Re: (ATM) Boron Wire Spiders

[astro@aegis1.demon.co.uk (Stephen Tonkin)]

In message <9510121959.AA43546@huey.cadvision.com>
manuell@cadvision.com writes:

> I wonder if there is some (aerospace spin-off product?) Boron wire 
> (composite?) available on the market.  Boron has the strongest 
> tensile strength that I've ever heard of, although I can't give a 
> value.  Perhaps if the wire is thin enough, and strong enough...... 

I think the problem is not whether the *wire* is thin or strong
enough, but whether the tube/secondary cage is rigid enough to
withstand the tension of the wires without distorting.  No point in
having wire wihthigh tensile strength unless whatever holds it can
withstand the tension.

Clear Skies,
Steve          <sft@aegis1.demon.co.uk>

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