Props for Compression Lecture

• concrete cylinder
• cold formed steel column
• fence post cover and fence post
• kids chair
• bowling ball
• old compression test -- Introduction
• compression
  • buy wood, PVC, springs, copper tubes ???
  • (10) 2"x3"x96" SPF Select Stud $1.90 each = $19.00
    • (50) perpendicular to grain 2"x3"x6"
    • (50) parallel to grain 2"x3"x8" (or 2"x3"x12" ?)
• buckling
  • buy dowel rods, craft wood, pvc pipes
  • available references for extruded PVC
    • compression ultimate strength
    • compression yield strength
    • compression modulus
    • Shore D
    • Rockwell R
    • density
    • CTE
  • D695
    • plastic pipe
    • compression tool from surplus
    • dial gage
    • cut with pipe cutter?? so ends will be parallel
  • D1785
    • pipe dimensions
    • burst strength references
    • relate compression to pressure vessel values
  • D2412
    • pipe stiffness