I was nearly screaming 'that's impossible!' over and over to myself.
And now, I have to know the strength of the wood, dimensions of the plank, coefficient of friction of the dock and ship... so many ******* questions all of a sudden. Yay engineering, what the **** .
There is no way in goddamn hell those were wooden planks. I refuse to believe it. It goes against every engineering fiber in my being. I get you on the friction to, I thought once it got to a certain point, the planks would just slide right off the dock and the truck would fall in backwards.
They really can't have been. If they were steel or something, I could actually see that; the weight could help with the problem of friction in that case.
Only problem with it being steel is that it rebounded. If it were steel, it would have stayed bent and not go back to its original shape. There is something really ***** going on here.
No, no, steel can bend a bit and still return to its original form. That's what Exar was referencing in >>#63 with the modulus.
I mean, I'm fairly certain; there's a point on the graph of a modulus of elasticity at which point passed a material won't return to its original form, but steel does ridiculous ******** under strain.
Great. I have no access to my notes or anything, though, and it has been a long time, so I could be just talking.
I can't discredit it as a material yet. Maybe you can. :| Need more data.
I eat my icecream like tht, just likehim after I eat the top part that is not in the cone I suck it from underneath so I can eat the crunchy cone alone.