Are you sure that tubing is stronger than rod? I can believe this is true
when scaled by weight or mass but it doesn't seem to me that it would be
true when the tubing (O.D.) and the rod are the same size.
For example:
Tubing with an O.D of 1 1/16 inch and an I.D. of 15/16 inch (i.e. 1/8 inch
wall thickness) would have the same cross-sectional area of material as a
solid 1/2 O.D. inch rod. The weight of each of these would be the same (per
unit length, and made of the same material) and I believe that the tubing
would be stronger (more resistant to bending). However, I would think that
a solid rod of the same 1 1/16 O.D. would be stronger than the tubing (of
course the rod would weigh more).
Another way to look at the situation is the following:
Consider a tubing of a certain O.D.. If you start with a very thin wall, it
won't be very strong, but as you thicken the wall it will get stronger and
stronger. At some point you will have filled in the tubing, giving you a
solid rod. At what point would you have the maximum strength? I would
think it is at the limit of the rod.
Again, if you consider the strength per weight (or mass) I can see that
there could be an optimum wall thickness for the tubing. In this case you
have the trade off of increasing strength and increasing weight as you
increase wall thickness so the ratio of these two increasing values could be
maximized at some intermediate value of wall thickness.
Granted, I'm not an engineer so I may be missing something but I think the
statement that tubing is stronger than rod assumes the same amount of
material, not the same size O.D. To put it another way, if you only had a
certain amout of material you would be better off making tubing than rod for
maximum strength.
BadgerDog
<Layne> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> Actually come to think of it a pipe *might* be better. Usually tubing
> is stronger than rods. That's why bicycles are made of tubing...partly
> because it makes the bike lighter, but also because it's stronger.
> Klein and Cannondale use fat, yet light aluminum tubing in their bikes
> to counter the weaker nature of aluminum as compared with steel. They
> can make a bike that's lighter than steel yet is stiffer.
>
> The only problem I see is the locking bolt might leave marks or deform
> the tubing's softer metal. But it should be able to handle any normal
> stress put on it.
>
> Layne
>
> On 7 Apr 2004 11:35:41 -0700, [email protected] (Hylourgos) wrote:
>
> >I have to get a new guide rod (i.e., the solid cylindrical steel piece
> >that holds the upper guides) for my 14" HF BS.
> >
> >The O.D. of the rod is the same as 1/2" pipe: can I cut a piece of
> >that, or are the forces enough that it requires solid rod?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >H, certified backyard engineer
>
Layne <> wrote:
> Actually come to think of it a pipe *might* be better. Usually tubing
> is stronger than rods. That's why bicycles are made of tubing...partly
> because it makes the bike lighter, but also because it's stronger.
> Klein and Cannondale use fat, yet light aluminum tubing in their bikes
> to counter the weaker nature of aluminum as compared with steel. They
> can make a bike that's lighter than steel yet is stiffer.
Sorta kinda. Pound for pound tubing is stronger than rod in bending and
compression as long as the wall thickness is great enough to prevent
buckling. In tension the strength is the same for both. Diameter for
diameter rod will be stronger but heavier.
> The only problem I see is the locking bolt might leave marks or deform
> the tubing's softer metal. But it should be able to handle any normal
> stress put on it.
>
> Layne
>
> On 7 Apr 2004 11:35:41 -0700, [email protected] (Hylourgos) wrote:
>
>>I have to get a new guide rod (i.e., the solid cylindrical steel piece
>>that holds the upper guides) for my 14" HF BS.
>>
>>The O.D. of the rod is the same as 1/2" pipe: can I cut a piece of
>>that, or are the forces enough that it requires solid rod?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>H, certified backyard engineer
--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Same material, same diameter, rod is stronger.
"BadgerDog" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Are you sure that tubing is stronger than rod? I can believe this is true
> when scaled by weight or mass but it doesn't seem to me that it would be
> true when the tubing (O.D.) and the rod are the same size.
>
> For example:
> Tubing with an O.D of 1 1/16 inch and an I.D. of 15/16 inch (i.e. 1/8 inch
> wall thickness) would have the same cross-sectional area of material as a
> solid 1/2 O.D. inch rod. The weight of each of these would be the same
(per
> unit length, and made of the same material) and I believe that the tubing
> would be stronger (more resistant to bending). However, I would think
that
> a solid rod of the same 1 1/16 O.D. would be stronger than the tubing (of
> course the rod would weigh more).
>
> Another way to look at the situation is the following:
> Consider a tubing of a certain O.D.. If you start with a very thin wall,
it
> won't be very strong, but as you thicken the wall it will get stronger and
> stronger. At some point you will have filled in the tubing, giving you a
> solid rod. At what point would you have the maximum strength? I would
> think it is at the limit of the rod.
>
> Again, if you consider the strength per weight (or mass) I can see that
> there could be an optimum wall thickness for the tubing. In this case you
> have the trade off of increasing strength and increasing weight as you
> increase wall thickness so the ratio of these two increasing values could
be
> maximized at some intermediate value of wall thickness.
>
> Granted, I'm not an engineer so I may be missing something but I think the
> statement that tubing is stronger than rod assumes the same amount of
> material, not the same size O.D. To put it another way, if you only had a
> certain amout of material you would be better off making tubing than rod
for
> maximum strength.
>
> BadgerDog
>
>
>
>
>
> <Layne> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > Actually come to think of it a pipe *might* be better. Usually tubing
> > is stronger than rods. That's why bicycles are made of tubing...partly
> > because it makes the bike lighter, but also because it's stronger.
> > Klein and Cannondale use fat, yet light aluminum tubing in their bikes
> > to counter the weaker nature of aluminum as compared with steel. They
> > can make a bike that's lighter than steel yet is stiffer.
> >
> > The only problem I see is the locking bolt might leave marks or deform
> > the tubing's softer metal. But it should be able to handle any normal
> > stress put on it.
> >
> > Layne
> >
> > On 7 Apr 2004 11:35:41 -0700, [email protected] (Hylourgos) wrote:
> >
> > >I have to get a new guide rod (i.e., the solid cylindrical steel piece
> > >that holds the upper guides) for my 14" HF BS.
> > >
> > >The O.D. of the rod is the same as 1/2" pipe: can I cut a piece of
> > >that, or are the forces enough that it requires solid rod?
> > >
> > >Thanks,
> > >H, certified backyard engineer
> >
>
>
Actually come to think of it a pipe *might* be better. Usually tubing
is stronger than rods. That's why bicycles are made of tubing...partly
because it makes the bike lighter, but also because it's stronger.
Klein and Cannondale use fat, yet light aluminum tubing in their bikes
to counter the weaker nature of aluminum as compared with steel. They
can make a bike that's lighter than steel yet is stiffer.
The only problem I see is the locking bolt might leave marks or deform
the tubing's softer metal. But it should be able to handle any normal
stress put on it.
Layne
On 7 Apr 2004 11:35:41 -0700, [email protected] (Hylourgos) wrote:
>I have to get a new guide rod (i.e., the solid cylindrical steel piece
>that holds the upper guides) for my 14" HF BS.
>
>The O.D. of the rod is the same as 1/2" pipe: can I cut a piece of
>that, or are the forces enough that it requires solid rod?
>
>Thanks,
>H, certified backyard engineer
Tubing is weaker than rods of the same diameter. The trick is that most of the
strength is in the outer portion, so you don't lose much when you make it
hollow.
You would barely be able to lift a bike made out of 1" steel rod.
GTO(John)
>Actually come to think of it a pipe *might* be better. Usually tubing
>is stronger than rods. That's why bicycles are made of tubing...partly
>because it makes the bike lighter, but also because it's stronger.
>Klein and Cannondale use fat, yet light aluminum tubing in their bikes
>to counter the weaker nature of aluminum as compared with steel. They
>can make a bike that's lighter than steel yet is stiffer.
>
>The only problem I see is the locking bolt might leave marks or deform
>the tubing's softer metal. But it should be able to handle any normal
>stress put on it.
>
>Layne