do those ugly alu clamps that sit on top make uniform circumferential tension with no bending stiffness?
You can't actually have no bending stiffness in the band, because that would require it to be infinitesimally thin radially. Some are better than others, though. If you made this from steel tape rather than crabon fribé, it would be about as close to ideal as is practical.
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You can't actually have no bending stiffness in the band, because that would require it to be infinitesimally thin radially. Some are better than others, though. If you made this from steel tape rather than crabon fribé, it would be about as close to ideal as is practical.