>From "Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers" (9th Edition ...read >old)
"The slenderness ratio is the unsupported length divide by the least radius of gyration, parallel to which it can bend." Sounds like what Scot wrote If you are looking for equations/formulas, contact me off line and I can send you the pages from my book Noreen McMahon Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of å... .... Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 7:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Slenderness Ratio 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
