Jerry , that explains it, I have been told that I have a wonderful mind and my brain then must be heavy which is producing a downward pressure causing the Poisson effect..
thanks for pointing this out as I must make all my co workers aware of this fact.

Quote Originally Posted by Jerry Bodine View Post
Bob, that sounds kinda like the Poisson effect in compression. The opposite would be like stretching taffy and watching it get skinny in the middle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson%27s_ratio