Theperson Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 My question is fairly simple, yet the combined powers of Bing and Google cannot seem to answer it. How much energy does it take to compress a solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastywombel Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 I think it would depend on how much you would want to compress the solid and what the solid is made up of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theperson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yeah I'm sure it depends on several things but I'm looking for a formula that will tell me exactly how much energy it will take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toastywombel Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Well I would think the energy needed to compress it must be greater than the mass of the object times the speed of light squared. But I am not too sure about that. Energy needed to compress > (Mass of object)c^2 Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedNever mind that seems too simple. I don't think I am right lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theperson Posted October 20, 2009 Author Share Posted October 20, 2009 I'm fairly sure it is quite a bit more complicated than that. It depends on the solid you want to compress, how much you want to compress it, and maybe some other things I'm not aware of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young's_modulus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theperson Posted October 22, 2009 Author Share Posted October 22, 2009 Thank you very much. That's exactly what I'm looking for Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedI don't understand how to express A0. Please Help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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