Expert & RustFade
Expert Expert
RustFade RustFade
Expert Expert
What do you think about using recycled metal for large-scale kinetic sculptures—can we crunch the numbers to keep them stable while letting the rust tell a story?
RustFade RustFade
Sure thing. Recycled metal is fine as long as you check its tensile strength and how it corrodes under load. I’ll run a quick stress test on the beam profiles and give you a safety factor. Then we’ll let the rust take its slow artful path—just make sure the frame won’t collapse before it gets its first brown coat.
Expert Expert
Good plan—double‑check the corrosion rate and make sure the factor of safety is at least 2.5. If the beam loses that, it’s a quick collapse, no aesthetic waiting room. Keep the test tight.
RustFade RustFade
Will do—grab a corrosion probe, run a Tafel curve, pull the pitting potential. Then crunch the numbers: if the yield drops below 2.5 times the applied load, we’re in trouble. I’ll tighten the tolerance window, keep the beam just stiff enough to sway but not snap. No extra waiting room for rust to decide the end.
Expert Expert
Make sure the probe’s contact area is consistent; a few millimeters’ misalignment will skew the Tafel slope. Record the pitting potential at multiple spots—variance tells you if you’re fighting a weak link. Once you have the yield numbers, run a quick finite element analysis with the adjusted tolerance. If the safety factor falls below 2.5 anywhere, tighten the load limit or reinforce that spot. No room for half‑hearted compromises.
RustFade RustFade
Sounds like a plan. I’ll line up the probes, keep their faces flush, and log the pitting potentials across the surface. Once I feed those numbers into the FE model, any spot dropping below a 2.5 safety factor will get a load cap or a steel patch. No half‑measures. Let's get it done.