X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/dep-ui/blobdiff_plain/6903bc5d2aa2ce8cc4f4f7a4dcf0ed9e9f3c6616..0e31736de5165c0c0d71a87f87a6488d7cfbeb76:/rolling.html diff --git a/rolling.html b/rolling.html index 089af32..1feb248 100644 --- a/rolling.html +++ b/rolling.html @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ DEP_UI.add_elt_class(DEP_UI.elt('js-note'), 'conceal'); -->

This page is only really interesting because it contains a Javascript -program. You seem to have Javascript turned off, so it won't work very +program. You seem to have Javascript turned off, so it won’t work very well. It only requires first-party scripts; see Privacy for more details. @@ -173,9 +173,14 @@ of it you need to create the required starting size that you can then roll down to the required thickness of strip.

For best results, roll the strip in as few passes as you can handle. +The results aren’t accurate for broad, thin strips. +Width-to-thickness ratios of up to 6:1 are known to be good; ratios of +12:1 or more don't work: strips don’t get as wide as predicted by +our model. We need to collect more data and construct a better model to +handle this case properly.

You can see the detailed equations -used for this calculation if you're interested. +used for this calculation if you’re interested.

Use

@@ -227,6 +232,9 @@ has logged your IP address, which helps me fix things if they go wrong; mostly things work fine and the logs are discarded after a couple of weeks. +

Most web browsers can save a version of this page which can be used +offline. +