Recent content by Zorn

Thank you. I'm still working on it, but that link looks helpful.

I don't know what that is. Can you give me a link or formula?

Yes, that's what I've been struggling with. If you find a shell model that could give a decent approximation, let me know.

Oh, yes. Allow normal force from the flat surface the sphere is resting on equal to the force of gravity pushing it down. I was thinking I'd try to work out the maximum amount of horizontal (perpendicular to the flat surface) force there'd be at anyone point on the surface of the container, but...

That's right. I'm assuming no support, with the sphere lying on flat surface (capable of rolling) but no external factors except gravity itself. The greatest pressure on any square meter is the only one I need (so the pressure at the bottom, I suppose). I am assuming no pressure except that of...

Of the container? It's with the intent of working out what kind of material it could be that I'm asking the question. I'm trying to work out what tensile strength would be required for this container, and to do that I need to work out the forces being exerted on it.

For an individual project I'm working on, I've been trying to work out what the tensile strength would need to be for a spherical container to hold a given volume and density of liquid. The specific values are given below, but a general formula would be useful too. Mass of liquid: 2 660 000kg...