Re: ATM 2 Piece Poles - and how trusses really work

[Ross Sackett <rsackett00@yahoo.com>]

--- Emery Greg <greg.emery@mohawkcollege.ca> wrote:
> Hello All:
> 
> Maybe I missed the point about the bolts.  I am
> assuming that the bolts are perpendicular to the
> tubes, if they are to connect the two.  If so, are
> the bolts not in double shear?  It has been a long
> time since Mechanics 1 and Strength of Materials - I
> never thought I would use that stuff again :)
> 

The connector bolts as I imagine them are in line with
the tubes (on axis in fact) and loaded in tension-compression.

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