Uploaded August 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Why don't you want your snow shovel's handle to be long and springy? Why do you push on someone's back to help them swing, rather than on the swing supports? Engineers & architects have an answer: load paths!

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Introduction to Aerospace Structures and Materials - prod-edxapp.edx-cdn.org/assets/courseware/v1/5ee493b0fa6da02f6b54f6912f1302b5/asset-v1:DelftX+AEASM1x+1T2019+type@asset+block/chapter_6.pdf

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gec3.12222

THUNK 136. Engineering Wisdom & Failing Gracefully - youtube.com/watch?v=9AYuXNz_0Fc