In article ,
"Jeff Layman" writes:
| In article ,
| "Therefore" writes:
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| I intend buying a stainless garden fork for general purpose use. I
| have seen in B&Q a fork for £11.00 , this has square tines rather
| than the usual round tines.
|
| Is this type of fork good for heavy digging and also has it the
| strength of the round tines.
|
| It depends on its construction, the quality of the metal, and the
| gauge of the tines. Square tines are 18% stronger than round ones.
|
| For a given cross-sectional area? It would be interesting to know how the
| strength was measured.

Yes. Calculated. O-level physics and/or mathematics.

You are welcome to repeat the calculation and tell me that I am losing
my grip :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.