Engineering and love II

Writing a lab report regarding a particular topic can be brainwashing at times. To derive some excitement out of the boredom of writing german reports, i let my mind wander a little and.... below r the results of doing so...

I rmb the last time connecting love and Stress-Strain Graph together. Well, today's topic is a little different. It's about "Knicken" or "Snap" in english. When we let an object whereby its length is a lot larger than its width and height( a stick or a rod) experience a Push-Force, there is a high possibility that it would snap before reaching its maximum tensile strength. The pics below illustrates the "snapping" process of an iron rod under a force. The rod will bend suddenly towards its sides.




Such a phenomenon is something that engineers would like to avoid, especially in buildings and structures. So, as future engineers, we had to do some research on this phenomenon, to check out what factors influence snapping.

Well, factors like length of rod, surface area of the rod and the type of material strongly influences the occurence of snapping. The longer rod suffers snapping a lot faster than a shorter rod. An aluminium rod with a less Young Modulus than a steel rod snaps earlier. Diff surface areas, be it square, ring, triangle or circle have diff snapping force (Force which makes the rod snaps).

In our daily lives, there are many factors which can cause a relationship to come to an end, and in this case, an abrupt end, since snapping comes w/out warning. Does a strong relationship "snaps" easily? of cos not. Sadly, many relationships are like the aluminium rod, weaker than the steel rod. When trouble comes (Force applied), it just snaps. To achieve the toughness of a steel, one must go through many trials together. A steel has to go go through many heating processes before it can achieve its optimal condition. As a couple, do not run away when a problem arises. Face it, together, hand in hand!



Try and guess which type of surface area of the rod snaps the earliest... The circle or the ring profile? both have the same outer diameter...



The answer is: Ring-profile. The calculation is very complicated. But it is proven experimentally. In chinese, the rod with a full circle profile is called 实心 while the ring will be called 空心. 空心 means empty heart if we address each word individually. Well, if someone doesn't give his/her heart in a relationship, results means === SNAP!! We often come across phrases like "this love is a one-way-traffic". Meaning one party likes the other but not vice-versa. Love cannot be forced upon. If we cant sense anymore "heart" in this so called relationship, i guess it shud b time dat we take a serious look into matters. Do not wait until it snaps. Cos if it does snaps, it hurts!

Like the field of engineering, love relationships can be confusing and hard to explain. Ppl wan to become engineers so that they can build and create things, while earning lotsa money at the same time, but then they are afraid of long study years and unlimited projects and assignments. Ppl also want to love and being loved, to start a romantic relatonship whereby everything is sweet and wonderful but at the same time they are scared of being hurt. Haiz... this world has never ending problems...

But, there's always Someone to turn to. =)