[Strawbale] 3-string bales...testing, testing, testing...

[Chris Green]

Matt Chase wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I would speculate that very rarely would you find a situation where 
> individual straws are breaking (snapping), especially when exposed to 
> tensile forces, as per some of the testing apparatus suggestions that 
> have been made.  I'm not sure what the relevance or usefulness of 
> testing individual or bundles of straws in this manner would be.  
>   
Having read the comments of some folks who responded to this suggestion, 
and having thought it over since yesterday, I've also come to the 
conclusion that the tensile strength of various straw types is not that 
important compared to how densely packed the straw is.
> <snip>
>
> Perhaps a more important goal related to the different species of 
> straw would be to determine which species are most resistant to 
> prolonged moisture exposure...
>
> Matthew Chase
>   
Agreed.

There is also a possibility that some varieties of any given grain may 
be more moisture resistant as well. However, since there are thousands 
perhaps tens of thousands of varieties of wheat alone, researching this 
last variable might take an awful long time and would probably be quite 
expensive.

So, onto to other and hopefully more practical considerations.  :-)

Cheers,

Chris Green.










Cheers,

Chris Green.