ITT we troll physics
10-16-2010
, 03:00 PM
300mil km long stick, would the other end really move at the same time ?
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
10-16-2010
, 04:09 PM
Quote:
300mil km long stick, would the other end really move at the same time ?
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
10-16-2010
, 04:20 PM
10-16-2010
, 04:22 PM
10-16-2010
, 04:30 PM
Quote:
300mil km long stick, would the other end really move at the same time ?
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
My physics knowledge is only high school level, but I would imagine that if you push one end then that push would travel like a shockwave through the stick and the other end wouldn't move instantly but when that shockwave reaches the other end ?
I super suck @ physics tho
The mirror-in-space thing is awesome-o!
10-16-2010
, 05:09 PM
Last edited by Pawntificator; 10-16-2010 at 05:10 PM.
Reason: also the magnet airplane wouldn't work either
10-16-2010
, 05:10 PM
10-16-2010
, 05:14 PM
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just look at the stick as a long string of atoms/molecules because, well, that's just what it is. so you're kinda right about a "shockwave". each atom/molecule has to touch the other one from earth to mars -that's a very long chainreaction- and atoms don't move faster than the speed of light.
The mirror-in-space thing is awesome-o!
The mirror-in-space thing is awesome-o!
where F is the force in newtons and μ the linear density.
Last edited by JackHighFlop; 10-16-2010 at 05:20 PM.
10-16-2010
, 05:20 PM
10-16-2010
, 05:24 PM
10-16-2010
, 06:56 PM
lol I can't find the flaw in this one considering there's a working mechanism that doesn't let the water run out of the can when a floater re-enters the water at the bottom.
I'm dumb
nvm I found it, pretty complex ****
I'm dumb
nvm I found it, pretty complex ****
Last edited by LovedBySgtSaLT; 10-16-2010 at 07:06 PM.
Reason: does the waterentering actually need more force than the upfloating floaters create? I'm lost -that cant be right
10-16-2010
, 07:15 PM
the weight of the water would not let the floater in
