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This is all for a risk assessment (hence the worse case senerio) for a rotating disc bursting and a particle hitting the steel wall that it is enclosed in. I have assumed that the particle hits the wall perpendicular with a sharp edge. Thanks for all the feedback it has provided some useful...

Yes I think a beer can would be about as much protection, but I have to prove that this is the case so I can then design a better containment room.

Hello all. I am working on a assignment in which I have to determine if a projectile traveling at a known velocity will break through a side of its containment room (assuming worst case senerios). I have been looking online and in my textbooks and have ended up confusing myself on what...