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This tag is for non-relativistic material strings, such as, e.g., a guitar string. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS TAG for relativistic strings and string theory.

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Possible to have a string that can bend but not twist?

A variant on bicycle chain (which bends only in one plane) can be made that has some links with the pivot axes perpendicular; such a chain will drape into any curve, but will be stiff against torsion …
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How does each team pull the opposite team with equal force in tug of war by Newton's third law?

If one replaces a section of the rope with a tension gage, it will show the tension of that rope. Why would that not be the tension on the team A end as well as on the team B end? There might be som …
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Which is stronger, a rope without knots or a rope with knots?

The fibers in a rope strand are 'layed' stretched out straight, then twisted. Multiple strands are combined, by twisting, to make the rope. When a rope is pulled taut, all the fibers have similar str …
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