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Undergrad Impact of a cannonball on a brick wall
Getting back to my original question. When I think of force, the only thing I am concerned with is the approximate pounds of pressure per square inch. I have tried several physics calculators online and when I plug in the variables such as the weight of the ball and the speed at which it's... -
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Undergrad Impact of a cannonball on a brick wall
The cannonball is 5 inches in diameter and made of lead. -
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Undergrad Impact of a cannonball on a brick wall
If you had a cannonball made that was 5 pounds in weight and it hit a brick wall at a speed of 1,000 miles per second at the point of impact, how many pounds of pressure per square inch would the cannonball exert on the brick wall?