this is not a technical answer. this is also a stab through cobwebs accumulated in 20+ years since I had statics and strengths of materials.
some fogbank lifts and urges me to say slenderness ratio is a nondimensional number (essentially length divided by diameter or width) that describes how readily a member will buckle in compression. for a simplistic real-world example, consider a dry spaghetti noodle/stalk. set it upright on a table, holding the upper end with one finger so the stalk is vertical. now, press down. it bends, it buckles, it breaks. slenderness ratio, i think, attempts to describe the physical propensity for the member to bend and/or buckle not a good definition...for all my memory is worth, slenderness ratio could be the odds of a thin bet on the roulette wheel.... scot deal excelsior fire engineering ************************************ Does anyone have a good definition for slenderness ratio? _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
