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Originally Posted by j ferguson
Brad,
Do you think there is a foamable material available that has enough compressive strength to help a tube resist buckling? If so, this is a neat idea.
I'm reminded of older English Morgan Automobile frames which were steel tubes or channels around Ash timber.  |
I'm not positive. I know there is a foam material sprayed into automotive frames by some racers to make it more rigid... That would probably be a good place to start.
It would be interesting to see the difference in buckling loads if someone wanted to test.