The trees around here disagree with engineers.
Of curse, old hollow trees are larger than the young solid trunks
that fall but the general principle holds. Once they hollow out,
they're in it for the long haul (4-600 years).
Andrew Fildes
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On 24/05/2008, at 1:33 AM, Stephen Walker wrote:
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> Andrew wrote "Once they have a clean inner void they are stronger
> (a tube is stronger than a rod) "
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> This is not true. A tube will be stronger than a rod of the same
> mass but you do not increase the strength of a rod by hollowing it
> out into a tube.
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