What about "I" beam vs. "H" beam?
The tensile strength (pulled apart) is relative to the beam's cross-sectional area in inches. Either one may be heavier there. No, they don't publish that.
However, in nitrous, boosted applications where cylinder pressure greatly exceeds NA, the shape with the most effective use of material is the "H": the sides add bending resistance in compression to the rod's cross-plane axis (90 degrees to the crank, where it is free to pivot). The piston keeps it straight in the crank axis.

What else don't they do?
Run rods on big electric motors to destruction: spin it at high RPM with a piston. Add RPM, weight, then both to establish relationships: "rod X failed at 8,790 RPM with a 560 gram piston, but at 7,120 with a 770 gram piston" etc. I can't think of a way to incorporate the thrust vector (from the rod-to-stroke ratio angle) into this, but some polymath will.
Why not?
1. SEMA will boycott you
2. HRM etc. will link you to terrorism
2. your magazine/web site has 10 rod dealer ads, after the test you'll have 1


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