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Originally posted by woz9683
although I believe James has been debating part of that equation with them because of one of the constants used in the rimless calculation.
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Actually to be clear, there's more than one thing in that equation that I would debate but they are considered "safety factors"
The points you made above are correct though, while span doesn't change the water pressure, it does play a role in deflection and therefore overall stress on the material. And every material does in fact have a breaking point.
hold back the ocean, yeah - try it sometime
BTW, cheers
James