Re: [ATM] The Challange and the limit

["Jeremy Batterson" <jdbaterson@msn.com>]

Well, I will try to answer my own question: It is somewhat analagous to a catenary, where the tension between all the links are equalized. Imagine a convex blank, with a concave mirror ground into its top. The two curves WON'T have the same ROC, but, rather, since the pressure will be greater toward the edge of the mirror, the glass will be thinner toward the edge and thicker toward the center. Now, this only deals with the question of the horizontal angle, so the problem is greater than meets the eye, no doubt.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeremy Batterson<mailto:jdbaterson@msn.com> 
  To: Russell Jocoy<mailto:russjocoy@hotmail.com> 
  Cc: atm@atmlist.net<mailto:atm@atmlist.net> 
  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 11:41 PM
  Subject: Re: [ATM] The Challange and the limit


  I think this 1:6 business of diameter to thickness must be a relic of foolishness, since we know that it needs be possible to produce the self-standing form that is very thin and maintains itself. What exactly this form is, remains to be found by hypothesis and experimentation, yet it has to exist. Let us go beyond simple point support systems, as fine as they may be, and find the optimum forms for the task. Are you ready to try to find the answer to a question that has not yet been answered?
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