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 of a 500 N push on a 2 mm² pin tip
Answer: pressure = 250,000,000 Pa (in bar 2,500 bar, in psi 36,259.42 psi).
What we know
- Force: 500 N
- Contact area: 2 mm² = 0.000002 m² (converted to the unit the formula takes)
Step by step
- Given
- F = 500 N, A = 0.000002 m²
- Formula
- P = F / A
- Substitute
- P = 500 / 0.000002
- Result
- P = 250,000,000 Pa
All results
| Pressure | 250,000,000 Pa |
|---|---|
| In bar | 2,500 bar |
| In psi | 36,259.42 psi |
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