suggest _The Principles of Yacht
Design_, Larrson & Eliasson now in its third edition. It has worked
examples using accepted guidelines. While I'm a Brian Toss fan, too,
Larrson & Eliasson is much better for this kind of thing. Any
competent rig designer will be able to get the answers for you, too.

-- Tom.

RichH January 31st 08 07:17 PM

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On Jan 31, 1:39*pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
wrote

Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging?


Yes.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boats.htm#Barque

--
Roger Long


So how tight did you set the cap shrouds on Dimillo's Restuarant???

Love the shear line of that barque !!!!! .... true art-form.

Brian Whatcott January 31st 08 08:56 PM

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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:09:42 -0700, wrote:

Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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From scratch? Find the forces on the mast.
Find the dimensions of the mast attachments and the angles
that the rigging makes. Then the trig is straightforward.

Finding the forces promises to be the difficult bit.
Off the top: one way I suppose would be to attach a line at a
strategic point on the mast, and attempt to pull the boat to a 45
degree heel or so. Measure that force and angle, and that might
provide some basis for a reasonable estimate.

Good luck.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

[email protected] January 31st 08 09:22 PM

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And what am I not seeing here - information on calc stresses??


On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:39:59 -0500, "Roger Long"
wrote:

wrote

Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging?


Yes.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boats.htm#Barque


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[email protected] January 31st 08 10:31 PM

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On Jan 31, 12:10 pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
... Rich was pointing you in the right direction. The stress on the rigging is
strictly a function of the stability of the hull. Actual wind velocities
are irrelevant except as distribution of loading may change as sail is
reduced. ...


This isn't strictly true for headstays and backstays in a masthead
sloop. While wind loads on them will be limited by stability actual
tension will be limited by hull stiffness and available tackle.

-- Tom.

[email protected] January 31st 08 11:04 PM

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On Jan 31, 12:47 pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
... there are limits to degree of precision that can be expected in
newsgroup posts. I should have said "loads in addition to pre-tensioning
and weight". ...


I believe that shrouds are sized to about 3x the expected static load
per wire at 30 degrees heel and headstays around 15 times. This seems
to put the two types of stay into noticeably different categories when
doing stress calcs. I'm with you on newsgroup expectations, of
course. Though, as I mentioned before, there is a very complete
discussion of how to do these calcs including a worked example in
Larsson & Eliasson's book.

-- Tom.

Edgar January 31st 08 11:07 PM

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"RichH" wrote in message
...
The theoretical calculation is by determining the center of buoyancy,
the center mass of ballast and calculating the righting forces that
would react at the top of the mast ... when the mast is pulled over to
a heel angle of 45 degrees.
You can do the same experimentally by restraining the boat (so that it
can roll unimpeded) and by pulling horizontally (or calculating the
trigonometric difference for other angles) from the top of the mast
until the mast is at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal ... then
MEASURE the stress/strain in the wire (cap shrouds). The induced/
forced 45 degree heel would develope the maximum static loads in the
wire (by the magic of trigonometry).


snipped

It seems to me that to pull the boat over to 45 degrees using a line from
the top of the mast would put a much higher stress on the cap shrouds than
you would get by heeling the boat to the same amount by sail pressure, which
would spread some of the load onto the intermediates and lowers.




RichH January 31st 08 11:12 PM

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On Jan 31, 6:07*pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"RichH" wrote in message

...

The theoretical calculation is by determining the center of buoyancy,
the center mass of ballast and calculating the righting forces that
would react at the top of the mast ... when the mast is pulled over to
a heel angle of 45 degrees.
You can do the same experimentally by restraining the boat (so that it
can roll unimpeded) *and by pulling horizontally (or calculating the
trigonometric difference for other angles) from the top of the mast
until the mast is at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal ... then
MEASURE the stress/strain in the wire (cap shrouds). *The induced/
forced 45 degree heel would develope the maximum static loads in the
wire (by the magic of trigonometry).


snipped

It seems to me that to pull the boat over to 45 degrees using a line from
the top of the mast would put a much higher stress on the cap shrouds than
you would get by heeling the boat to the same amount by sail pressure, which
would spread some of the load onto the intermediates and lowers.


Doesnt matter where the maximum stress comes from ... the shrouds dont
know the difference as they are in reaction to that stress
application. Doesnt matter if windloading heels the boat to 45
degrees or by a rope tied to the top of the mast heels the boat to the
same 45 degrees .... as if the boat is at 45 degrees over the stress
in the wires will be IDENTICAL. :-)

[email protected] January 31st 08 11:20 PM

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On Jan 31, 1:12 pm, RichH wrote:
... Doesnt matter where the maximum stress comes from ... the shrouds dont
know the difference as they are in reaction to that stress
application. Doesnt matter if windloading heels the boat to 45
degrees or by a rope tied to the top of the mast heels the boat to the
same 45 degrees .... as if the boat is at 45 degrees over the stress
in the wires will be IDENTICAL. :-)


It isn't really required to do this. Under IOR a method was developed
for estimating a yachts stability from small changes in trim angle
when moving a weight a certain longitudinal distance. They are still
pretty good estimators of stability, particularly if you yacht wasn't
designed to fool them. Again, L&E discuss the methods and work and
example.

-- Tom.


RichH February 1st 08 12:20 AM

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On Jan 31, 6:33*pm, "Roger Long" wrote:
I think you'd better stick to filters Rich.

--
Roger Long


Huh?

Brian Whatcott February 1st 08 12:31 AM

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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:12:30 -0800 (PST), RichH
wrote:

On Jan 31, 6:07*pm, "Edgar" wrote:
"RichH" wrote in message

...

The theoretical calculation is by determining the center of buoyancy,
the center mass of ballast and calculating the righting forces that
would react at the top of the mast ... when the mast is pulled over to
a heel angle of 45 degrees.
You can do the same experimentally by restraining the boat (so that it
can roll unimpeded) *and by pulling horizontally (or calculating the
trigonometric difference for other angles) from the top of the mast
until the mast is at a 45 degree angle to the horizontal ... then
MEASURE the stress/strain in the wire (cap shrouds). *The induced/
forced 45 degree heel would develope the maximum static loads in the
wire (by the magic of trigonometry).


snipped

[Edgar]
It seems to me that to pull the boat over to 45 degrees using a line from
the top of the mast would put a much higher stress on the cap shrouds than
you would get by heeling the boat to the same amount by sail pressure, which
would spread some of the load onto the intermediates and lowers.


Doesnt matter where the maximum stress comes from ... the shrouds dont
know the difference as they are in reaction to that stress
application. Doesnt matter if windloading heels the boat to 45
degrees or by a rope tied to the top of the mast heels the boat to the
same 45 degrees .... as if the boat is at 45 degrees over the stress
in the wires will be IDENTICAL. :-)



I don't think so.... I'm with Edgar


Brian Whatcott Altus OK

RichH February 1st 08 01:45 AM

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ummmmm Im a mechanical engineer and + some other stuff. A long time
ago I used to do stress-analysis for high mobile steel, cranes, etc.
all AIChE stuff (FS=6).

One thing Im 'not' going to do is sit and hand calculate all the
elastic strain at load. I'll take a whack at your explanation ....
and get back at ya.
:-)

cavalamb himself February 1st 08 02:18 AM

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RichH wrote:

On Jan 31, 1:39 pm, "Roger Long" wrote:

wrote


Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging?


Yes.

http://home.maine.rr.com/rlma/Boats.htm#Barque

--
Roger Long



So how tight did you set the cap shrouds on Dimillo's Restuarant???

Love the shear line of that barque !!!!! .... true art-form.



She's sweetly shaped, Roger.

You certainly have the eye.


cavalamb himself February 1st 08 02:59 AM

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RichH wrote:
On Jan 31, 6:33 pm, "Roger Long" wrote:

I think you'd better stick to filters Rich.

--
Roger Long



Huh?


If the mast were perfectly rigid then what you said would be true.
But they are not.

If the rope is attached right at the shrouds, the opposide shroud
would take near 100% of the load.

If the rope is attached ABOVE the shroud, the mast will bend -
top toward the rope and away from the rope below that.

That would be the load taken up by the lowers and it could be
in the opposite direction even.

Were the rope attached BELOW the shroud???

Jere Lull February 1st 08 03:13 AM

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On 2008-01-31 18:12:30 -0500, RichH said:

Doesn't matter if windloading heels the boat to 45 degrees or by a rope
tied to the top of the mast heels the boat to the same 45 degrees ....
as if the boat is at 45 degrees over the stress in the wires will be
IDENTICAL. :-)


The loads aren't identical, but for the purposes of evaluating the
standing rigging, the differences aren't significant.

As another said elsewhere in the thread: Each boat designer will figure
out those loads and add what they believe is a proper fudge factor to
come up with a wire size. When a boat's been successfully sailed in all
sorts of conditions for 30+ years, you gotta believe that they were at
least in the right ballpark.

--
Jere Lull
Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD
Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/
Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/


[email protected] February 1st 08 03:25 AM

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On Jan 31, 5:13 pm, Jere Lull wrote:
... The loads aren't identical, but for the purposes of evaluating the
standing rigging, the differences aren't significant. ...


Well, I don't think that's right. I bet the scantiling rules require
that you consider the reefed condition for a reason rather than to
just make work for designers. Hey, have I mentioned that there's
this book...:)

-- Tom.

RichH February 1st 08 03:41 AM

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nnnnah, its easy to calculate all the 'joints' as individual 'free
bodies', even when simplifying by omitting elastic strain (of mast
etc.) and then simply balance all the free body connections as sums.
The original poster's question was "calculating stress in the standing
rigging" ... not necessary to calculate wind/sail loads as they can be
equated as reactions via their CE's and resultant distributive loads
as moments versus the 'connections' ... just like you do with any
'beam' calculation (mast).

The above will work as a close approximation ... at least that was the
method of most designers that Ive asked this direct question ... all
have replied: (paraphrased) ... mathematically pull the boat over onto
a 45 degree heel, calculate the restorative loads ... the moment arm
of mass versus center of buoyancy which will result in an close
approximation of the cap shroud tension ... then calculate all the
rest of the shrouds based on trigonometric relationship to the cap
shroud tension, etc. etc.; add/multiply by appropriate factors of
safety, etc. to account for sailing at beyond normal sailing angles
(GT 45 degress), etc. Those scantilings when back calculated seem
to still be appropriate in most cases. :-)

[email protected] February 1st 08 04:33 AM

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On Jan 31, 5:41 pm, RichH wrote:
... The above will work as a close approximation ... at least that was the
method of most designers that Ive asked this direct question ...


Yeah, there seems to be a lot of rules of thumb and hand waving on
this. I'm certainly no expert. The only rig design I've paid for was
done using some magic and proprietary computer code. But, since the
OP wanted to know how much strain he was looking at and he already has
the rig, wouldn't it be easiest to go look up the wire's specs from
the provider and then make up a strain gage that could be read while
under sail? I think a clever person with a meter stick, some tape and
a sharpie might be able to get pretty good figures. Maybe a good
Loose gage would be adequate if looking for a store bough option.

But if you really want to work it out theres this... Oh, forget
it... :)

-- Tom.

RichH February 1st 08 06:04 AM

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The 'original' question was:


Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in
standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?"

Please explain a bit further ... and/or answer the following:
1. Are you setting/tuning the original rigging you have ... based on
some % values of the existing wire?
2. Are you selecting / checking new wire rigging? thinking of
increasing or decreasing the wire diameter, etc.?
3. Do you intend to also 'prebend' the mast? if so how many spreaders
and is the rig mast headed or fractional (what % fractional)
4. Etc. ?

If you are looking for a 'plain vanilla' static tuning; then, set all
wire ar 12-15% tension (by use of a tension gauge) ... then go sailing
at a heel to see if these values of the lowers, intermediates are
correct to keep the mast straight. Otherwise, if you have a plan view
and deck view of the boat, or can post or list the URL of the plan,
etc, views AND if you can give me the relative shape (luff/leech/foot
dimensions) of each sail, I will calculate the approximate % loadings
in all the shrouds for you so that the rigging is 'perfectly tuned/
balanced' on a % of ultimate tensile strength for
you ..... if that is what you are looking
for. :-)


Brian Whatcott February 1st 08 01:08 PM

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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:33:11 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

...since the
OP wanted to know how much strain he was looking at and he already has
the rig, wouldn't it be easiest to go look up the wire's specs from
the provider and then make up a strain gage that could be read while
under sail? I think a clever person with a meter stick, some tape and
a sharpie might be able to get pretty good figures. ...
-- Tom.


A meter stick to measure strain is perhaps not the best way, but the
suggestion has merit.
The pro approach to stress testing involves strain gages. They need a
little smooth patch of structure less than a square inch to glue to.
That's a difficulty for rigging, sure enough.
But a thin aluminum strip, 3 or 4 inches long, strapped securely to
the rigging, with the strain gage measuring the stretch of the strip
which is transmitted from the wire would do the job perfectly well.
Low noise amps, data acquisition PC and you're in business.

Brian Whatcott Altus OK

Richard Casady February 1st 08 01:54 PM

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On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:08:02 -0600, Brian Whatcott
wrote:

But a thin aluminum strip, 3 or 4 inches long, strapped securely to
the rigging, with the strain gage measuring the stretch of the strip
which is transmitted from the wire would do the job perfectly well.
Low noise amps, data acquisition PC and you're in business.


It might be easy to epoxy the aluminum strip to a rigging wire. Heat
will break the bond without damage to the wire.

Casady

RichH February 1st 08 03:21 PM

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On Feb 1, 8:54*am, (Richard Casady) wrote:
On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 07:08:02 -0600, Brian Whatcott

wrote:
But *a thin aluminum strip, 3 or 4 inches long, strapped securely to
the rigging, with the strain gage measuring the stretch of the strip
which is transmitted from the wire would do the job perfectly well.
Low noise amps, data acquisition PC and you're in business.


It might be easy to epoxy the aluminum strip to a rigging wire. Heat
will break the bond without damage to the wire.

Casady


... and you calibrate the strain gauge against 'what' standard?
Would be a good idea when racing to have a strain gage mounted on the
headstay .... then you can match the headstay sag versus the luff
hollow that the sailmaker cut into the jib/genoas leading edge ....
would insure bombproof genoa leading edge/luff shape.

Tom Dacon February 1st 08 04:00 PM

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Get a used copy of Skene's Elements of Yacht Design. The spars and rigging
chapter has everything you need to know in order to size both the spars
themselves and the standing rigging. Barnes and Noble's online used and
out-of-print books department would be a good place to find a copy.

Tom Dacon

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Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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Wayne.B February 1st 08 06:48 PM

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 07:21:59 -0800 (PST), RichH
wrote:

Would be a good idea when racing to have a strain gage mounted on the
headstay


Many serious racing boats do exactly that.


Bluto[_2_] February 3rd 08 08:13 PM

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wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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Instead of calculating it, why not just measure it? All you have to do is
measure the speed of sound in the particular piece of rigging. The speed is
controlled by the tension in the rigging. Just measure the ratio of the
speeds of the longitudinal to transverse waves and you know the tension.
It's not hard and can be done with simple devices.

Bluto



Bluto[_2_] February 3rd 08 08:17 PM

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Here's why:

http://www.ndt.net/article/wcndt00/p...083/idn083.htm

There is a simpler "how" than described.


"Bluto" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
Does anybody know how to go about calculating the stresses in standing
rigging. I have an masthead sloop rigged 50 ' FRP boat. 4 lowers, 2
intermediates, 2 uppers, head & back stay. All inboard rigging. I'd
like to know the tensions in the various stays - vs the tensile
strength of the wires. Any ideas on how this is done?
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Instead of calculating it, why not just measure it? All you have to do is
measure the speed of sound in the particular piece of rigging. The speed
is controlled by the tension in the rigging. Just measure the ratio of the
speeds of the longitudinal to transverse waves and you know the tension.
It's not hard and can be done with simple devices.

Bluto




Bluto[_2_] February 3rd 08 08:34 PM

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http://www.worldoftest.com/max.htm

http://www.surebolt.com/nasa_story.htm

This will measure up to 50'

http://www.norbar.com/Products/tabid...5/Default.aspx


Or the old standby for cables

http://www.landfallnavigation.com/hlpt2.html




Bob Crantz February 4th 08 02:39 PM

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wrote in message
...
On 3 Feb 2008 16:33:02 -0600, Dave wrote:

On Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:34:36 -0800, Captain Morgan said:
[snip]

Forget to put your socks in the wash, Charlie?


Hi Dave. I stopped posting as C.W. Morgan quite a long time ago. Your
buddy
Crantz likes to use that nic sometimes when he finds the need to reply to
his
own posts.


That isn't me but nice try. If I had to guess, I'd guess it is you. The
headers, account, etc, match C.W. Morgan. Whatever, at least the person is
polite and on topic. Don't be so afraid to take credit for being nice unless
you see it as an ill fitting suit.

Amen!



Bob Crantz February 4th 08 07:34 PM

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I see no connection namewise between CW Morgan and Captain Morgan. The
Captain is a famous pirate and a brand of rum. I don't see how one can
change the headers they are all set by the Usenet provider and the
newsreader software. The newsreader software is all compiled code so there
is no chance of changing that without the source code documentation and
knowing something about programming. I think it is all coincidence.



Wayne.B February 4th 08 08:10 PM

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On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:24 -0500, wrote:

All of a sudden I was only seeing replies to
his posts and realized I was also missing posts from a couple of
others who use that ISP.


Interesting. Larry's posts disappeared from Supernews for a while but
started showing up again a few days ago. I've never had a problem
seeing Roger's posts.


Gordon February 4th 08 08:54 PM

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Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:24 -0500, wrote:

All of a sudden I was only seeing replies to
his posts and realized I was also missing posts from a couple of
others who use that ISP.


Interesting. Larry's posts disappeared from Supernews for a while but
started showing up again a few days ago. I've never had a problem
seeing Roger's posts.


Same here!
Gordon

Capt. JG February 4th 08 08:56 PM

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:00:24 -0500, wrote:

All of a sudden I was only seeing replies to
his posts and realized I was also missing posts from a couple of
others who use that ISP.


Interesting. Larry's posts disappeared from Supernews for a while but
started showing up again a few days ago. I've never had a problem
seeing Roger's posts.



Yes, I saw the same thing.

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Bob Crantz February 4th 08 09:55 PM

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On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 12:34:10 -0700, "Bob Crantz"
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I see no connection namewise between CW Morgan and Captain Morgan.


Note that Morgan, and Morgan, have very similar spelling.


Similar, yes.


The
Captain is a famous pirate and a brand of rum.


There is also a famous boat designer & builder named Charley Morgan.
Note that Charlie and Charley have slightly different spellings. I'm
not him either!


Charley is usually female.


I don't see how one can
change the headers they are all set by the Usenet provider and the
newsreader software. The newsreader software is all compiled code so there
is no chance of changing that without the source code documentation and
knowing something about programming.


Yet, its done all the time!


How can one decompile code? I suppose given enough time one might figure
something out but I think it is beyond the means of just about anyone. Most
of that header stuff is inserted by others downstream, that can't be changed
unless someone runs a USP and can control the routing.



If you compare my headers, and "Captain Morgan", however, you will see
that we are apparently in two different time zones. Oops!


Yes I see and it's not my time zone either. So it is neither of us, it is
someone off in the Alaska or Hawaii time zone.


I think it is all coincidence.


I think it's mostly specious.


Probably just harmonic convergence.





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