Re: [bolger] Digest Number 2670
In a message dated 10/17/2005 11:57:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
bolger@yahoogroups.comwrites:
...make a full size mockup and test it!
Done all the time. And don't forget graphical solutions for difficult
equations. Used up a lot of graph paper in my day, both normal rectangular grid and
semi-log as well as log-log paper.
It is amazing how some complex functions will fall onto a straight line when
plotted out on log paper. When airplanes are built they do use mockups for
loading wings etc with sand bags to see how well the calculations match real
life.
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bolger@yahoogroups.comwrites:
...make a full size mockup and test it!
Done all the time. And don't forget graphical solutions for difficult
equations. Used up a lot of graph paper in my day, both normal rectangular grid and
semi-log as well as log-log paper.
It is amazing how some complex functions will fall onto a straight line when
plotted out on log paper. When airplanes are built they do use mockups for
loading wings etc with sand bags to see how well the calculations match real
life.
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