----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: Re: cars, air L3er
> In a message dated 10/12/2002 1:35:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > Further, the tank appears to be a 77 gallon tank. >> > > A simple question from a not very technical mind. If this is a 77 gallon tank > at 300 atmospheres, what happens if it ruptures? > Very bad stuff. If a square cm of the tank blows, for example, the force on that square cm is about 310 Newtons. Assuming that sq. cm is carbon with a density of 2 g/cc. , and assuming a 1 cm thickness, we have 310 Newtons (kg m/s^2) acting on 2 g, so the acceleration due to the pressure is 500*310 m/s^2= 155,000 m/sec^2. After only a millisecond, the velocity should be 155 m/sec. Can we say shrapnel. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
