Yeah, I thought it was a useful analogy, at least for something, at least for how things look to me.
It feels like distance is a pressure on the side of the pipe, straining the welds that way and putting strain on the connection itself; the other stuff you know about feels more like torque -- it doesn't necessarily screw up the pipe, but it's stressing the entire weld.
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Date: 2002-11-25 12:02 am (UTC)It feels like distance is a pressure on the side of the pipe, straining the welds that way and putting strain on the connection itself; the other stuff you know about feels more like torque -- it doesn't necessarily screw up the pipe, but it's stressing the entire weld.