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From: lew@ihlpa.UUCP (Lew Mammel, Jr.)
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Subject: Re: Glass flow
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Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 18:02:33 EST
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A big problem with the thicker-at-the-bottom concept is that the top of
the window is still at its original height. If the glass pane is modeled
as a viscous flow field, you're going to get tremendous sagging of the
top edge. This is not to mention buckling of the plane surfaces. I don't
think you can model a free standing glass slab with Euler's equation
for viscous flow!

Lew Mammel, Jr.