From 0e31736de5165c0c0d71a87f87a6488d7cfbeb76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Wooding Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2021 02:17:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] rolling.html: Note that the results are unreliable under some circumstances. --- rolling.html | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/rolling.html b/rolling.html index 14e337f..1feb248 100644 --- a/rolling.html +++ b/rolling.html @@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ 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. -- 2.11.0