[TheForge] Mass v velocity also applied to hammers

[Jerry Frost]

From: "Ron Childers" <munlaw2 at hcsmail.com>


My physics professor posed the question; "What happens 
when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" Scroll down for 
answer

"There will be hell to pay".

It is akin to the debate about work per heat done with 
a light hammer vs
heavy. Are many lighter blows more effective than fewer 
heavy blows? I will
defer to Tom Clark on that one. (I think technique 
plays a part in this.)

I use a 16# *sludge* hammer to straighten harrow axles 
but a 2# for blades.
JB uses a sludge hammer to make a corkscrew.

I don't think a penny or a love bug could ever obtain 
enough speed to derail
a train, but a log truck will. (Empirical perspective)

Ok, Frosty, I know you can't resist; let's hear it.

Ron Childers


I agree completely, unless we do the experiment in a 
vacuum at relativistic velocities. Of course, somewhere 
around .25C a penny wouldn't actually "derail" a train 
any more than little boy "derailed" Hiroshima.

Frosty
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