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Old 28-April-2008, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Root View Post
I just thought of another geometry that might be a useful diagnostic.
Either of the following should work, so you can choose whichever is
easiest to handle: The force on a point at the apex of a cone (maybe
2 or 3 cones with different angles), or at the apex of a pyramid (2 or 3
pyramids with different angles). See how the force varies with angle.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis
That sounds interesting also. I'll work on that just as soon as I write this other program and do a few comparisons.
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