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  1. 15-09-2020 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by pippin88 View Post
    Why put a steel skeleton inside?

    If the steel is for stiffness it is better to put it outside. Material at or close to the neutral axis does very little for stiffness.

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    How do you arrive at that thinking? most things have the skeleton inside for strength of the main structure and appearance there would be very little point of having steel outside of Epoxy granite other than to cut down on resonance of a steel box frame you could fill the box with epoxy.

    Phill

    Edit: I would be tempted to go for No2 image
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