Pole Vault Poles

Reno pole break

Questions on Pole Vault Poles? Urban Legends?  Fact or Fiction? Send me and e-mail - hopefully I will have the answer on this page or will see what I can do I can be to blunt at times - do not believe in feeding a line of you know what to people -- try and do your best - nothing is perfect -- people will break good poles - sometimes poles are not made perfectly these are fiber"glass" poles - do not spike, throw or slam around -- enjoy   Decamouse e-mail: jpwatry@hotmail.com

The following link is for a little tidbit I threw together and Ashley Whittaker helped clean up while I was at Gill.  This plus a few of my presentations can be found out on the web. This page will also included some expanded information as mentioned on the home page Engineers View on a Pole Vault Pole 2004 Pole Symposium presentation 2006 European Vault Conference - big file 2008 European Vault Conference - big file 2009 Power Point Presentation

My Input on PV Poles 1/27/2011

Example of 425 Series Section Modulus

I have started adding links to the various items or sections as seen above. I will add more as time permits or questions arise. Remember - it is a composite - many ways to get to the final product Use what works for you 425 Series Example -- you can see when mandrel size changes by when the handle gets stiffer Pole Failure has some stills of single point failure - Renaud and video at bottom have multi point from over load

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