Right, but to resist moment you have to have tension on one side, compression on the other. As there's a joint, you can't have tension on one side, so it ends up bearing (pressing, crushing,...
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Right, but to resist moment you have to have tension on one side, compression on the other. As there's a joint, you can't have tension on one side, so it ends up bearing (pressing, crushing,...
No, they have to actually connect vertically to transfer the vertical loading to the suspension line. Right now, when the hammock is attached at the end and there's a loop some distance from that...
Engineer in me has to say...I understand the upward deflection referenced, it's caused by inducing a moment with the horizontal distance between the hanging line and the hammock hanging line. Will...