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 person weighing 70 kgf on 0.05 m² of shoe
Answer: pressure = 13,729.3 Pa (in bar 0.1373 bar, in psi 1.991 psi).
What we know
- Force: 70 kgf = 686.4655 N (converted to the unit the formula takes)
- Contact area: 0.05 m²
Step by step
- Given
- F = 686.4655 N, A = 0.05 m²
- Formula
- P = F / A
- Substitute
- P = 686.4655 / 0.05
- Result
- P = 13,729.3 Pa
All results
| Pressure | 13,729.3 Pa |
|---|---|
| In bar | 0.1373 bar |
| In psi | 1.991 psi |
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