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Kayteg1
Nov 07, 2015Explorer II
hbski wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
.......Aluminium makes much stiffer frame.......
1) How so, the Young's modulus of Aluminum is 1/3rd that of steel, so for the same configuration it would be 1/3rd as stiff.
2)the frame is not Aluminum.
The point is that you can't use aluminium for the same configuration.
To make the same strength, you have to use more material.
More material = less flex.
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