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It's a constraint used to build buildings. It's called the Michigan Soil Test. We are building a mechanism to perform it, rather than a person hitting a can of soil on a board like is currently performed. Our project says the force of impact should be between 40-140N, so we aimed at 100N.

We aren't really looking for the maximum impact, we just need to hit with at least 100N. And we are assuming block 2 is stationary, even when impacted.

I'm working on a small design project and need some help remember what equations to use here. Basically, we are creating a hammering device. A compression spring will be loaded, and a block on the end is accelerated into another block. I need to have it hit with a certain impact force so I am...

I have a question. I am working on a small project for class. We have locking Geneva mechanism that turns a table made of cast iron 72* in .5 seconds. The table mass is calculated to be 7300 kg (D=1.25m, h=.350m). Based on the 72* in .5 seconds, I calculated alpha to be 10.08 rad/s^2...