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Re: Australian Standards for LEGO
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 24 May 2000 03:46:09 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Santosh Bhat writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes:
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> > Guys, guys. C'mon! Concrete? Loadings? I'd at least put it in as a suppliment
> > to AS4100, since perhaps Parts 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are directly applicable.
> > Structural LEGO is more akin to steel than concrete, and the loading code is
> > only used to determine the forces on the LEGO. Even parts 10 and 11 can apply
> > if you really hammer it, but hopefully never Part 12. Perhaps we can write
> > Appendix L to AS 4100 - Elastic Behaviour of Plastic Members. ;-)
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> > </engineering geek mode>
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> What say we at loc.au develop the first lego Structural code, we call it
> (Australian Lego Stadard) ALS2000. And Yes the first appendix can be Appendix • L
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> Engineering Geek Discussion mode>
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> Hmm See I'd have to disagree with the Lego being akin to steel. Steel is a
> member that is best in tension and Concrete for compression. Now if you take a
> couple of bricks (or plates)I'm sure you'd find more strength during
> compressive loads than tensile loads.
Depends on what you're building, doesn't it, and a member in compression or
tension doesn't automatically dictate it's material component.
Houses, sure (although the bricks are behaving more like bricks and not a
homogenous concrete wall, and then we're into the building codes - let's not
go there!!). But most ot the other stuff I build I'm using LEGO to emulate
steel members of some sort. Steel can take a fair whack of compression too,
and is much better in bending, extreme fibres and all that.
> However Technic Beams i can see being readily applied to AS4100.
> </discussion>
That was my main focus though. Although I've made a post-tensioned LEGO slab
before (although I wasn't game enough to take it to uni "look at what I do in
my spare time, guys!!"). Now that was fun!
Pete Callaway
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