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Old 05-28-23 | 11:10 AM
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cyccommute - stress. J-bend spokes. Tension. At the J-bend, the load on the spoke is in large part shear from the hub flange to the spoke which is at near right angle to the flange there. It would be fun to see a 3-d stress view of the last 3mm of a spoke. All sorts of stuff going on there.
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