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I'm a 3rd year Mechanical Engineering student, if that helps with level of understanding

I have to design a machine and this is one of the sub-components. We have to deform a small pin made of steel, and 800 lbs of force is necessary. the pin is fixed at one end and a hammer on a rotating arm will hit it on the other end. I'm not sure about any of this, so I don't have any work...

<< Moderator Note -- thread moved from General Physics to HH/Intro Physics >>[/color] If a force F is needed to deform or break an object, with what velocity, V, must I hit it with a hammer of mass, m?