What would happen if… |
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 Apr 4 2006, 10:38 PM
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i think. absolutely nothing will happen.
i mean.. like.. nothing would happen. |
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 4 2006, 10:53 PM
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QUOTE(disco infiltrator @ Apr 4 2006, 11:35 PM)  The water doesn't move by itself, but, on impact, the body would sink down to a certain side; whichever side hit. The water would just allow the body to sink and take up the space left by the body when it moved. How exactly will that happen, though? The water has nowhere to move; it is not compressable; thus, there is no way for an object to "sink" into the water, because the water simply cannot move out of the way. |
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Apr 4 2006, 11:05 PM
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 Lurker. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,161 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,851 |
^but the body is taking up space in the water. Once the body moves downward due to gravity or whatever, the water would move up as it displaces the space once occupied by the body.
..ehh. |
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 4 2006, 11:06 PM
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But how can the body displace the water? The water has nowhere to go, so a space for the body cannot be created.
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Apr 4 2006, 11:11 PM
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 Yawn Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,530 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,772 |
hmmm...interesting.
I say we turn this into a science project and try it out. Any volunteers to be the body inside the sphere? oh, and we need a plane too. And perhaps a few breakable dishes as well. I think the object...er..body would stay in place, it probably wouldn't do a whole lot of moving around. |
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Apr 4 2006, 11:12 PM
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victim of myspace.com Group: Member Posts: 395 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 386,435 |
oops.. |
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Apr 4 2006, 11:12 PM
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I mainly wonder if it would impact with the water with a similar effect as to hitting a concrete wall, for example.
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| *Libertie* |
Apr 4 2006, 11:18 PM
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So we're saying if it were possible to completely, perfectly fill up the cube with water, with NO room to move. I say it'd be best to try it with a smaller cube and possibly a small round object - then you can see if the object moves when you shake the cube or something.. That is, of course, assuming you were able to meet the criteria of having the cube completely full.
I tend to agree with the side that thinks the object/body would be unable to move since the water has no place to go. |
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Apr 4 2006, 11:36 PM
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 cB Assassin Group: Official Member Posts: 10,147 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 7,672 |
I believe the impact would force the object to hurl towards the cube, and shatter it.
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| *mipadi* |
Apr 5 2006, 01:46 PM
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I spoke to a mechanical engineer today. She told me that everyone who said nothing would happen is right. The object inside the cube would not move, nor would the water, but nothing would be destroyed. There may be some forces that will be distributed throughout the cube and through the water, but nothing should happen at all to anything on the inside of the cube.
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Apr 5 2006, 01:47 PM
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^Awesome.. I thought about mentioning it to my physics professor today, but we had a guest lecturer so he wasn't there.
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