I'm a civil engineer
I don't know how much force it takes to break a cricket bat though. nor do I know the mechanical properties of willow.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:27, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

You're a pretty shit civil engineer then.

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:33, Reply)

on my way to chartership thanks
only reason I'm on the office on a bloody day off is because I have to meet with someone about it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:37, Reply)

You know fuck all about cricket bats...

(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:38, Reply)

and that's how it will stay
I fucking hate cricket
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:39, Reply)

You have to meet someone about the breaking point of a cricket bat?
That's pretty coincidental.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 12:09, Reply)

but if a bat
can withstand the sustained onslaught of a fast-bowler, it must have been swung pretty fucking hard.

I reckon he missed and struck the floor, and it is that which broke the bat.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:33, Reply)

One would think if he'd broken the bat over his head he'd be dead.

( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:35, Reply)

I'd say so
to break something in 2 places would take a lot more force than breaking it in one
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:36, Reply)

Not necessarily
It all depends on the physical characteristics of the material.

Spaghetti is a good example. Take a piece of raw spaghetti and hold it at each end. Now bend it until it breaks. You'll find that most if the time it breaks in two places, not just one.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 11:59, Reply)

That's because it breaks in one place first
and then the tension on the longer part causes it to whip upwards with enough force to break it again.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 15 Dec 2009, 12:16, Reply)