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Bland
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aschen
Hand applied resin to form a butt joint at the ends? No expertise here but holy crap that is scary. Would have thought the carbon fiber would be wound around a flange or a thin wall insert that thickens as it meets the end. Also confused by the choice of carbon fiber. Its extreme strength is tension not compression. There is a discontinuity in elastic modulous at that joint as well. Seems sketchy as hell but just speculation as an engineer who has designed pressue housings for 25,000 + psi
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Agreed. That’s my point above.
Seems like anyone who pointed out design issues was dismissed (or fired).
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