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The movement of a piston head in a cylinder depends on the contents of the cylinder. If the cylinder is filled with concrete, the piston will not move regardless of the force applied. In the case of an incompressible liquid, the piston remains stationary until the force exceeds the cylinder's structural limits. A vacuum allows any applied force to move the piston to the end of the cylinder. Clarifying the specific scenario will yield more accurate answers regarding piston movement.
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racool said:i got a small doubt.. can any1 please xplain me. if we apply a certain force"F" on cylinder of area of cross section A=pi*d^2/4(thatis,the diameter of cyllinder is d),then how much distance will the piston head move ??
It depends on what's inside the cylinder.
- If we've packed the cylinder of concrete and allowed it to harden, the piston won't move at all, no matter how much force we apply.
- If the cylinder has no leaks and is full of an incompressible liquid, the piston won't move but the cylinder will burst if we apply enough force.
- If there's nothing in the cylinder at all, just vacuum, any force at all will cause the piston will move all the way to end of the cylinder
- If there is some compressible gas in the cylinder...
If you could clarify your question you'll get better answers.
If light travels in a wave, couldn't we "speed it up" by making it travel in a straight line?
I am looking at pressure in liquids and I am testing my idea.
The vertical tube is 100m, the contraption is filled with water. The vertical tube is very thin(maybe 1mm^2 cross section). The area of the base is ~100m^2. Will he top half be launched in the air if suddenly it cracked?- assuming its light enough.
I want to test my idea that if I had a thin long ruber tube that I lifted up, then the pressure at "red lines" will be high and that the $force = pressure * area$ would be massive...
I feel it should be solvable we just need to find a perfect pattern, and there will be a general pattern since the forces acting are based on a single function, so..... you can't actually say it is unsolvable right? Cause imaging 3 bodies actually existed somwhere in this universe then nature isn't gonna wait till we predict it! And yea I have checked in many places that tiny changes cause large changes so it becomes chaos........ but still I just can't accept that it is impossible to solve...
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