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Femme_physics
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What's the "column effect"?
Reading about trusses, it says
I'm not sure what's the "column effect". There's no wiki entry and Google seems to show me many results that don't provide the definition...
Reading about trusses, it says
Often, compression members must be made thicker than tension members because of the buckling or column effect that occurs when a member is in compression
I'm not sure what's the "column effect". There's no wiki entry and Google seems to show me many results that don't provide the definition...