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From: tkrajci{at}san.osd.mil
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I've come up with some initial analysis of the flexure of the bottom of the
rocker box using GRAPE software.

See:
http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/
specifically
http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/rocker-analysis/rocker-analysis.htm

How can I verify or check these results?

What scaling laws (or rules of thumb) can we apply, so the typical ATM can
at least have an educated guess as to the magnitude of the problem in
his/her particular design?

All comments are welcome!

Thanks in advance,
Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan

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