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 What's the pressure force of a falling beer can based on certain variables?
					
					
						
					
					
				
				
						
						
				
					
						
							I felt like trying to calculate how much pressure a beer can would exert on, for example, a glass table, if it was dropped from a certain height, and if it had a certain weight and bottom area.
I figured that I should be able to do it like this:
p = F/A
F = (mv)/t
v = (2gh)^0,5
t = d ÷ v
p = md ÷ At2
...and solving t gives this:
t = (2h ÷ g)^0,5
This gave me the following equation:
p = md ÷ A*(2h/g)
So for example if the beer can had a weight of 1,0 kg and a bottom area of 0,40 dm<SUBP>2</SUP> then this would mean it had a pressure of 1,228 kPa, or 0,19 psi.
Could this be correct?
						
					 
					
				 
			 
			
			
				
				
				
					
						Last edited by *Laurelindo*; 08-26-2011 at 01:34 PM.
					
					
				
				
				
				
				
				
				
			 
			
			
		 
	 
		
	
 
		
		
		
	
 
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		
		
			
				
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