[Strawbale] 3-string bales...

[Denise Ohio]

>
>Not sure why it took me so long to get this up in the public realm, but
>since there is a current discussion regarding engineering and
>three-string bales, thought I would finally do it.
>
>Anyway, I have made available our compression testing report from 1999
>at our website:
>
>http://odiseanet.com/comprprt.pdf
>
>The report summarizes nine compression tests on bale walls, six of which
>were three-string and three of which were two-string.  The two-string
>bales walls were roughly twice as strong as all of the three-string
>walls.  We have speculated why this is, but your opinions are also
>welcome, especially here in the public realm.

Jeff, no offense taken. Thanks for posting the info. I think Marcus's 
response to the report is interesting as well. I've read quite a bit of the 
testing data and wish I was a zillionaire so all of these ideas could be 
tested thoroughly across an array of conditions.