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It is impossible to construct a perfectly rigid beam, in the sense that you are thinking of. A "rigid beam" would be made up of matter and, as you push on one
by aroberge 14y ago
It is impossible to construct a perfectly rigid beam, in the sense that you are thinking of. A "rigid beam" would be made up of matter and, as you push on one end, you would trigger a wave that would propagate from neighbour to neighbour until it reaches the other end.