Originally Posted by
Kontact
I don't know if the bolded actually makes any sense or are just words you're putting together.
It is also an assumption on your part that a spring rate has anything to do with "stiffness". And you aren't defining what sort of stiffness. Stiffness is a word generally applied to lateral bending, not tensile strength. Are you talking about the spoke or the wheel? Spokes don't benefit from stiffness - they are hinged top and bottom.
But tension is tension. The amount of force to put a thin spoke to 100 kgf is identical to the amount to tension a thick spoke to 100 kgf.
Stiffness? Modulus of elasticity, ie, Young's Modulus. For pretty much all steels, it's around 30M PSI. Doesn't matter what alloy you use.
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