OP - please share more info on ht & perhaps test/video/etc. Better with more data... than wild guessing and dream up possibility from us.
Here is my D2 61rc blade (my reference as cwf ht 1.0) - destruction bending test. Estimated deflection angle about 70-75 degrees (whereas 90 degrees if the red line is at 45 degrees to the green coordinate) prior to yield (no plasticity, right onto fractures/snapped into 2). Confirmed by 2 broken pieces are dead straight - no hint of plasticity - as I was eluded to my previous post.
[video=youtube_share;hTPqgrNRsq8]http://youtu.be/hTPqgrNRsq8[/video]
Your test is wrong. First, the angle is defined as the extension of two fixed points. Then,
1, the distance between the two fixed points.
2, the thickness of the material required
3, if the material and section into V type, then need to calculate coefficient.
4, the hardness of the material.
Distance / thickness = aspect ratio
My length to diameter ratio is about 35-40, thickness is 4.7MM, the length is generally within the appropriate range. If the ratio of length to diameter becomes larger, the angle will increase.
(because I can't upload and see YouTube, my test videos are in)
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Your test angle is wrong. First, the angle is determined as an extension of two fixed points. then,
1, the distance between two fixed points is required.
2, the thickness of the material required
3, if the material and cross-section into V-type, then the need to calculate the coefficient.
4, the hardness of the material.
Distance / thickness = length to thickness ratio
My long thick ratio is about 35-40, the thickness is 4.7mm, the length is generally in the appropriate range. If the aspect ratio becomes larger, then the angle will increase.
Test link:
(Because I can not upload and watch YouTube, my test videos are in China 's video site, and the tests are also in China' s forum.
http://www.qilanxiaozhu.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=312885
http://forum.knifriend.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2817173
http://www.qilanxiaozhu.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=305439
http://forum.knifriend.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2815343
http://www.qilanxiaozhu.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=287034
http://forum.knifriend.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2811677
http://www.qilanxiaozhu.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=256845
http://forum.knifriend.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2805239