The physics
Pressure is force concentrated on an area. The same 700 N (a standing adult) is harmless through shoe soles but devastating through a stiletto heel — one hundredth the area means one hundred times the pressure.
Pressure under a heel carrying 60 kgf on 1 cm²
Answer: pressure = 5,883,990 Pa (in bar 58.8399 bar, in psi 853.4 psi).
What we know
- Force: 60 kgf = 588.399 N (converted to the unit the formula takes)
- Contact area: 1 cm² = 0.0001 m² (converted to the unit the formula takes)
Step by step
- Given
- F = 588.399 N, A = 0.0001 m²
- Formula
- P = F / A
- Substitute
- P = 588.399 / 0.0001
- Result
- P = 5,883,990 Pa
All results
| Pressure | 5,883,990 Pa |
|---|---|
| In bar | 58.8399 bar |
| In psi | 853.4 psi |
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