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I posted a link a day or so ago that had extremely
different numbers for SS strengths. It now occurs to me
that I did not post this caveat: Just because it is
printed on the net, it isn't necessarily true. Especially
if the word "student" appears in the URL ;)
-Rob
--- Evan Gatehouse & Diane Selkirk <>
wrote:
> I don't have my textbooks in front of me (all at work)
> BUT I think the yield
> for 316 is lower than 304 at about 35,000 psi. 304 I
> think is around 36,000
> psi.
>
> However you should be aware that yield and tensile
> strength of materials
> vary with section size etc. For typical chainplates, the
> above values
> should be safe.
>
> It makes sense to design your chainplates to be a bit
> stronger than the
> rigging wires - you'd rather lose a shroud than have a
> chainplate fail.
>
> Evan Gatehouse
> (a mech eng/naval architect)
>
>
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