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In a message dated 10/14/09 1:02:13 PM, contact@lamaisonenpaille.com writes:<BR>
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into a dense bale wall as David Eisenberg told me was done for the wall<BR>
made for the thermal testing at Oak Ridge.<BR>
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David needs to tell us more about the test wall. I remember hearing that in some way or other it was poorly constructed. For example, were the bales really dense? Was each course settled into place by having some sturdy people stomp along the wall? Was the penetration really this deep, and if so, was it only at the spots where the rounded ends of two bales butt up against each other, i.e., the holes that are usually stuffed with straw to prevent thermal nose-bleeding?<BR>
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Matts (Butt What About...) Myhrman <BR>
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