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    Default 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 12:34 PM.

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