Mr. Spreeman said: "Wayne Stuart thought the weight of his iron frame was excessive. To quote: "The detailed finite element model of the existing Stuart and Sons piano frame was built and solved using Strand7. The complex geometry of the piano's cast iron frame was modelled using over 5000 "thin shell" plate elements. The various colours of these elements in the model designate sections of different thickness." Here's the link which also has the color coded image: www.strand7.com/html/pianopaper.htm The new and improved "Stuart Lite" ? Greg, please let me know if you receive this as I was unable to log in to "my ptg". I thought perhaps I had forgotten my password, but found out I had not, at least according to the email confirmation . I then tried a few different avenues to log in to no avail, so I'm giving up in frustration and posting this here." Michael Spreeman www.RavenscroftPianos.com Michael, Welcome to the real world of the "Other List".<G> As for this post? It kind of, sort of, ...answers the question of plate stress,..er ....I think.<G> Thanks for the interesting post Regards, Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I
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