Jim Logajan wrote:
a wrote:
One has no idea how true this is, but for what it's worth, read on:.

More chilling information about the use and
misuse of composite materials. The risks look bad. Nick
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Since the "report" is devoid of numbers, it is absolutely worthless. Yes,
composites can shatter. Metals bend, fatigue, and break. The issue isn't in
so much as how these different materials fail, but the values of the
stresses that they fail at.

The "report" relies on subjective claims of "flimsiest" and "poorly
designed" and appeals to authority as a substitute for objective stress
measurements.


It's not that composites CAN shatter when overstressed - they certainly
WILL shatter. Hence design factors are increased for these materials.
Apart from that quibble, I'm with Jim on this one

Brian W