Why does a sheet of steel,cardboard,or plywood collapse when weight is appl

Subject: Why does a sheet of steel,cardboard,or plywood collapse when weight is appl

Date: Fri Jul 21 20:45:25 2000
Posted by Patrick Kenney
Grade level: nonaligned School: Advance Resources, Inc.
City: Milwaukee State/Province: wi Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 964226725.Eg

Message:


When we take a sheet of steel, cardboard or plywood and stand it on its edge 
we can only pile so much weight on it,yet when we form these things into 
shapes such as a box,or cylinder, we can pile many times more weight before 
they collapse.Why?

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