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Re: Need number help buddies
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Originally Posted by AdamC
First of all, how much PSI are you running to it? I'm assuming 60psi, so I'll calculate it as such.
60*.75*3.14 = 141.372
You will produce approximately 141.372 Newtons of force. Using some kinematics equations, you can find the speed.
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Uh, it looks to me like you multiplied pressure in pounds per square inch by piston circumference in inches, and reported the result as force in Newtons. It doesn't work that way.
The correct calculation is 60 lbf/in^2 x pi()*(0.75^2)/4 in^2 = 26.5 lbf.
That force could also be expressed as 118 Newtons.
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Last edited by Richard Wallace : 16-01-2008 at 19:40.
Reason: units
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