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The issue with tall towers is not compressive strength, it's buckling.

Tom Brosz — 2/7/2004 12:09:39 AM (archived)

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A big spike - gbaikie - 2/6/2004 9:43:42 PM
- re: A big spike - gbaikie - 2/7/2004 11:01:24 PM
- re: A big spike - Nipper Wolf - 2/7/2004 3:11:18 AM
  - re: A big spike - gbaikie - 2/7/2004 4:18:24 AM
- re: A big spike - ELDER - 2/7/2004 1:31:54 AM
- The issue with tall towers is not compressive strength, it's buckling. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 12:09:39 AM
  - The issue with tall towers on Earth is buckling. (n/t) - gbaikie - 2/7/2004 4:21:08 AM
    - re: The issue with tall towers everywhere that has gravity is buckling. - Tom Brosz - 2/7/2004 11:02:54 PM
      - Lunar space elevators - Tom Brosz - 2/8/2004 7:25:02 PM
        
        re: Lunar space elevators - Nick Hoffman - 2/8/2004 11:25:07 PM
      - re: The issue with tall towers everywhere that has gravity is buckling. - gbaikie - 2/8/2004 8:21:57 AM
        
        No, I don't like. - nick Hoffman - 2/8/2004 12:58:55 PM
        
        re: No, I don't like. - gbaikie - 2/8/2004 11:40:50 PM
        
        re: Now you're inventing errors I never made - Success_Machine - 2/8/2004 2:19:30 PM
    - re: buckling. - Success_Machine - 2/7/2004 2:25:27 PM
      - re: buckling. - gbaikie - 2/7/2004 10:13:46 PM
        
        Buckling and Engineering - nick Hoffman - 2/8/2004 2:36:59 AM
        
        re: Buckling and Engineering - gbaikie - 2/8/2004 5:18:15 AM

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