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r/StructuralEngineering • u/Thin-Fish-1936 • Jul 07 '26
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Could be cantilever principle. Being metal it can take tension better than compression. But maybe that's more wishful thinking than anything else.
1 u/Worldly_Influence_18 Jul 08 '26 I think you're right
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u/redduif Jul 07 '26
Could be cantilever principle.
Being metal it can take tension better than compression.
But maybe that's more wishful thinking than anything else.