The Cantenna (not the Pringle’s kind; see right) was a famous dummy load design when Heathkit was in business. It was a single carbon rod immersed in a paint can full transformer oil (which we ...

[YS] started with the schematic for the Re:load and made his changes to arrive at this. For him the exercise was just to alter the design to achieve constant resistance. He didn’t actually build ...

Design of buildings for lateral forces requires a greater understanding of the load mechanism than many other aspects of structural design. To fulfill this need, this section provides a basic overview ...