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12-07-23, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by terrymorse

The term you are looking for is “hoop stress”. It’s something that was worked out after cylindrical boilers in ships were exploding.

Hoop stress is proportional to the diameter of the cylinder, so doubling the diameter doubles the stress. Or doubling the tire width doubles the stress on the rim.

~~Hop~~ Hoop stress. Yup, I remember the problem but I wouldn't want to do that proof now!

Last edited by 79pmooney; 12-08-23 at 12:27 AM.

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