So I’m not English speaker so forgive me if I use the wrong terms. Why do barrels or casks (dunno the right term) have more concentrated hoops towards the end and not at the center?
I think it is about pressure but I do not fully understand why? Is this because when they are not placed on the side the highest pressure is below?
You can also explain like I’m 10 if you fin dir easier.
Thnak you!!!
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if you tie a bundle of sticks by the middle alone, that becomes a pivoting and bending around point. If you tie by the ends, they cancel each other in terms of bend and pivoting, and the middle can’t move if the ends can’t either, so reinforcing the middle doesn’t help all that much You can try this yourself even.
There is more than this happening on a barrel and bands on ends help with those too, but this is the basis of it, you always need to secure the ends and that automatically improves the stability of the center.
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