Season 3·S3·E18

The Hinge

Load paths, fatigue, fifty years of one design.

Andrew Ritchie's hinge has not changed in the half-century since he sketched it. We follow the load path through the joint, explain why it doesn't fatigue, and why every other folder copied the principle.

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