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    I Is this analogy between Magnetic Force and Gravitational Force accurate in helping to understand what contributes more to a stronger magnetic force?

    True, I'm referring to the net magnetic field B, so the total field that now arises after the iron has been magnetized for example by the permanent magnet.
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    I Is this analogy between Magnetic Force and Gravitational Force accurate in helping to understand what contributes more to a stronger magnetic force?

    Yeah, so i mean what happens to the strength of the magnetic field when the iron now becomes magnetized. Initially there's a magnetic field created by the magnet, and now the iron gets influenced by that field and becomes a magnet itself, and that's why it's attracted, there's now a magnetic...
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    I Is this analogy between Magnetic Force and Gravitational Force accurate in helping to understand what contributes more to a stronger magnetic force?

    Yeah you guys helped a lot, but I think I'm still one step away from fully understanding. I guess another way to rephrase it is, if we have the earth and myself, we together create a gravitational force as previously noted. But what if , as an analogy, I never had mass to begin with. What if...
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    I Is this analogy between Magnetic Force and Gravitational Force accurate in helping to understand what contributes more to a stronger magnetic force?

    Ah, so yeah I was confused on why magnetic saturation, as you call it, still doesn't increase the force the same way increasing either mass ( the Earth or my mass) strengthens the force we have on each other. as in if you calculated the magnetic force between the water on the magnet, and the...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    And they are still experts though, enough to be considered knowledgeable in the field and have an advanced understanding even if there are gaps or nuances that are subject of further investigation. How much??? I'm not getting a degree in this subject, that does not mean a person cannot gain a...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    And even experts with graduate degrees don't know everything. So again, where are you drawing this line? When is a common sense understanding reached? How much more needs to be done? I asked you if you were holding back the forest, or more information and you don't seem to be addressing the...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    No? There's a difference with accepting you're not gonna be an expert on something, but still having a middleground, common sense understanding I'm not claiming to know everything to know more than I do, just that most of it should be clarified for a common sense understanding, unless you're...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    I see, that helped clarify it. Is it? I'm just looking for an overview to form a conceptual mental model. You've clarified most of it I think There's always more nuances to learn that I'm sure even experts in the field are still learning. So a conceptual, common sense understanding is fine...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    I see, but still not quite understanding the difference, if the gold block is thicker, and has the same length and width as the iron block then why would the thickness (what you referred to as being a longer prism) not matter?
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    So yes, the cross-sectional areas of the iron and gold would be equal if the gold is a longer prism, but i thought being longer meant being thicker. so what does thickness really refer to and not refer to in non-colloqiual language here? For example you mentioned that formula that stress is...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    Ah gotcha, sorry misunderstood a bit. But what about the iron, how much is it's deformation at higher speeds? All else equal I'd expect the iron to take less deformation than gold, but in this case the gold block is supposed to be the thicker overall object, so I'm still a bit confused on that.
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    Yes I see, but as you raise the speeds though, there comes a point where the materials may begin to plastically deform.
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    Then we can specify it more. The gist is I'm trying to get an overview of what happens in a collision between objects when accounting for both material and shape quality, a mental model I can then use for any situation. For example, say there's a cubic block of gold and a cubic block of iron...
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    I Question about Momentum vs. Kinetic Energy vs. Deforming In Collisions

    So material properties determine the amount of force created, the lighter object gets affected more in terms of bulk acceleration by whatever newton third law pairs are formed, but damage done is completely dependent on how much pressure is generated and whether that's enough to overcome the...
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    So what is the precise role that thickness plays in the resistance of a specimen to deformation or fracture during a collision?

    When would thickness be a bad thing aside from weight or cost concerns? I remember seeing a formula that related stiffness as the inverse of length, K= AE/L is that what you are referring to? I was a bit confused by that too now that you mention it. But thanks for mentioning that other...
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