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<blockquote data-quote="upfrombottom" data-source="post: 809900" data-attributes="member: 13088"><p>It is a quite interesting engineering statics equation that has to do with the angle of the diagonal wires on the brace. To try and put it simply, the resistance of pulling the post sideways or horizontally through the ground as a plow, is what allows the "H" brace to withstand tension from the fence wires. The closer the post are, the steeper the angle on the diagonal wires on the brace. The steeper the angle, the more the tension on the diagonal is transferred to pulling the middle or second post upwards and out of the ground instead of sideways. So, the further the post are apart, the more the tension is transferred to the horizontal, which is where the greatest resistance is. Clear as mud? By the way, when I try to explain to my wife how things work, she generally gets the deer in the headlights look, so I know this will be extremely boring to some.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upfrombottom, post: 809900, member: 13088"] It is a quite interesting engineering statics equation that has to do with the angle of the diagonal wires on the brace. To try and put it simply, the resistance of pulling the post sideways or horizontally through the ground as a plow, is what allows the "H" brace to withstand tension from the fence wires. The closer the post are, the steeper the angle on the diagonal wires on the brace. The steeper the angle, the more the tension on the diagonal is transferred to pulling the middle or second post upwards and out of the ground instead of sideways. So, the further the post are apart, the more the tension is transferred to the horizontal, which is where the greatest resistance is. Clear as mud? By the way, when I try to explain to my wife how things work, she generally gets the deer in the headlights look, so I know this will be extremely boring to some. [/QUOTE]
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