X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/dep-ui/blobdiff_plain/9c4e8d7f507407a9a5579842617f460b61584c56..0e31736de5165c0c0d71a87f87a6488d7cfbeb76:/rolling.html diff --git a/rolling.html b/rolling.html index c2421d1..1feb248 100644 --- a/rolling.html +++ b/rolling.html @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ Rolling wire-strip calculator - - + + @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@ 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 -well. +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.

Background

@@ -172,9 +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

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Code and credits

The code which makes this page work -is free +is free software. You -can browse or download +can browse or download it, modify it, and/or redistribute it under the terms of the -GNU +GNU General Public License, version 2 or, at your option, any later version. @@ -214,10 +220,21 @@ version. about them. Please mail me patches. -

The JavaScript machinery on this page was written by Mark Wooding; +

The Javascript machinery on this page was written by Mark Wooding; the text was written by Mark Wooding and Gary Wooding. The data used to derive the computation was provided by Gary Wooding. +

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