Changes

Below is a link to the Google Spreadsheet of the raw data and a graph.  It is interesting to note that the joints that expanded the most were also the joints that withstood the most transverse force.  This may have been because the fibers that did not fuse successfully were the fibers that did not melt all of the way, and consequently did not fill up any extra space that may have been in the glass ferrule.   

Below is a link to the Google Spreadsheet of the raw data and a graph.  It is interesting to note that the joints that expanded the most were also the joints that withstood the most transverse force.  This may have been because the fibers that did not fuse successfully were the fibers that did not melt all of the way, and consequently did not fill up any extra space that may have been in the glass ferrule.   

[[Strength Test 1]]

[[Strength Test 1]] (Completed April 4, 2013)

[[Strength Test 2]]

[[Strength Test 2]] (Completed April 12, 2013)

=Ferrule Measurements=

=Ferrule Measurements=